1988 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

The 1988 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 8, 1988, to determine who will represent the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives. Virginia had ten seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1980 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. During the November elections, every incumbent Virginia representative was re-elected.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 1988 [1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats
	Republican	1,076,895	56.95%	5
	Democratic	801,831	42.41%	5
	Independents	10,738	0.57%	0
	Write-ins	1,364	0.07%	0
Totals		1,890,828	100.00%	10

1st district

Candidate	Campaign committee
	Raised	Spent	COH	L&D
Herbert H. Bateman [2]	$293,109.00	$284,702.00	$39,534.00	$1,137.00
James Ellenson [3]	$30,454.00	$30,302.00	$0.00	$0.00

1988 Virginia 1st congressional district election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Herbert H. Bateman (incumbent)	135,937	73.25
	Democratic	James S. Ellenson	49,614	26.74
	Write-in		22	0.01
Total votes			185,573	100.00
	Republican hold

2nd district

Curry, who was black, received 8.5% of the black vote. ^[4]

Candidate	Campaign committee
	Raised	Spent	COH	L&D
Jerry Curry [5]	$149,958.00	$148,856.00	$4,726.00	$0.00
Owen B. Pickett [6]	$437,439.00	$414,011.00	$28,550.00	$6,711.00
Stephen P. Shao [7]	$15,424.00	$15,424.00	$0.00	$0.00
Robert Alexander Smith [8]	$9,500.00	$9,135.00	$363.00	$0.00

1988 Virginia 2nd congressional district election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Owen B. Pickett (incumbent)	106,666	60.53
	Republican	Jerry Curry	62,564	35.51
	Independent	Stephen P. Shao	4,255	2.41
	Independent	Robert A. Smith	2,691	1.53
	Write-in		32	0.02
Total votes			176,208	100.00
	Democratic hold

3rd district

Candidate	Campaign committee
	Raised	Spent	COH	L&D
Thomas J. Bliley Jr. [9]	$467,449.00	$366,816.00	$108,636.00	$0.00

1988 Virginia 3rd congressional district election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (incumbent)	187,354	99.71
	Write-in		544	0.29
Total votes			187,898	100.00
	Republican hold

4th district

Candidate	Campaign committee
	Raised	Spent	COH	L&D
Norman Sisisky [10]	$185,555.00	$93,232.00	$316,592.00	$349,183.00

1988 Virginia 4th congressional district election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norman Sisisky (incumbent)	134,786	99.93
	Write-in		98	0.07
Total votes			134,884	100.00
	Democratic hold

5th district

Lewis F. Payne Jr. won election to the U.S. House in a special election held on June 14, 1988, following the death of Dan Daniel. Linda Lugenia Arey, a former White House aide, won the Republican nomination against W. Onico Barker. Jerry Falwell supported Arey due to Barker opposing a tax break for Liberty University, Following her defeat Arey withdrew from the general election and was replaced by Charles R. Hawkins. ^[11]

Payne was the only incumbent U.S. Representative in Virginia to receive less than 60% of the vote. ^[4]

Candidate	Campaign committee
	Raised	Spent	COH	L&D
Linda Lugenia Arey [12]	$405,046.00	$404,468.00	$577.00	$0.00
W. Onico Barker [13]	$19,326.00	$19,325.00	$0.00	$0.00
James Francis Cole [14]	$10,655.00	$10,429.00	$87.00	$3,560.00
Charles R. Hawkins [15]	$105,871.00	$105,872.00	$0.00	$0.00
James Ronald Millner [16]	$11,665.00	$11,664.00	$0.00	$0.00
Lewis F. Payne Jr. [17]	$915,853.00	$903,976.00	$9,041.00	$275,000.00

1988 Virginia 5th congressional district special election ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lewis F. Payne Jr.	55,469	59.25
	Republican	Linda L. Arey	38,063	40.66
	Write-in		80	0.09
Total votes			93,612	100.00
	Democratic hold

1988 Virginia 5th congressional district election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lewis F. Payne Jr. (incumbent)	97,242	54.19
	Republican	Charles R. Hawkins	78,396	43.69
	Independent	James Frank Cole	3,792	2.11
	Write-in		12	0.01
Total votes			179,442	100.00
	Democratic hold

6th district

Candidate	Campaign committee
	Raised	Spent	COH	L&D
Charles Judd [19]	$112,076.00	$110,756.00	$1,318.00	$5,560.00
Jim Olin [20]	$321,705.00	$322,160.00	$11,751.00	$22,000.00

