Virginia 1997 Governor Election

Name: Virginia 1997 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

Donald S. Beyer Jr. vs. James S. Gilmore III

James S. Gilmore III won the Virginia 1997 governor election with 967,640 votes (55.8%), a margin of R+13.3.

Statewide Results

42.5%

55.8%

737,443

Donald S. Beyer Jr. (42.5%)

967,640

James S. Gilmore III (55.8%)

Total Votes: 1,733,299|Margin: R+13.3

County Results

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County Results (133 counties)

County	Margin	1996 Pres	2000 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
PETERSBURG CITY	D+37.1	D+53.7	D+60.0	8,128	D+7.0%
FALLS CHURCH CITY	D+30.9	D+17.1	D+17.5	4,079	D+10.1%
CHARLES CITY	D+27.1	D+39.9	D+31.2	2,094	R+3.0%
RICHMOND CITY	D+26.6	D+31.7	D+34.1	49,171	D+7.6%
ARLINGTON	D+25.2	D+25.8	D+26.0	49,580	R+1.8%
ALEXANDRIA CITY	D+23.8	D+27.3	D+26.4	29,541	R+0.9%
CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY	D+22.5	D+29.9	D+28.2	8,892	D+14.2%
NORFOLK CITY	D+17.8	D+31.5	D+26.3	42,642	D+4.0%
PORTSMOUTH CITY	D+15.5	D+32.4	D+27.2	25,649	D+4.2%
SURRY	D+12.8	D+27.5	D+16.5	2,223	D+7.9%
GREENSVILLE	D+10.3	D+31.4	D+19.2	2,727	D+5.7%
FREDERICKSBURG CITY	D+10.0	D+10.3	D+6.4	4,431	D+12.7%
WILLIAMSBURG CITY	D+9.1	D+7.2	R+1.4	2,696	R+2.2%
NORTON CITY	D+8.9	D+27.9	D+14.9	1,460	D+24.5%
LEXINGTON CITY	D+6.9	D+10.2	D+4.3	1,529	D+8.0%
BRUNSWICK	D+6.4	D+23.4	D+13.8	4,279	D+2.6%
SUSSEX	D+4.8	D+18.8	D+6.7	2,960	D+0.7%
HAMPTON CITY	D+4.3	D+17.7	D+16.6	32,745	D+6.5%
COVINGTON CITY	D+4.3	D+25.7	D+9.1	1,823	D+9.7%
MARTINSVILLE CITY	D+3.6	D+8.5	D+8.6	4,719	R+12.7%
FRANKLIN CITY	D+3.0	D+22.5	D+11.6	2,400	D+8.5%
BUCHANAN	D+2.9	D+36.5	D+19.1	6,191	D+24.4%
CAROLINE	D+2.4	D+14.8	D+5.3	5,446	D+12.2%
NELSON	D+2.3	D+15.1	R+0.1	4,238	D+21.5%
DICKENSON	D+1.1	D+24.5	D+11.5	4,799	D+23.5%
ROANOKE CITY	D+1.0	D+15.6	D+9.8	24,088	R+1.9%
RADFORD CITY	D+0.2	D+8.7	R+2.9	2,991	D+9.5%
RUSSELL	D+0.2	D+17.1	D+3.5	7,487	D+22.8%
NORTHAMPTON	R+0.2	D+16.3	D+0.8	3,590	D+2.0%
KING AND QUEEN	R+2.1	D+11.6	R+1.3	2,071	D+4.5%
SOUTHAMPTON	R+5.2	D+17.6	D+1.0	4,601	D+8.9%
FAIRFAX	R+5.8	R+1.6	R+1.4	245,778	R+2.4%
WISE	R+5.8	D+15.7	R+0.7	9,268	D+19.9%
PRINCE EDWARD	R+6.1	D+2.6	R+4.6	4,748	D+12.7%
