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Election 1990 Results

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1990 US House elections in Virginia

Virginia elected 10 members of the House in 1990: Democrats won 6 seats and Republicans 4.

The closest was the 1st district, decided by 2.0 points: Herbert H. Bateman (Republican) beat Andrew H. "Andy" Fox (Democrat), 51.0% to 49.0%, a margin of 2.0 points and 2,806 votes.

In the House vote by county, Democrats led in 86 of the 133 counties and Republicans in 47. The largest, Fairfax, cast 204,835 votes and went to the Republican by 13.9 points. The closest was King William, where 36 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Every district

District	Democrat	Votes	Republican	Votes	Others	Margin
1	Andrew H. "Andy" Fox	69,194 (49.0%)	Herbert H. Bateman	72,000 (51.0%)	99	R+2.0
2	Owen B. Pickett	55,179 (75.0%)	none		18,439	D+75.0
3	James A. "Jay" Starke Jr.	36,253 (30.7%)	Thomas J. Bliley Jr.	77,125 (65.3%)	4,776	R+34.6
4	Norman Sisisky	71,051 (78.3%)	none		19,680	D+78.3
5	Lewis F. Payne Jr.	66,532 (99.4%)	none		373	D+99.4
6	Jim Olin	92,968 (82.7%)	none		19,409	D+82.7
7	David M. Smith	58,684 (41.7%)	D. French Slaughter Jr.	81,688 (58.1%)	248	R+16.4
8	James P. Moran	88,475 (51.7%)	Stan Parris	76,367 (44.6%)	6,279	D+7.1
9	Rick Boucher	67,215 (97.1%)	none		2,015	D+97.1
10	N. Mackenzie Canter III	57,249 (33.9%)	Frank R. Wolf	103,761 (61.5%)	7,815	R+27.6

