Virginia 1985 Governor Election

Name: Virginia 1985 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

Gerald L. Baliles vs. Wyatt B. Durrette

Gerald L. Baliles won the Virginia 1985 governor election with 738,562 votes (55.2%), a margin of D+10.4.

Statewide Results

55.2%

44.8%

738,562

Gerald L. Baliles (55.2%)

599,332

Wyatt B. Durrette (44.8%)

Total Votes: 1,338,047|Margin: D+10.4

County Results

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County Results (133 counties)

County	Margin	1984 Pres	1988 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
CHARLES CITY	D+55.0	D+38.7	D+37.5	1,919	R+5.1%
PATRICK	D+40.9	R+41.9	R+30.5	4,613	D+23.7%
NORTON CITY	D+40.4	D+2.2	D+13.1	1,346	D+8.7%
PORTSMOUTH CITY	D+35.6	D+6.6	D+10.0	28,160	R+4.5%
NORFOLK CITY	D+35.6	D+3.4	D+10.5	45,517	D+0.0%
PETERSBURG CITY	D+35.4	D+23.2	D+31.3	11,160	D+3.6%
RICHMOND CITY	D+34.5	D+12.0	D+14.1	63,879	D+5.4%
COVINGTON CITY	D+34.5	R+10.5	D+10.1	2,417	R+1.0%
NELSON	D+32.4	R+15.6	R+4.7	3,086	D+15.1%
CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY	D+32.0	D+2.6	D+13.6	8,657	D+12.8%
BUCHANAN	D+31.7	D+21.3	D+27.6	6,667	D+1.1%
WISE	D+31.1	R+3.9	D+6.2	9,829	D+3.0%
SURRY	D+30.9	D+12.3	D+12.3	2,147	R+12.0%
ARLINGTON	D+30.4	D+3.0	D+8.1	40,567	D+11.8%
ALEXANDRIA CITY	D+30.2	D+5.3	D+7.5	23,813	D+9.8%
ROANOKE CITY	D+29.6	R+4.7	D+5.5	20,654	D+6.9%
RUSSELL	D+29.1	D+8.1	D+17.2	7,163	D+7.8%
CAROLINE	D+28.4	D+2.6	D+1.9	4,419	D+0.6%
GREENSVILLE	D+26.1	D+1.0	D+12.7	3,168	D+7.9%
HENRY	D+25.6	R+28.7	R+17.8	14,621	D+11.6%
BRUNSWICK	D+25.5	D+1.5	D+5.6	4,399	D+4.8%
LEE	D+24.9	R+2.7	D+9.1	6,382	D+5.3%
FRANKLIN	D+24.1	R+21.8	R+12.5	7,777	R+0.7%
DICKENSON	D+23.6	D+10.5	D+18.0	5,379	D+2.1%
ALLEGHANY	D+23.4	R+17.4	R+0.6	2,902	R+1.9%
SUSSEX	D+22.4	D+4.8	D+3.5	3,377	R+10.9%
SUFFOLK CITY	D+22.4	R+6.7	R+9.3	12,974	R+5.9%
KING AND QUEEN	D+21.8	R+9.3	R+2.5	1,868	R+2.8%
HAMPTON CITY	D+21.8	R+16.7	R+11.2	27,306	R+0.6%
MARTINSVILLE CITY	D+21.8	R+17.8	R+9.0	5,288	D+11.8%
NORTHAMPTON	D+21.4	R+13.1	R+6.5	3,914	D+2.7%
FALLS CHURCH CITY	D+20.2	R+5.6	D+0.3	3,023	D+9.0%
PULASKI	D+19.5	R+30.5	R+18.4	9,006	D+8.7%
BUENA VISTA CITY	D+19.0	R+29.5	R+14.7	1,749	R+5.3%
FRANKLIN CITY	D+18.8	R+0.8	D+2.3	2,200	D+0.2%