FAIRFAX CITY	R+6.2	R+4.7	R+4.2	6,568	D+1.2%
BUCKINGHAM	R+7.3	D+8.2	R+3.2	3,436	D+12.8%
NEWPORT NEWS CITY	R+7.4	D+8.5	D+4.8	38,006	D+1.4%
WESTMORELAND	R+8.6	D+10.6	R+0.2	4,023	D+10.4%
MONTGOMERY	R+8.9	D+1.4	R+8.4	17,638	D+4.3%
SUFFOLK CITY	R+9.2	D+10.9	D+2.6	15,617	D+2.6%
ALBEMARLE	R+10.3	R+3.7	R+5.5	24,416	D+9.8%
NOTTOWAY	R+11.1	R+1.7	R+7.5	4,015	D+11.3%
BATH	R+11.8	D+3.7	R+22.1	1,478	D+20.9%
APPOMATTOX	R+11.9	R+7.0	R+25.7	3,960	D+11.8%
LYNCHBURG CITY	R+11.9	R+5.0	R+9.1	17,517	D+4.4%
HENRY	R+12.1	R+0.2	R+13.8	14,724	R+10.6%
TAZEWELL	R+12.9	D+8.9	R+8.7	9,947	D+29.6%
GILES	R+13.7	D+9.4	R+8.4	4,617	D+16.1%
RAPPAHANNOCK	R+13.8	R+3.1	R+11.0	2,315	D+14.9%
CLARKE	R+14.2	R+6.5	R+13.6	3,197	D+11.5%
AMHERST	R+14.5	R+2.1	R+15.8	8,102	D+11.8%
LOUISA	R+15.0	R+0.1	R+11.4	6,838	D+11.2%
BUENA VISTA CITY	R+15.0	D+18.3	R+2.0	1,484	D+0.2%
ISLE OF WIGHT	R+15.1	R+4.1	R+18.7	8,167	D+3.8%
ALLEGHANY	R+15.3	D+7.5	R+11.6	4,117	D+17.5%
KING GEORGE	R+15.5	R+14.9	R+26.0	3,625	D+16.2%
CHESAPEAKE CITY	R+15.9	R+0.9	R+8.2	44,937	D+3.0%
ESSEX	R+15.9	D+1.2	R+6.4	2,640	D+3.1%
JAMES CITY	R+18.0	R+15.5	R+22.6	15,398	R+0.0%
GALAX CITY	R+18.1	D+5.6	R+7.4	1,461	D+2.6%
BRISTOL CITY	R+18.2	R+6.6	R+13.5	3,695	D+24.5%
WINCHESTER CITY	R+18.5	R+9.1	R+12.6	5,304	D+15.9%
PULASKI	R+18.5	R+0.4	R+14.4	8,846	D+10.1%
EMPORIA CITY	R+19.0	D+13.0	D+8.6	1,488	R+0.7%
LUNENBURG	R+19.2	R+1.5	R+10.5	3,790	D+0.5%
DANVILLE CITY	R+19.3	R+5.9	R+6.6	12,127	D+2.2%
FRANKLIN	R+19.5	R+0.5	R+21.7	12,193	R+2.1%
HENRICO	R+20.0	R+13.0	R+12.5	78,364	D+9.5%
SALEM CITY	R+20.1	R+6.5	R+17.1	7,518	R+0.6%
DINWIDDIE	R+20.3	D+4.5	R+10.5	6,065	R+2.0%
VIRGINIA BEACH CITY	R+20.4	R+9.2	R+14.3	87,967	D+0.1%
SMYTH	R+20.5	D+0.2	R+14.9	9,051	D+24.2%
LOUDOUN	R+20.8	R+11.7	R+15.2	35,145	R+2.5%
SPOTSYLVANIA	R+21.7	R+13.1	R+20.8	17,896	D+14.5%
HARRISONBURG CITY	R+21.7	R+17.9	R+22.7	6,289	D+15.6%
STAUNTON CITY	R+22.1	R+16.2	R+18.3	6,144	D+23.9%
WARREN	R+22.1	R+8.7	R+18.1	6,841	D+17.3%
STAFFORD	R+22.1	R+16.1	R+23.8	18,953	D+14.2%
WASHINGTON	R+22.1	R+11.9	R+22.3	12,494	D+19.6%
KING WILLIAM	R+22.5	R+13.0	R+24.6	3,768	D+7.1%
CRAIG	R+22.5	R+3.9	R+29.2	1,972	D+10.4%
MIDDLESEX	R+23.1	R+10.2	R+25.0	3,802	D+1.6%
PATRICK	R+23.1	R+18.4	R+35.8	4,528	R+16.2%
GOOCHLAND	R+23.7	R+18.0	R+24.8	6,460	D+7.9%
