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The Virginia House of Delegates election of 1991 was held on Tuesday, November 5. Just over a month earlier, on September 28, House Speaker A. L. Philpott died of cancer. Democratic floor leader Tom Moss led his party going into the election; Moss was elected Speaker two weeks later, after his conference maintained a majority in the chamber.
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| 1989 | 1991 | +/- | Strength | Vote | % | Change | |||
| Democratic | 83 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 58.00% | 623,577 | 54.19% | ||
| Republican | 64 | 40 | 41 |  1 | 41.00% | 493,658 | 42.90% | ||
| Independent | 11 | 1 | 1 |  | 1.00% | 31,398 | 2.73% | ||
| - | Write-ins | - | 0 | 0 | | 0.00% | 2,169 | 0.19% | |
| Total | 158 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100.00% | 1,150,802 | 100.00% | - | |
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| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
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| 1 | Ford C. Quillen | Democratic | 1969 | Re-elected | Ford C. Quillen (D) unopposed |
| 2 | Vacant | Bud Phillips (D) unopposed | |||
| Bud Phillips Redistricted from the 3rd district | Democratic | 1989 | Re-elected | ||
| 3 | Jackie T. Stump Redistricted from the 4th district | Democratic | 1989 | Re-elected | Jackie T. Stump (D) unopposed |
| 4 | Joseph P. Johnson, Jr. Redistricted from the 6th district | Democratic | 1965 | Re-elected | Joseph P. Johnson, Jr. (D) unopposed |
| 5 | C. Jefferson Stafford | Republican | 1971 | Retired Republican loss | Groven Cullen Jennings (D) 61.14% Barnes Lee Kidd (R) 38.85% |
| Groven Cullen Jennings Redistricted from the 7th district | Democratic | 1981 | Re-elected | ||
| 6 | Thomas M. Jackson, Jr. Redistricted from the 8th district | Democratic | 1987 | Re-elected | Thomas M. Jackson, Jr. (D) unopposed |
| 7 | Thomas G. Baker, Jr. Redistricted from the 12th district | Republican | 1989 | Re-elected | Thomas G. Baker, Jr. (R) 69.25% Dallas L. Cox (D) 30.72% |
| 8 | G. Steven Agee Redistricted from the 15th district | Republican | 1981 | Re-elected | G. Steven Agee (R) unopposed |
| 9 | Willard R. Finney | Democratic | 1982 | Re-elected | Willard R. Finney (D) 52.53% Kenneth S. Rush (R) 47.41% |
| 10 | Roscoe Reynolds | Democratic | 1985 | Re-elected | Roscoe Reynolds (D) unopposed |
| 11 | A. L. Philpott | Democratic | 1957 | Retired Democratic hold | Ward Armstrong (D) 76.84% Naomi L. Hodge-Muse (R) 23.08% |
| 12 | Joan H. Munford Redistricted from the 13th district | Democratic | 1981 | Re-elected | Joan H. Munford (D) 57.22% Alvah T. Leighton, Jr. (R) 42.78% |
| 13 | None (District created) | New seat Republican gain | Robert G. Marshall (R) 57.72% R. Dale Reynolds (D) 42.22% | ||
| 14 | Richard Cranwell | Democratic | 1971 | Re-elected | Richard Cranwell (D) unopposed |
| 15 | Raymond R. Guest Redistricted from the 31st district | Republican | 1971 | Re-elected | Raymond R. Guest (R) unopposed |
| 16 | Clifton A. Woodrum | Democratic | 1979 | Re-elected | Clifton A. Woodrum (D) unopposed |
| 17 | A. Victor Thomas | Democratic | 1973 | Re-elected | A. Victor Thomas (D) 79.71% Zaman K. McManaway (I) 20.27% |
| 18 | Emmett Hanger Redistricted from the 26th district | Republican | 1982 | Loss re-election Democratic gain | Creigh Deeds (D) 57.07% Emmett Hanger (R) 42.93% |
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