2001_Virginia_gubernatorial_election
2001 Virginia gubernatorial election
Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Virginia
For related races, see 2001 United States gubernatorial elections.
The 2001 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2001. Incumbent Republican Governor Jim Gilmore was barred from seeking a second term; Democratic nominee Mark Warner, the 1996 Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate and former Chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia, defeated Republican nominee Mark Earley, the Attorney General of Virginia.
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| Turnout | 46.4%  3.1[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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 County and independent city results Congressional district resultsWarner: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Earley: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Candidates
- Mark Warner, businessman and nominee for U.S. Senate in 1996 (Democratic)
- Mark Earley, Attorney General of Virginia and former State Senator from Norfolk (Republican)
Campaign
Warner made a conscious effort to appeal to voters in rural Virginia, personified by his official campaign song, written by the Bluegrass Brothers.[2] The song was considered an essential part of Warner's outreach to rural Virginia, with the lyrics emphasizing Warner's understanding of the culture of that part of the state.[3][4]
Polling
More information Source, Date ...
| Source | Date | Warner (D) | Earley (R) | Redpath (L) |
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| Mason-Dixon | October 21, 2001 | 46% | 40% | N/A |
| Mason-Dixon | October 20, 2001 | 45% | 42% | 1% |
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Results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Mark Warner | 984,177 | 52.16% | +9.60% | |
| Republican | Mark Earley | 887,234 | 47.03% | -8.79% | |
| Libertarian | Bill Redpath | 14,497 | 0.77% | +0.77% | |
| Write-in | 813 | 0.04% | |||
| Majority | 96,943 | 5.14% | -8.11% | ||
| Turnout | 1,886,721 | ||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
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Results by county and city
More information County, Warner ...
| County[6] | Warner | Votes | Earley | Votes | Redpath | Votes | Others | Votes |
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| Accomack | 50.3% | 3,710 | 48.5% | 3,575 | 1.2% | 89 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Albemarle | 56.3% | 14,891 | 42.2% | 11,143 | 1.4% | 373 | 0.1% | 21 |
| Alexandria | 68.2% | 23,739 | 31.1% | 10,810 | 0.6% | 226 | 0.1% | 27 |
| Alleghany | 59.0% | 3,018 | 39.9% | 2,044 | 1.1% | 56 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Amelia | 46.7% | 1,665 | 52.7% | 1,880 | 0.6% | 20 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Amherst | 50.8% | 4,198 | 48.8% | 4,031 | 0.4% | 37 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Appomattox | 51.3% | 2,268 | 47.3% | 2,090 | 1.4% | 61 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Arlington | 68.3% | 35,990 | 30.8% | 16,214 | 0.9% | 487 | 0.1% | 28 |
| Augusta | 37.1% | 6,673 | 61.9% | 11,133 | 0.9% | 164 | 0.0% | 4 |
| Bath | 51.8% | 804 | 46.4% | 721 | 1.8% | 28 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Bedford County | 41.1% | 8,035 | 57.8% | 11,298 | 1.1% | 211 | 0.0% | 3 |
| Bedford | 56.9% | 1,031 | 41.2% | 747 | 1.9% | 35 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Bland | 48.2% | 835 | 51.2% | 888 | 0.6% | 11 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Botetourt | 43.7% | 4,629 | 55.4% | 5,872 | 0.9% | 100 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Bristol | 48.6% | 2,166 | 50.9% | 2,268 | 0.5% | 21 | 0.1% | 3 |
| Brunswick | 65.3% | 2,840 | 34.3% | 1,491 | 0.4% | 16 | 0.1% | 3 |