CHESAPEAKE CITY	D+18.4	R+24.2	R+22.3	27,860	R+3.6%
RADFORD CITY	D+18.4	R+23.0	R+14.3	3,340	D+3.8%
TAZEWELL	D+17.9	R+9.1	D+6.0	8,007	R+0.1%
WILLIAMSBURG CITY	D+17.5	R+13.1	R+3.5	2,186	D+8.2%
APPOMATTOX	D+16.7	R+38.3	R+29.1	4,495	R+3.1%
DINWIDDIE	D+16.5	R+13.1	R+9.9	5,683	D+2.4%
BATH	D+15.4	R+32.5	R+18.1	1,187	D+5.3%
GILES	D+15.4	R+17.3	R+6.7	4,594	R+3.8%
LOUISA	D+15.2	R+16.6	R+15.5	4,962	D+0.4%
NEWPORT NEWS CITY	D+14.8	R+21.1	R+20.5	33,869	R+0.7%
BUCKINGHAM	D+14.7	R+16.3	R+12.1	3,617	R+23.9%
ISLE OF WIGHT	D+14.4	R+21.4	R+21.1	6,578	R+4.6%
WESTMORELAND	D+14.1	R+15.1	R+12.3	3,456	D+1.9%
MONTGOMERY	D+14.1	R+26.4	R+15.9	13,504	D+5.1%
LUNENBURG	D+13.7	R+21.2	R+14.7	3,173	D+2.3%
BRISTOL CITY	D+13.5	R+34.6	R+28.4	4,816	D+5.5%
KING GEORGE	D+12.7	R+23.6	R+25.8	2,255	D+14.9%
WARREN	D+12.5	R+32.3	R+25.4	4,138	D+2.3%
PRINCE EDWARD	D+12.2	R+14.1	R+12.5	4,878	D+0.7%
GALAX CITY	D+12.0	R+30.9	R+16.9	1,941	D+6.6%
RAPPAHANNOCK	D+11.2	R+25.7	R+24.3	1,673	R+4.0%
FAIRFAX	D+10.7	R+26.1	R+22.8	158,206	D+7.1%
PRINCE WILLIAM	D+10.6	R+38.1	R+34.4	24,412	D+7.8%
SALEM CITY	D+10.6	R+31.3	R+20.3	5,576	D+6.3%
ALBEMARLE	D+10.5	R+28.7	R+18.5	13,625	D+12.8%
CRAIG	D+10.4	R+16.1	R+12.4	1,646	R+15.6%
BOTETOURT	D+10.4	R+29.2	R+20.1	4,580	D+1.5%
CLARKE	D+10.3	R+34.9	R+25.5	2,114	D+10.4%
LEXINGTON CITY	D+9.8	R+11.6	D+0.1	1,609	R+1.9%
MANASSAS PARK CITY	D+9.3	R+44.3	R+38.7	836	D+3.6%
SPOTSYLVANIA	D+9.2	R+34.1	R+33.1	7,592	D+0.8%
FREDERICKSBURG CITY	D+8.9	R+17.8	R+11.7	4,014	R+1.4%
SCOTT	D+8.6	R+19.3	R+15.6	6,362	D+10.9%
CHARLOTTE	D+8.3	R+24.5	R+16.5	3,550	D+3.7%
LOUDOUN	D+7.6	R+36.5	R+33.5	14,728	D+9.4%
AMHERST	D+7.6	R+34.1	R+29.0	7,439	D+5.1%
GRAYSON	D+7.2	R+31.8	R+23.7	4,569	D+6.4%
WASHINGTON	D+7.1	R+36.8	R+29.0	10,627	D+7.8%
ROANOKE	D+6.9	R+37.5	R+25.8	20,043	D+6.9%
PAGE	D+6.7	R+34.4	R+33.2	4,367	D+9.5%
WINCHESTER CITY	D+6.7	R+41.8	R+32.0	4,580	D+11.7%
WAYNESBORO CITY	D+6.5	R+47.5	R+38.7	4,162	D+30.7%
NOTTOWAY	D+6.5	R+19.4	R+17.1	4,262	R+3.0%
FLUVANNA	D+6.4	R+25.3	R+21.8	2,369	D+3.2%
JAMES CITY	D+6.3	R+33.9	R+31.2	6,814	D+4.6%
WYTHE	D+6.1	R+38.3	R+28.5	6,783	D+1.2%
ROCKBRIDGE	D+5.8	R+31.8	R+18.6	3,552	D+1.4%
MADISON	D+5.2	R+35.0	R+26.7	2,923	D+4.7%
SMYTH	D+5.1	R+35.1	R+29.5	8,422	D+3.1%
