1995 Virginia Senate election

1995 Virginia Senate elections
November 7, 1995
All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout52.2% 3.1 pp
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Joseph B. Benedetti Hunter Andrews
(lost re-election)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 8, 1992 January 9, 1980
Leader's seat 10th 1st
Last election 18 seats, 41.7% 22 seats, 54.8%
Seats won 20 20
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 764,025 581,008
Percentage 55.3% 42.0%
Swing 13.6 pp 12.8 pp
Majority leader before election

Hunter Andrews
Democratic

Elected Majority leader

None

The Virginia Senate election of 1995 was held on Tuesday, November 7. Democrats lost their majority, thus forcing Republicans and Democrats to negotiate a power-sharing agreement to split control of the chamber. Republicans won a 1997 special election to claim the majority in the chamber after Democrat Charles L. Waddell resigned his seat.

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