| Buchanan | 65.7% | 3,746 | 33.7% | 1,921 | 0.7% | 39 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Buckingham | 59.1% | 2,364 | 40.1% | 1,601 | 0.8% | 32 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Buena Vista | 58.6% | 853 | 39.3% | 572 | 2.1% | 30 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Campbell | 45.7% | 7,187 | 53.1% | 8,366 | 1.2% | 187 | 0.0% | 3 |
| Caroline | 60.8% | 3,590 | 38.5% | 2,274 | 0.6% | 34 | 0.1% | 4 |
| Carroll | 42.3% | 3,309 | 57.2% | 4,481 | 0.5% | 40 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Charles City | 73.1% | 1,747 | 26.4% | 631 | 0.5% | 13 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Charlotte | 51.4% | 2,202 | 46.9% | 2,012 | 1.7% | 73 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Charlottesville | 72.9% | 6,781 | 24.9% | 2,316 | 2.1% | 193 | 0.2% | 16 |
| Chesapeake | 45.8% | 24,087 | 53.8% | 28,328 | 0.4% | 201 | 0.0% | 17 |
| Chesterfield | 41.9% | 33,810 | 57.3% | 46,160 | 0.7% | 534 | 0.1% | 94 |
| Clarke | 49.3% | 1,839 | 49.7% | 1,851 | 0.9% | 34 | 0.1% | 3 |
| Colonial Heights | 32.1% | 1,758 | 66.9% | 3,660 | 0.7% | 41 | 0.3% | 14 |
| Covington | 62.7% | 1,071 | 34.9% | 597 | 2.4% | 41 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Craig | 50.3% | 918 | 48.6% | 887 | 1.0% | 19 | 0.1% | 1 |
| Culpeper | 42.0% | 3,721 | 57.1% | 5,054 | 0.8% | 74 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Cumberland | 50.0% | 1,315 | 47.7% | 1,255 | 2.4% | 62 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Danville | 53.5% | 7,346 | 44.8% | 6,150 | 1.7% | 231 | 0.0% | 3 |
| Dickenson | 61.0% | 2,907 | 38.6% | 1,837 | 0.4% | 19 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Dinwiddie | 52.3% | 3,578 | 46.8% | 3,202 | 0.8% | 55 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Emporia | 59.4% | 912 | 40.1% | 616 | 0.5% | 7 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Essex | 54.2% | 1,436 | 45.4% | 1,203 | 0.4% | 10 | 0.1% | 2 |
| Fairfax County | 54.5% | 146,537 | 44.9% | 120,799 | 0.6% | 1,586 | 0.0% | 92 |
| Fairfax | 51.7% | 3,478 | 47.6% | 3,203 | 0.6% | 43 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Falls Church | 65.8% | 2,623 | 33.3% | 1,326 | 0.9% | 35 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Fauquier | 42.2% | 6,952 | 57.2% | 9,420 | 0.6% | 91 | 0.1% | 9 |
| Floyd | 46.6% | 2,093 | 51.9% | 2,331 | 1.5% | 69 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Fluvanna | 47.0% | 3,118 | 51.7% | 3,425 | 1.3% | 86 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Franklin County | 51.3% | 7,182 | 47.9% | 6,703 | 0.8% | 111 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Franklin | 64.5% | 1,434 | 35.1% | 781 | 0.3% | 6 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Frederick | 39.0% | 6,433 | 60.3% | 9,947 | 0.7% | 113 | 0.0% | 6 |
| Fredericksburg | 61.0% | 2,717 | 37.7% | 1,679 | 1.2% | 55 | 0.1% | 5 |
| Galax | 54.0% | 866 | 45.7% | 733 | 0.4% | 6 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Giles | 56.5% | 3,071 | 41.9% | 2,276 | 1.6% | 85 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Gloucester | 44.8% | 4,116 | 54.5% | 5,010 | 0.7% | 68 | 0.0% | 2 |
| Goochland | 47.3% | 3,091 | 51.9% | 3,394 | 0.7% | 46 | 0.1% | 6 |
| Grayson | 46.7% | 2,507 | 52.6% | 2,824 | 0.7% | 40 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Greene | 41.7% | 1,644 | 56.9% | 2,244 | 1.4% | 56 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Greensville | 68.6% | 1,859 | 31.0% | 841 | 0.3% | 8 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Halifax | 54.8% | 5,506 | 43.4% | 4,366 | 1.8% | 178 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Hampton | 63.7% | 20,627 | 35.8% | 11,592 | 0.5% | 157 | 0.0% | 16 |
| Hanover | 38.2% | 11,713 | 61.1% | 18,757 | 0.7% | 201 | 0.1% | 20 |
| Harrisonburg | 47.7% | 3,083 | 51.5% | 3,334 | 0.8% | 49 | 0.0% | 2 |
| Henrico | 51.4% | 42,089 | 47.9% | 39,215 | 0.6% | 514 | 0.1% | 85 |
| Henry | 61.4% | 9,872 | 36.9% | 5,942 | 1.7% | 270 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Highland | 48.0% | 533 | 51.2% | 568 | 0.8% | 9 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Hopewell | 49.4% | 2,467 | 48.8% | 2,435 | 1.8% | 88 | 0.1% | 4 |
