Note: Candidates' vote percentages are rounded to the nearest tenth of one percent. Candidates earning 0.05% or more of the vote are included.
Legislativeedit
Elections took place in the New Jersey Senate and Virginia House of Delegates. The Democrats maintained control of the New Jersey Senate but lost 2 seats.[2] In Virginia, Democrats maintained control of the House of Delegates but lost 8 seats.
Referencesedit
^The original election results were close; Florio called for a recount. The results here are from the recount.
^"Candidates for the Offices of State Senate and General Assembly" (PDF). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
January 01, 1970
1981, united, states, elections, were, year, elections, were, held, tuesday, november, 1981, comprising, gubernatorial, races, congressional, special, elections, plethora, other, local, elections, across, united, states, senate, special, elections, were, held,. The 1981 United States elections were off year elections were held on Tuesday November 3 1981 comprising 2 gubernatorial races 5 congressional special elections and a plethora of other local elections across the United States No Senate special elections were held 1981 United States elections 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Off year electionsElection dayNovember 3Congressional special electionsSeats contested5Net seat changeDemocrat 1Gubernatorial electionsSeats contested2Net seat change01981 Gubernatorial election results mapLegend Republican gain Democratic gain No election Contents 1 Federal elections 1 1 United States House of Representatives special elections 2 State and local elections 2 1 Gubernatorial elections 2 2 Legislative 3 ReferencesFederal elections editUnited States House of Representatives special elections edit In 1981 five special elections were held to fill vacancies to the 97th United States Congress They were for Michigan s 4th congressional district Maryland s 5th congressional district Ohio s 4th congressional district Mississippi s 4th congressional district and Pennsylvania s 3rd congressional district District Date Predecessor Winner Cause of vacancy Michigan 4 April 21 1981 David Stockman Mark D Siljander Resigned January 27 1981 to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget Maryland 5 May 19 1981 Gladys Spellman Steny Hoyer Incapacitated since last Congress and seat declared vacant February 24 1981 Ohio 4 June 25 1981 Tennyson Guyer Mike Oxley Died April 12 1981 Mississippi 4 July 7 1981 Jon Hinson Wayne Dowdy Resigned April 13 1981 Pennsylvania 3 July 21 1981 Raymond F Lederer Joseph F Smith Convicted of bribery in the Abscam sting operation resigned State and local elections editSeveral statewide elections were held this year most notably the gubernatorial elections in two U S States Gubernatorial elections edit Main article 1981 United States gubernatorial elections Two gubernatorial elections were held in 1981 in New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Virginia and both states flipped parties State Incumbent Party Result Opposing candidates New Jersey Brendan Byrne Democratic Term limited Republican victory Thomas Kean Republican 49 5 James Florio Democratic 49 4 1 Virginia John N Dalton Republican Term limited Democratic victory Chuck Robb Democratic 53 6 Marshall Coleman Republican 46 4 Note Candidates vote percentages are rounded to the nearest tenth of one percent Candidates earning 0 05 or more of the vote are included Legislative edit Elections took place in the New Jersey Senate and Virginia House of Delegates The Democrats maintained control of the New Jersey Senate but lost 2 seats 2 In Virginia Democrats maintained control of the House of Delegates but lost 8 seats References edit The original election results were close Florio called for a recount The results here are from the recount Candidates for the Offices of State Senate and General Assembly PDF Retrieved 26 June 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1981 United States elections amp oldid 1073480619, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