BEDFORD	D+3.9	R+34.7	R+30.2	9,763	D+2.9%
GOOCHLAND	D+3.5	R+21.8	R+25.9	4,296	R+4.1%
BLAND	D+3.4	R+35.1	R+24.3	1,690	R+1.2%
SOUTHAMPTON	D+3.1	R+17.0	R+6.8	5,278	R+12.6%
ORANGE	D+2.9	R+32.2	R+24.6	4,360	D+1.6%
MIDDLESEX	D+2.7	R+36.2	R+30.1	2,921	R+1.4%
EMPORIA CITY	D+2.0	R+21.4	R+13.7	1,527	D+6.7%
HALIFAX	D+1.4	R+24.4	R+16.8	7,448	D+3.3%
HIGHLAND	D+1.4	R+42.6	R+27.3	862	D+11.8%
KING WILLIAM	D+1.3	R+31.6	R+27.0	3,026	D+0.6%
AMELIA	D+1.1	R+23.8	R+23.0	3,012	R+1.8%
STAFFORD	D+1.0	R+39.7	R+38.7	10,060	D+7.0%
FAIRFAX CITY	D+0.8	R+31.1	R+23.6	5,115	D+0.3%
GLOUCESTER	D+0.4	R+42.7	R+38.2	6,812	R+3.6%
FREDERICK	D+0.3	R+56.0	R+45.3	6,930	D+13.6%
FAUQUIER	D+0.1	R+43.3	R+41.1	8,345	D+6.7%
NEW KENT	R+0.4	R+37.8	R+34.0	2,883	R+0.1%
CUMBERLAND	R+0.9	R+23.7	R+26.8	2,735	R+5.7%
ACCOMACK	R+1.3	R+29.6	R+21.5	9,072	R+5.5%
FLOYD	R+1.4	R+36.1	R+25.2	3,088	D+4.9%
ESSEX	R+1.8	R+23.8	R+22.1	2,494	D+0.7%
VIRGINIA BEACH CITY	R+1.9	R+49.0	R+38.5	61,116	R+3.6%
LYNCHBURG CITY	R+2.3	R+35.5	R+29.4	17,173	D+9.1%
MECKLENBURG	R+2.6	R+32.4	R+28.2	6,560	R+3.9%
YORK	R+2.8	R+42.9	R+40.7	9,333	R+2.4%
HOPEWELL CITY	R+2.8	R+37.3	R+28.6	6,173	D+1.1%
MANASSAS CITY	R+2.9	R+43.1	R+38.1	3,160	D+0.0%
CULPEPER	R+3.2	R+42.2	R+38.9	5,074	D+2.1%
PRINCE GEORGE	R+3.4	R+39.9	R+33.4	4,968	R+1.5%
HARRISONBURG CITY	R+5.3	R+37.0	R+31.1	4,852	D+1.2%
MATHEWS	R+5.9	R+44.0	R+37.2	2,758	R+7.2%
PITTSYLVANIA	R+7.6	R+33.4	R+29.3	14,900	D+6.6%
RICHMOND	R+7.7	R+38.1	R+33.4	2,013	R+0.5%
CAMPBELL	R+8.2	R+50.3	R+46.4	10,740	D+6.1%
STAUNTON CITY	R+9.5	R+50.3	R+39.8	6,028	R+7.8%
HENRICO	R+9.5	R+49.8	R+39.3	60,674	D+5.0%
NORTHUMBERLAND	R+9.7	R+38.0	R+32.3	3,672	D+3.5%
CARROLL	R+9.9	R+41.2	R+33.1	5,963	D+4.0%
LANCASTER	R+11.7	R+36.8	R+36.3	3,867	D+7.1%
AUGUSTA	R+15.7	R+59.0	R+51.5	11,707	R+0.1%
SHENANDOAH	R+15.7	R+52.7	R+44.5	7,443	D+2.6%
DANVILLE CITY	R+16.2	R+34.7	R+24.5	11,267	D+6.0%
ROCKINGHAM	R+16.5	R+52.0	R+46.7	10,133	D+4.0%
GREENE	R+17.6	R+48.5	R+41.4	1,701	R+1.1%
POQUOSON CITY	R+20.5	R+69.8	R+62.4	2,904	D+2.1%
POWHATAN	R+20.6	R+47.7	R+46.4	3,771	R+9.9%
CHESTERFIELD	R+22.1	R+59.8	R+51.4	48,406	D+1.7%
HANOVER	R+24.3	R+58.9	R+54.6	17,266	R+4.2%
COLONIAL HEIGHTS CITY	R+27.6	R+67.7	R+57.9	5,388	R+0.2%

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