| Isle of Wight | 49.9% | 4,727 | 49.7% | 4,708 | 0.3% | 32 | 0.0% | 4 |
| James City | 49.3% | 8,505 | 50.2% | 8,654 | 0.5% | 86 | 0.0% | 6 |
| King and Queen | 57.3% | 1,188 | 42.0% | 872 | 0.7% | 14 | 0.0% | 0 |
| King George | 49.2% | 2,110 | 50.1% | 2,151 | 0.7% | 29 | 0.0% | 1 |
| King William | 49.4% | 1,942 | 49.9% | 1,960 | 0.6% | 25 | 0.1% | 2 |
| Lancaster | 45.7% | 2,025 | 53.5% | 2,373 | 0.7% | 29 | 0.1% | 5 |
| Lee | 53.3% | 2,923 | 46.2% | 2,536 | 0.5% | 25 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Lexington | 64.6% | 1,053 | 33.9% | 552 | 1.5% | 24 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Loudoun | 45.8% | 20,907 | 53.4% | 24,372 | 0.7% | 310 | 0.0% | 20 |
| Louisa | 53.7% | 4,244 | 45.2% | 3,568 | 1.1% | 89 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Lunenburg | 54.7% | 1,996 | 44.7% | 1,634 | 0.6% | 21 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Lynchburg | 53.0% | 9,314 | 46.3% | 8,132 | 0.6% | 112 | 0.1% | 10 |
| Madison | 44.9% | 1,794 | 53.1% | 2,121 | 1.9% | 76 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Manassas | 45.7% | 2,992 | 53.8% | 3,520 | 0.5% | 31 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Manassas Park | 46.3% | 691 | 52.9% | 790 | 0.7% | 11 | 0.1% | 2 |
| Martinsville | 67.0% | 2,769 | 32.6% | 1,346 | 0.4% | 16 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Mathews | 46.4% | 1,516 | 52.4% | 1,712 | 1.1% | 37 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Mecklenburg | 46.7% | 3,519 | 51.7% | 3,898 | 1.6% | 124 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Middlesex | 47.6% | 1,757 | 50.4% | 1,861 | 2.0% | 74 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Montgomery | 55.7% | 11,154 | 43.1% | 8,639 | 1.1% | 228 | 0.1% | 13 |
| Nelson | 59.4% | 2,681 | 39.1% | 1,763 | 1.5% | 68 | 0.0% | 1 |
| New Kent | 45.6% | 2,161 | 53.5% | 2,532 | 0.8% | 37 | 0.1% | 7 |
| Newport News | 57.0% | 21,318 | 42.5% | 15,920 | 0.4% | 168 | 0.0% | 16 |
| Norfolk | 65.2% | 28,244 | 34.0% | 14,741 | 0.7% | 294 | 0.0% | 14 |
| Northampton | 64.2% | 2,316 | 34.2% | 1,236 | 1.6% | 58 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Northumberland | 49.7% | 2,166 | 49.6% | 2,159 | 0.6% | 26 | 0.1% | 4 |
| Norton | 67.6% | 773 | 32.0% | 366 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Nottoway | 57.4% | 2,513 | 41.6% | 1,824 | 1.0% | 43 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Orange | 47.5% | 3,617 | 51.3% | 3,902 | 1.2% | 94 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Page | 42.4% | 2,443 | 57.2% | 3,292 | 0.4% | 21 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Patrick | 48.3% | 2,651 | 50.6% | 2,775 | 1.0% | 56 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Petersburg | 82.0% | 7,018 | 17.6% | 1,509 | 0.4% | 32 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Pittsylvania | 42.5% | 7,462 | 56.0% | 9,831 | 1.5% | 270 | 0.0% | 5 |
| Poquoson | 35.7% | 1,489 | 63.7% | 2,656 | 0.6% | 25 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Portsmouth | 65.7% | 17,336 | 33.8% | 8,922 | 0.4% | 103 | 0.0% | 13 |
| Powhatan | 36.8% | 2,558 | 62.4% | 4,338 | 0.8% | 58 | 0.0% | 3 |
| Prince Edward | 58.6% | 2,874 | 40.1% | 1,967 | 1.3% | 64 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Prince George | 45.1% | 3,414 | 54.2% | 4,104 | 0.6% | 43 | 0.1% | 9 |
| Prince William | 46.8% | 27,297 | 52.4% | 30,543 | 0.9% | 497 | 0.0% | 5 |
| Pulaski | 53.0% | 5,109 | 45.8% | 4,411 | 1.2% | 115 | 0.0% | 4 |
| Radford | 58.9% | 1,876 | 40.2% | 1,280 | 0.8% | 26 | 0.0% | 1 |
| Rappahannock | 48.0% | 1,284 | 51.2% | 1,369 | 0.7% | 20 | 0.1% | 2 |
| Richmond County | 49.1% | 1,101 | 50.1% | 1,124 | 0.8% | 17 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Richmond | 73.3% | 35,558 | 25.6% | 12,432 | 1.1% | 514 | 0.1% | 33 |
| Roanoke County | 47.0% | 14,993 | 52.4% | 16,713 | 0.6% | 204 | 0.0% | 7 |
| Roanoke | 62.1% | 15,348 | 37.0% | 9,147 | 0.8% | 204 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Rockbridge | 50.3% | 2,972 | 48.9% | 2,885 | 0.7% | 44 | 0.0% | 2 |