The House vote in every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Fairfax	83,928 41.0%	112,453 54.9%	8,454	204,835	R+13.9
Virginia Beach city	34,269 72.1%	0 0.0%	13,249	47,518	D+72.1
Arlington	19,085 42.2%	24,541 54.3%	1,607	45,233	R+12.1
Henrico	13,082 28.9%	30,370 67.2%	1,756	45,208	R+38.2
Chesterfield	11,756 28.5%	27,106 65.7%	2,398	41,260	R+37.2
Newport News city	17,721 48.1%	19,076 51.8%	11	36,808	R+3.7
Prince William	17,287 47.6%	17,471 48.1%	1,560	36,318	R+0.5
Richmond city	12,414 37.5%	19,649 59.4%	1,017	33,080	R+21.9
Roanoke	25,812 85.7%	0 0.0%	4,321	30,133	D+85.7
Alexandria city	19,159 64.2%	9,961 33.4%	703	29,823	D+30.8
Hampton city	16,230 57.0%	12,236 43.0%	22	28,488	D+14.0
Norfolk city	20,910 80.1%	0 0.0%	5,190	26,100	D+80.1
Roanoke city	20,026 87.0%	0 0.0%	2,992	23,018	D+87.0
Chesapeake city	13,848 70.0%	0 0.0%	5,937	19,785	D+70.0
Loudoun	4,539 26.4%	11,485 66.8%	1,167	17,191	R+40.4
Portsmouth city	13,416 84.4%	0 0.0%	2,478	15,894	D+84.4
Albemarle	7,284 46.5%	8,302 53.0%	68	15,654	R+6.5
Hanover	5,497 35.9%	9,803 64.0%	13	15,313	R+28.1
Spotsylvania	5,028 45.3%	6,078 54.7%	1	11,107	R+9.5
York	5,034 45.4%	6,048 54.5%	8	11,090	R+9.1
Stafford	4,780 43.4%	5,917 53.7%	312	11,009	R+10.3
Fauquier	4,550 43.4%	5,944 56.6%		10,494	R+13.3
Lynchburg city	8,225 86.9%	0 0.0%	1,241	9,466	D+86.9
Frederick	2,874 30.5%	6,536 69.3%	16	9,426	R+38.8
James City	4,243 47.7%	4,642 52.2%	9	8,894	R+4.5
Montgomery	8,339 96.0%	0 0.0%	343	8,682	D+96.0
Suffolk city	6,688 80.7%	0 0.0%	1,595	8,283	D+80.7
Shenandoah	3,316 40.6%	4,849 59.3%	6	8,171	R+18.8
Accomack	3,708 45.6%	4,428 54.4%		8,136	R+8.8
Charlottesville city	4,314 55.1%	3,453 44.1%	57	7,824	D+11.0
Rockingham	6,031 77.3%	0 0.0%	1,774	7,805	D+77.3
Augusta	4,884 67.5%	0 0.0%	2,349	7,233	D+67.5
Gloucester	3,404 47.1%	3,816 52.8%	5	7,225	R+5.7
Salem city	5,857 82.0%	0 0.0%	1,284	7,141	D+82.0
Henry	6,583 99.7%	0 0.0%	17	6,600	D+99.7
Petersburg city	5,182 83.9%	0 0.0%	996	6,178	D+83.9
Pittsylvania	6,111 99.4%	0 0.0%	36	6,147	D+99.4
Bedford	6,040 99.2%	0 0.0%	48	6,088	D+99.2
Tazewell	5,887 96.8%	0 0.0%	197	6,084	D+96.8
Pulaski	5,941 98.5%	0 0.0%	88	6,029	D+98.5
Campbell	5,816 99.0%	0 0.0%	56	5,872	D+99.0
Danville city	5,712 99.5%	0 0.0%	28	5,740	D+99.5
Washington	5,333 94.8%	0 0.0%	294	5,627	D+94.8
Culpeper	1,671 30.4%	3,816 69.5%	2	5,489	R+39.1
Fairfax city	1,610 30.3%	3,522 66.3%	177	5,309	R+36.0
Amherst	4,018 76.1%	0 0.0%	1,260	5,278	D+76.1
Franklin	5,105 99.6%	0 0.0%	19	5,124	D+99.6
Wise	4,997 98.5%	0 0.0%	74	5,071	D+98.5
Warren	2,187 43.2%	2,867 56.7%	4	5,058	R+13.4
Colonial Heights city	3,391 69.8%	0 0.0%	1,467	4,858	D+69.8
Page	2,286 47.7%	2,502 52.2%	2	4,790	R+4.5
Winchester city	1,422 29.9%	3,330 69.9%	9	4,761	R+40.1
Manassas city	2,273 48.9%	2,367 50.9%	7	4,647	R+2.0
Botetourt	4,045 88.1%	0 0.0%	547	4,592	D+88.1
Isle of Wight	3,532 78.0%	0 0.0%	995	4,527	D+78.0
Orange	1,657 37.9%	2,696 61.6%	21	4,374	R+23.8
Smyth	3,988 96.9%	0 0.0%	126	4,114	D+96.9
Buchanan	3,776 97.7%	0 0.0%	89	3,865	D+97.7
Louisa	1,556 40.6%	2,275 59.3%	5	3,836	R+18.7
Giles	3,548 98.8%	0 0.0%	43	3,591	D+98.8
Fredericksburg city	1,579 44.5%	1,962 55.3%	6	3,547	R+10.8
Goochland	1,513 43.0%	2,003 56.9%	5	3,521	R+13.9
Caroline	1,708 48.6%	1,803 51.3%	6	3,517	R+2.7
Northampton	1,770 50.7%	1,717 49.2%	2	3,489	D+1.5
Lancaster	1,412 40.9%	2,042 59.1%	2	3,456	R+18.2
Prince George	2,369 68.6%	0 0.0%	1,084	3,453	D+68.6
Russell	3,312 97.4%	0 0.0%	88	3,400	D+97.4
Patrick	3,383 100.0%	0 0.0%	1	3,384	D+100.0
Dinwiddie	2,505 75.2%	0 0.0%	825	3,330	D+75.2
