1999 Virginia Senate election

1999 Virginia Senate elections
November 2, 1999
All 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout36.1% 16.1 pp
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Walter Stosch Dick Saslaw
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 13, 1998 January 10, 1996
Leader's seat 12th 35th
Last election 20 seats, 55.3% 20 seats, 42.0%
Seats won 21 19
Seat change
Popular vote 694,231 440,873
Percentage 59.2% 37.6%
Swing 3.9 pp 4.4 pp
Majority leader before election

Walter Stosch
Republican

Elected Majority leader

Walter Stosch
Republican

The Virginia Senate election of 1999 was held on Tuesday, November 2. Republicans won a 1997 special election to claim a 21-19 majority in the chamber after Democrat Charles L. Waddell resigned his seat. Republicans maintained this majority in 1999, which gave Republicans their first ever elected majority in history.

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