Elections › 1990 › US Senate › Virginia Virginia — 1990 U.S. Senate election Recent presidential results 1990 Senate margin by county for Virginia — 1990 US Senate election A map of the constituent counties of Virginia — 1990 US Senate election, each outlined and filled by its 1990 Senate margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states. The same county-by-county results are available in the expandable county results table beside this map. West Virginia North Carolina Maryland Kentucky Tennessee ACCOMACK, VA · R+54.5 ALBEMARLE, VA · R+58.3 ALLEGHANY, VA · R+75.9 AMELIA, VA · R+62.4 AMHERST, VA · R+59.9 APPOMATTOX, VA · R+68.5 ARLINGTON, VA · R+64.2 AUGUSTA, VA · R+66.1 BATH, VA · R+72.7 BEDFORD, VA · R+69.8 BLAND, VA · R+69.8 BOTETOURT, VA · R+71.5 BRUNSWICK, VA · R+67.6 BUCHANAN, VA · R+63.5 BUCKINGHAM, VA · R+68.2 CAMPBELL, VA · R+70.4 CAROLINE, VA · R+20.7 CARROLL, VA · R+57.3 CHARLES CITY, VA · R+29.3 CHARLOTTE, VA · R+67.2 CHESTERFIELD, VA · R+58.5 CLARKE, VA · R+58.8 CRAIG, VA · R+54.5 CULPEPER, VA · R+71.5 CUMBERLAND, VA · R+78.6 DICKENSON, VA · R+30.0 DINWIDDIE, VA · R+50.4 ESSEX, VA · R+55.5 FAIRFAX, VA · R+60.0 FAUQUIER, VA · R+69.6 FLOYD, VA · R+65.9 FLUVANNA, VA · R+59.1 FRANKLIN, VA · R+64.4 FREDERICK, VA · R+69.9 GILES, VA · R+72.5 GLOUCESTER, VA · R+67.1 GOOCHLAND, VA · R+60.9 GRAYSON, VA · R+55.9 GREENE, VA · R+72.3 GREENSVILLE, VA · R+65.8 HALIFAX, VA · R+77.5 HANOVER, VA · R+59.9 HENRICO, VA · R+62.6 HENRY, VA · R+72.5 HIGHLAND, VA · R+51.2 ISLE OF WIGHT, VA · R+69.2 JAMES CITY, VA · R+63.5 KING AND QUEEN, VA · R+45.3 KING GEORGE, VA · R+44.5 KING WILLIAM, VA · R+55.2 LANCASTER, VA · R+72.0 LEE, VA · R+45.6 LOUDOUN, VA · R+69.5 LOUISA, VA · R+46.5 LUNENBURG, VA · R+78.8 MADISON, VA · R+71.2 MATHEWS, VA · R+73.7 MECKLENBURG, VA · R+80.9 MIDDLESEX, VA · R+68.6 MONTGOMERY, VA · R+55.2 NELSON, VA · R+56.9 NEW KENT, VA · R+53.7 NORTHAMPTON, VA · R+62.1 NORTHUMBERLAND, VA · R+62.7 NOTTOWAY, VA · R+73.3 ORANGE, VA · R+68.8 PAGE, VA · R+53.9 PATRICK, VA · R+78.6 PITTSYLVANIA, VA · R+76.7 POWHATAN, VA · R+48.1 PRINCE EDWARD, VA · R+75.2 PRINCE GEORGE, VA · R+36.9 PRINCE WILLIAM, VA · R+62.2 PULASKI, VA · R+80.5 RAPPAHANNOCK, VA · R+53.9 RICHMOND, VA · R+66.3 ROANOKE, VA · R+70.6 ROCKBRIDGE, VA · R+73.8 ROCKINGHAM, VA · R+67.1 RUSSELL, VA · R+61.0 SCOTT, VA · R+63.1 SHENANDOAH, VA · R+63.1 SMYTH, VA · R+76.5 SOUTHAMPTON, VA · R+69.8 SPOTSYLVANIA, VA · R+52.9 STAFFORD, VA · R+52.3 SURRY, VA · R+63.2 SUSSEX, VA · R+77.1 TAZEWELL, VA · R+65.7 WARREN, VA · R+63.8 WASHINGTON, VA · R+74.8 WESTMORELAND, VA · R+58.4 WISE, VA · R+64.1 WYTHE, VA · R+79.2 YORK, VA · R+60.7 ALEXANDRIA CITY, VA · R+54.2 BRISTOL CITY, VA · R+54.4 BUENA VISTA CITY, VA · R+76.2 CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY, VA · R+47.2 CHESAPEAKE CITY, VA · R+54.3 COLONIAL HEIGHTS CITY, VA · R+61.9 COVINGTON CITY, VA · R+73.2 DANVILLE CITY, VA · R+76.5 EMPORIA CITY, VA · R+69.5 FAIRFAX CITY, VA · R+71.3 FALLS CHURCH CITY, VA · R+55.0 FRANKLIN CITY, VA · R+69.6 FREDERICKSBURG CITY, VA · R+53.8 GALAX CITY, VA · R+68.4 HAMPTON CITY, VA · R+61.1 HARRISONBURG CITY, VA · R+70.4 HOPEWELL CITY, VA · R+64.6 LEXINGTON CITY, VA · R+76.3 LYNCHBURG CITY, VA · R+75.1 MANASSAS CITY, VA · R+58.6 MANASSAS PARK CITY, VA · R+50.8 MARTINSVILLE CITY, VA · R+76.7 NEWPORT NEWS CITY, VA · R+65.4 NORFOLK CITY, VA · R+53.3 NORTON CITY, VA · R+62.5 PETERSBURG CITY, VA · R+44.5 POQUOSON CITY, VA · R+65.4 PORTSMOUTH CITY, VA · R+57.6 RADFORD CITY, VA · R+62.8 RICHMOND CITY, VA · R+52.4 ROANOKE CITY, VA · R+64.7 SALEM CITY, VA · R+70.2 STAUNTON CITY, VA · R+70.1 SUFFOLK CITY, VA · R+63.7 VIRGINIA BEACH CITY, VA · R+55.2 WAYNESBORO CITY, VA · R+70.7 WILLIAMSBURG CITY, VA · R+62.4 WINCHESTER CITY, VA · R+73.1 Fairfax R+60 Virginia Beach R+55 Henrico R+63 Salem R+71 Charlottesville R+58 Winchester R+70 Danville R+76 Accomac R+55 + − ⤢
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How it voted
Share of the 1990 vote
John Warner ✓ Republican 81.7% 876,782 Nancy B. Spannaus Independent 18.3% 196,755
136 counties, each filled by 1990 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Virginia Democrats did not nominate a candidate in 1990. Nancy B. Spannaus ran as an Independent and was the principal challenger to John Warner (R). The county map below is the actual John Warner–Nancy B. Spannaus contest: Independent-won counties are gold, and major-party-won counties use the true candidate-to-candidate margin. The D–R presidential-baseline comparison is withheld because that axis does not describe this contest.
Virginia's Senate margins Every comparable D–R contest in our store, 1976–2024 · 1990 is shown above as an R–I contest
Virginia's Senate margins Democratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1976 to 2024. Most recent: +8.9% in 2024. flipped D · 2006 +8.9% D R 1976 2024 Virginia's Senate margins Year Margin (D minus R) 1976 +18.9% 1978 −0.4% 1982 −2.4% 1984 −40.1% 1988 +42.6% 1994 +2.7% 1996 −5.1% 2000 −4.6% 2002 −83.0% 2006 +0.4% 2008 +31.3% 2012 +5.9% 2014 +0.8% 2018 +16.0% 2020 +12.1% 2024 +8.9%
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1990 US Senate returns, party-classified by literal ballot party · county returns aggregated from precinct-level results. Virginia had no Democratic nominee in this contest; the county view is therefore keyed to the actual major-party-versus-Independent matchup rather than a D–R axis. Real returns — nothing estimated.
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