Mecklenburg	3,311 99.5%	0 0.0%	16	3,327	D+99.5
Wythe	3,122 95.0%	0 0.0%	166	3,288	D+95.0
Poquoson city	1,278 39.3%	1,968 60.6%	2	3,248	R+21.2
Carroll	3,228 99.9%	0 0.0%	3	3,231	D+99.9
Harrisonburg city	2,542 79.9%	0 0.0%	638	3,180	D+79.9
Lee	3,147 99.7%	0 0.0%	9	3,156	D+99.7
Falls Church city	1,152 36.7%	1,863 59.4%	120	3,135	R+22.7
Hopewell city	2,465 78.7%	0 0.0%	667	3,132	D+78.7
Scott	2,961 97.1%	0 0.0%	90	3,051	D+97.1
Staunton city	2,004 66.7%	0 0.0%	999	3,003	D+66.7
Waynesboro city	2,086 72.0%	0 0.0%	813	2,899	D+72.0
Westmoreland	1,272 44.3%	1,593 55.5%	4	2,869	R+11.2
Southampton	2,414 85.1%	0 0.0%	422	2,836	D+85.1
Northumberland	1,194 42.4%	1,623 57.6%	2	2,819	R+15.2
Madison	979 35.0%	1,814 64.9%	2	2,795	R+29.9
Mathews	1,283 45.9%	1,508 54.0%	3	2,794	R+8.1
Rockbridge	2,412 87.4%	0 0.0%	349	2,761	D+87.4
Halifax	2,698 99.4%	0 0.0%	16	2,714	D+99.4
Middlesex	1,292 48.2%	1,387 51.7%	2	2,681	R+3.5
King George	1,259 47.1%	1,411 52.8%	3	2,673	R+5.7
Brunswick	2,314 87.3%	0 0.0%	337	2,651	D+87.3
New Kent	1,084 42.0%	1,485 57.5%	15	2,584	R+15.5
King William	1,234 49.2%	1,270 50.7%	3	2,507	R+1.4
Dickenson	2,421 97.0%	0 0.0%	74	2,495	D+97.0
Nottoway	2,110 85.5%	0 0.0%	359	2,469	D+85.5
Clarke	989 40.1%	1,468 59.6%	8	2,465	R+19.4
Powhatan	1,572 65.6%	0 0.0%	823	2,395	D+65.6
Martinsville city	2,332 99.6%	0 0.0%	9	2,341	D+99.6
Alleghany	2,085 90.4%	0 0.0%	221	2,306	D+90.4
Nelson	2,292 99.7%	0 0.0%	6	2,298	D+99.7
Grayson	2,108 99.0%	0 0.0%	21	2,129	D+99.0
Bristol city	1,973 94.0%	0 0.0%	127	2,100	D+94.0
Greene	774 38.6%	1,225 61.0%	8	2,007	R+22.5
Essex	900 45.0%	1,099 55.0%		1,999	R+10.0
Williamsburg city	1,063 54.8%	876 45.2%		1,939	D+9.6
Appomattox	1,814 99.6%	0 0.0%	8	1,822	D+99.6
Sussex	1,667 91.5%	0 0.0%	155	1,822	D+91.5
Rappahannock	841 46.5%	966 53.4%	2	1,809	R+6.9
Greensville	1,634 91.6%	0 0.0%	150	1,784	D+91.6
Prince Edward	1,712 99.1%	0 0.0%	15	1,727	D+99.1
Charlotte	1,679 99.3%	0 0.0%	12	1,691	D+99.3
Amelia	1,217 74.2%	0 0.0%	423	1,640	D+74.2
Franklin city	1,420 87.6%	0 0.0%	201	1,621	D+87.6
Radford city	1,452 95.1%	0 0.0%	75	1,527	D+95.1
Floyd	1,449 95.8%	0 0.0%	64	1,513	D+95.8
Richmond	540 36.0%	958 64.0%		1,498	R+27.9
Buckingham	1,444 98.0%	0 0.0%	30	1,474	D+98.0
Fluvanna	1,448 99.2%	0 0.0%	11	1,459	D+99.2
Lunenburg	1,456 100.0%	0 0.0%		1,456	D+100.0
King and Queen	757 53.3%	662 46.7%		1,419	D+6.7
Surry	1,179 84.3%	0 0.0%	220	1,399	D+84.3
Covington city	1,262 92.2%	0 0.0%	107	1,369	D+92.2
Emporia city	1,129 88.2%	0 0.0%	151	1,280	D+88.2
Bland	1,150 98.5%	0 0.0%	17	1,167	D+98.5
Charles City	808 69.7%	352 30.3%		1,160	D+39.3
Cumberland	967 99.9%	0 0.0%	1	968	D+99.9
Lexington city	858 88.9%	0 0.0%	107	965	D+88.9
Craig	909 98.6%	0 0.0%	13	922	D+98.6
Buena Vista city	787 91.5%	0 0.0%	73	860	D+91.5
Bath	702 85.5%	0 0.0%	119	821	D+85.5
Galax city	804 99.0%	0 0.0%	8	812	D+99.0
Highland	461 72.0%	0 0.0%	179	640	D+72.0
Manassas Park city	278 44.5%	347 55.5%		625	R+11.0
Norton city	598 98.5%	0 0.0%	9	607	D+98.5

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Virginia in every House election we hold

Year	Seats	House vote
2024	D 6, R 5	D+3.8
2022	D 6, R 5	D+3.6
2020	D 7, R 4	D+4.8
2018	D 7, R 4	D+13.8
2016	D 4, R 7	D+0.4
2014	D 3, R 8	R+13.9
2012	D 3, R 8	R+1.9
2010	D 3, R 8	R+12.6
2008	D 6, R 5	D+7.5
2006	D 3, R 8	R+12.0
2004	D 3, R 8	R+26.4
2002	D 3, R 8	R+37.4
2000	D 4, R 6	R+3.0
1998	D 6, R 5	R+2.4
1996	D 6, R 5	R+4.1
1994	D 6, R 5	R+17.6
1992	D 7, R 4	D+0.3
1990	D 6, R 4	D+21.8

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