MANASSAS CITY	R+23.9	R+13.0	R+12.0	6,976	D+4.8%
GRAYSON	R+23.9	R+5.4	R+25.8	4,624	D+6.8%
LEE	R+24.1	D+14.2	R+5.9	7,418	R+4.3%
FLOYD	R+25.0	R+9.4	R+25.5	3,749	D+0.4%
ORANGE	R+25.2	R+9.5	R+17.8	6,678	D+9.2%
CHARLOTTE	R+25.3	R+2.1	R+16.8	3,557	D+1.2%
PAGE	R+25.7	R+13.5	R+29.6	5,167	D+25.9%
LANCASTER	R+26.0	R+17.7	R+27.0	4,067	D+6.5%
HALIFAX	R+26.1	R+6.7	R+12.6	9,290	R+2.3%
CUMBERLAND	R+26.2	R+7.6	R+16.2	2,495	D+1.8%
ROCKBRIDGE	R+26.2	R+2.2	R+20.0	5,355	D+2.0%
MECKLENBURG	R+26.5	R+5.1	R+15.5	6,851	D+5.8%
ROANOKE	R+26.6	R+13.5	R+22.4	29,403	R+3.7%
WYTHE	R+26.7	R+11.7	R+30.1	7,084	D+12.5%
MATHEWS	R+26.8	R+14.2	R+31.5	3,531	D+5.4%
AMELIA	R+27.1	R+11.9	R+24.9	3,123	R+1.9%
YORK	R+27.2	R+17.7	R+27.2	15,311	R+0.9%
PRINCE WILLIAM	R+27.4	R+7.4	R+8.0	50,820	R+1.9%
GLOUCESTER	R+27.6	R+13.8	R+30.4	8,843	D+4.1%
NEW KENT	R+27.6	R+18.9	R+30.7	4,554	D+5.8%
ACCOMACK	R+27.7	D+1.8	R+10.6	7,274	R+2.9%
HOPEWELL CITY	R+28.0	R+8.8	R+10.4	4,921	D+2.0%
NORTHUMBERLAND	R+28.1	R+12.9	R+22.2	3,815	D+1.2%
MADISON	R+28.4	R+12.5	R+21.8	3,782	D+14.1%
WAYNESBORO CITY	R+28.5	R+16.2	R+19.0	5,015	D+14.1%
RICHMOND	R+29.3	R+11.5	R+24.0	1,912	D+8.6%
FLUVANNA	R+29.7	R+11.5	R+17.6	5,212	D+6.2%
CULPEPER	R+30.2	R+16.9	R+25.1	7,901	D+16.6%
SCOTT	R+31.3	R+7.4	R+21.2	6,262	D+9.6%
PRINCE GEORGE	R+31.5	R+18.1	R+22.0	6,852	D+4.5%
HIGHLAND	R+31.5	R+15.2	R+34.0	970	D+7.4%
FAUQUIER	R+31.6	R+22.3	R+26.2	14,259	D+5.2%
CAMPBELL	R+31.6	R+18.4	R+32.0	14,192	D+4.6%
BOTETOURT	R+33.6	R+14.8	R+30.6	9,662	R+2.8%
BEDFORD	R+34.3	R+18.9	R+34.7	16,593	D+2.2%
BLAND	R+34.6	R+9.0	R+33.8	1,779	D+24.0%
CARROLL	R+35.2	R+14.8	R+31.9	6,850	R+0.5%
CHESTERFIELD	R+36.2	R+28.3	R+28.2	69,573	D+5.9%
PITTSYLVANIA	R+37.2	R+20.5	R+32.7	15,410	R+3.2%
FREDERICK	R+38.6	R+25.2	R+33.1	14,064	D+11.4%
GREENE	R+40.2	R+21.4	R+29.6	3,240	D+12.6%
POQUOSON CITY	R+41.8	R+38.2	R+48.2	3,679	D+1.1%
MANASSAS PARK CITY	R+42.0	R+9.1	R+16.0	1,075	R+10.5%
HANOVER	R+42.3	R+35.2	R+39.8	27,227	D+6.5%
SHENANDOAH	R+43.8	R+24.2	R+36.1	9,923	D+8.7%
POWHATAN	R+44.7	R+31.7	R+42.3	5,862	R+0.6%
AUGUSTA	R+44.9	R+33.9	R+43.9	16,419	D+18.1%
ROCKINGHAM	R+47.5	R+37.6	R+48.5	16,515	D+10.9%
COLONIAL HEIGHTS CITY	R+51.6	R+41.0	R+43.9	6,158	D+2.5%

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