| Rockingham | 36.0% | 6,642 | 63.5% | 11,723 | 0.5% | 97 | 0.1% | 10 |
| Russell | 60.4% | 4,507 | 38.9% | 2,907 | 0.7% | 53 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Salem | 49.7% | 4,067 | 49.4% | 4,042 | 0.8% | 66 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Scott | 42.8% | 2,877 | 56.1% | 3,772 | 1.2% | 78 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Shenandoah | 40.2% | 4,531 | 59.1% | 6,653 | 0.6% | 72 | 0.1% | 7 |
| Smyth | 51.4% | 4,691 | 47.7% | 4,354 | 0.9% | 85 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Southampton | 60.2% | 2,790 | 39.4% | 1,827 | 0.3% | 15 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Spotsylvania | 45.8% | 9,742 | 53.8% | 11,447 | 0.4% | 89 | 0.0% | 5 |
| Stafford | 43.2% | 9,248 | 56.1% | 12,019 | 0.6% | 132 | 0.1% | 23 |
| Staunton | 48.8% | 3,141 | 50.6% | 3,256 | 0.6% | 38 | 0.0% | 2 |
| Suffolk | 53.1% | 9,124 | 46.5% | 7,996 | 0.3% | 59 | 0.0% | 2 |
| Surry | 65.5% | 1,550 | 33.9% | 801 | 0.6% | 14 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Sussex | 61.6% | 1,924 | 36.3% | 1,134 | 2.1% | 66 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Tazewell | 54.3% | 5,250 | 44.9% | 4,335 | 0.8% | 76 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Virginia Beach | 46.3% | 43,495 | 53.0% | 49,800 | 0.6% | 560 | 0.0% | 35 |
| Warren | 44.6% | 3,546 | 54.2% | 4,311 | 1.2% | 97 | 0.1% | 5 |
| Washington | 45.3% | 6,703 | 53.8% | 7,972 | 0.9% | 130 | 0.0% | 3 |
| Waynesboro | 42.9% | 2,109 | 56.5% | 2,777 | 0.4% | 21 | 0.1% | 4 |
| Westmoreland | 57.6% | 2,471 | 41.0% | 1,759 | 1.5% | 63 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Williamsburg | 57.5% | 1,475 | 41.6% | 1,067 | 0.9% | 24 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Winchester | 51.4% | 3,155 | 47.7% | 2,928 | 0.8% | 50 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Wise | 58.5% | 5,509 | 40.5% | 3,816 | 1.0% | 92 | 0.0% | 4 |
| Wythe | 48.6% | 3,822 | 50.7% | 3,991 | 0.6% | 47 | 0.1% | 9 |
| York | 45.0% | 7,530 | 54.3% | 9,083 | 0.6% | 100 | 0.0% | 5 |
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Counties and Independent Cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Accomack (Largest city: Chincoteague)
- Albemarle (largest municipality: Scottsville)
- Appomattox (Largest city: Appomattox)
- Bedford (Independent city)
- Buena Vista (Independent city)
- Danville (independent city)
- Galax (Independent city)
- Giles (Largest city: Pearisburg)
- King and Queen (Largest CDP: King and Queen Courthouse)
- Fairfax (independent city)
- Fairfax (largest municipality: Herndon)
- Henrico (largest borough: Richmond)
- Prince Edward (Largest city: Farmville)
- Westmoreland (Largest city: Colonial Beach)
- Winchester (independent city)
- Lynchburg (independent city)
- Southampton (largest municipality: Courtland)
- Amherst (Largest city: Amherst)
- Bath (Largest city: Hot Springs)
- Buckingham (Largest city: Dillwyn)
- Charlotte (Largest city: Keysville)
- Craig (Largest city: New Castle)
- Cumberland (Largest city: Farmville)
- Dinwiddie (Largest town: McKenney)
- Essex (Largest city: Tappahannock)
- Emporia (Independent city)
- Franklin (Largest city: Rocky Mount)
- Halifax (Largest city: South Boston)
- Hopewell (independent city)
- Isle of Wight (Largest city: Smithfield)
- Salem (independent city)
- Louisa (Largest city: Louisa)
- Lee (Largest city: Pennington Gap)
- Northumberland (Largest city: Heathsville)
- Pulaski (Largest city: Pulaski)
- Rockbridge (Largest city: Lexington)
- Smyth (Largest city: Marion)
- Tazewell (Largest city: Richlands)
- Wise (Largest city: Big Stone Gap)
- Nottoway (Largest city: Blackstone)
- Montgomery (Largest city: Blacksburg)
- Newport News (independent city)
- Suffolk (independent city)
- Northampton (Largest city: Exmore)
- Henry (Largest city: Blacksburg)
- Alleghany (Largest city: Clifton Forge)
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