1988 Virginia 6th congressional district election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Olin (incumbent)	118,369	63.88
	Republican	Charles E. Judd	66,935	36.12
	Write-in		8	0.00
Total votes			185,304	100.00
	Democratic hold

7th district

Candidate	Campaign committee
	Raised	Spent	COH	L&D
D. French Slaughter Jr. [21]	$219,559.00	$87,195.00	$180,208.00	$0.00

1988 Virginia 7th congressional district election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	D. French Slaughter Jr. (incumbent)	136,988	99.65
	Write-in		488	0.35
Total votes			137,476	100.00
	Republican hold

8th district

Candidate	Campaign committee
	Raised	Spent	COH	L&D
David Brickley [22]	$276,578.00	$273,203.00	$3,375.00	$9,000.00
Stanford Parris [23]	$632,755.00	$689,035.00	$158,614.00	$2,261.00
Gary Slaiman [24]	$13,325.00	$13,179.00	$144.00	$0.00
Alfonso Ignacio Vergara [25]	$8,260.00	$7,034.00	$1,224.00	$2,217.00

1988 Virginia 8th congressional district election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stanford Parris (incumbent)	154,761	62.30
	Democratic	David G. Brickley	93,561	37.67
	Write-in		78	0.03
Total votes			248,400	100.00
	Republican hold

9th district

Candidate	Campaign committee
	Raised	Spent	COH	L&D
Rick Boucher [26]	$616,821.00	$606,420.00	$130,299.00	$0.00
John C. Brown [27]	$155,094.00	$154,515.00	$579.00	$14,280.00

1988 Virginia 9th congressional district election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rick Boucher (incumbent)	113,309	63.40
	Republican	John C. Brown	65,410	36.60
	Write-in		8	0.00
Total votes			178,727	100.00
	Democratic hold

10th district

Only 2.7% of registered voters participated in the Democratic primary. ^[28]

Candidate	Campaign committee
	Raised	Spent	COH	L&D
Mackenzie Canter III [29]	$38,514.00	$38,513.00	$0.00	$0.00
Robert Lester Weinberg [30]	$242,787.00	$241,445.00	$1,339.00	$7,816.00
Frank Wolf [31]	$803,080.00	$758,365.00	$57,022.00	$0.00

1988 Virginia 10th congressional district Democratic primary ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Lester Weinberg	6,880	76.78
	Democratic	N. Mackenzie Canter, III	2,081	23.22
Total votes			8,961	100.00

1988 Virginia 10th congressional district election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Wolf (incumbent)	188,550	68.09
	Democratic	Robert Lester Weinberg	88,284	31.88
	Write-in		74	0.03
Total votes			276,908	100.00
	Republican hold

References

1. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1988" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 50 & 51.
2. "Herbert H. Bateman campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 4, 2023.
3. "James Ellenson campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
4. Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 246.
5. "Jerry Curry campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
6. "Owen B. Pickett campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
7. "Stephen P. Shao campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
8. "Robert Alexander Smith campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
9. "Thomas J. Bliley Jr. campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
10. "Norman Sisisky campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
11. Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 245-246.
12. "Linda Lugenia Arey campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
13. "W. Onico Barker campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
14. "James Francis Cole campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
15. "Charles R. Hawkins campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
16. "James Ronald Millner campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
17. "Lewis F. Payne Jr. campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
18. "1988 U.S. House Special General Election - District 5". Virginia Secretary of Elections. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
19. "Charles Judd campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
20. "Jim Olin campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
21. "D. French Slaughter Jr. campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
22. "David Brickley campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
23. "Stanford Parris campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
24. "Gary Slaiman campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
25. "Alfonso Ignacio Vergara campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
26. "Rick Boucher campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
27. "John C. Brown campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
28. Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 245.
29. "Mackenzie Canter III campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
30. "Robert Lester Weinberg campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
31. "Frank Wolf campaign finance". Federal Election Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023.
32. "1988 U.S. House Democratic Primary - District 10". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved March 14, 2025.

Works cited

• Moreland, Laurence; Steed, Robert; Baker, Tod, eds. (1991). The 1988 Presidential Election in the South: Continuity Amidst Change in Southern Party Politics. Praeger Publishers. ISBN   0275931455.

See also

• United States House elections, 1988