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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.

United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 1988
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

Candidate	Campaign committee
Herbert H. Bateman	$293,109.00	$284,702.00	$39,534.00	$1,137.00
James Ellenson	$30,454.00	$30,302.00	$0.00	$0.00

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	135,937	73.25
	Democratic	49,614	26.74
	Write-in	22	0.01
185,573	100.00

Curry, who was black, received 8.5% of the black vote.

Candidate	Campaign committee
Jerry Curry	$149,958.00	$148,856.00	$4,726.00	$0.00
Owen B. Pickett	$437,439.00	$414,011.00	$28,550.00	$6,711.00
Stephen P. Shao	$15,424.00	$15,424.00	$0.00	$0.00
Robert Alexander Smith	$9,500.00	$9,135.00	$363.00	$0.00

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	106,666	60.53
	Republican	62,564	35.51
	Independent	4,255	2.41
	Independent	2,691	1.53
	Write-in	32	0.02
176,208	100.00

Candidate	Campaign committee
Thomas J. Bliley Jr.	$467,449.00	$366,816.00	$108,636.00	$0.00

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	187,354	99.71
	Write-in	544	0.29
187,898	100.00

Candidate	Campaign committee
Norman Sisisky	$185,555.00	$93,232.00	$316,592.00	$349,183.00

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	134,786	99.93
	Write-in	98	0.07
134,884	100.00

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.

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

Candidate	Campaign committee
Linda Lugenia Arey	$405,046.00	$404,468.00	$577.00	$0.00
W. Onico Barker	$19,326.00	$19,325.00	$0.00	$0.00
James Francis Cole	$10,655.00	$10,429.00	$87.00	$3,560.00
Charles R. Hawkins	$105,871.00	$105,872.00	$0.00	$0.00
James Ronald Millner	$11,665.00	$11,664.00	$0.00	$0.00
Lewis F. Payne Jr.	$915,853.00	$903,976.00	$9,041.00	$275,000.00

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	55,469	59.25
	Republican	38,063	40.66
	Write-in	80	0.09
93,612	100.00

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	97,242	54.19
	Republican	78,396	43.69
	Independent	3,792	2.11
	Write-in	12	0.01
179,442	100.00

Candidate	Campaign committee
Charles Judd	$112,076.00	$110,756.00	$1,318.00	$5,560.00
Jim Olin	$321,705.00	$322,160.00	$11,751.00	$22,000.00

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	118,369	63.88
	Republican	66,935	36.12
	Write-in	8	0.00
185,304	100.00

Candidate	Campaign committee
D. French Slaughter Jr.	$219,559.00	$87,195.00	$180,208.00	$0.00

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	136,988	99.65
	Write-in	488	0.35
137,476	100.00

Candidate	Campaign committee
David Brickley	$276,578.00	$273,203.00	$3,375.00	$9,000.00
Stanford Parris	$632,755.00	$689,035.00	$158,614.00	$2,261.00
Gary Slaiman	$13,325.00	$13,179.00	$144.00	$0.00
Alfonso Ignacio Vergara	$8,260.00	$7,034.00	$1,224.00	$2,217.00

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	154,761	62.30
	Democratic	93,561	37.67
	Write-in	78	0.03
248,400	100.00

Candidate	Campaign committee
Rick Boucher	$616,821.00	$606,420.00	$130,299.00	$0.00
John C. Brown	$155,094.00	$154,515.00	$579.00	$14,280.00

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	113,309	63.40
	Republican	65,410	36.60
	Write-in	8	0.00
178,727	100.00

Only 2.7% of registered voters participated in the Democratic primary.

Candidate	Campaign committee
Mackenzie Canter III	$38,514.00	$38,513.00	$0.00	$0.00
Robert Lester Weinberg	$242,787.00	$241,445.00	$1,339.00	$7,816.00
Frank Wolf	$803,080.00	$758,365.00	$57,022.00	$0.00

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	6,880	76.78
	Democratic	2,081	23.22
8,961	100.00

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	188,550	68.09
	Democratic	88,284	31.88
	Write-in	74	0.03
276,908	100.00

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.
United States House elections, 1988

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