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2001 Virginia gubernatorial election Turnout 46.4% (of registered voters)[ 1]
County and independent city resultsWarner: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%Earley: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
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, defeated Republican nominee Mark Earley , the Attorney General of Virginia .
General election
Candidates
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
Source
Date
Warner (D)
Earley (R)
Redpath (L)
Mason-Dixon
October 21, 2001
46%
40%
N/A
Mason-Dixon
October 20, 2001
45%
42%
1%
Results
Results by county and city
County[ 6]
Warner
Votes
Earley
Votes
Redpath
Votes
Others
Votes
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
References
^ Virginia Department of Elections (2016). "Registration/Turnout Statistics" . The Commonwealth of Virginia. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016 .
^ Glass, Andrew; Phillip, Abby (July 30, 2009). "Curious case of catchy political tunes" . Politico . Retrieved May 19, 2020 .
^ Howell, Isak (November 9, 2001). "Good Ol' Boys Meet High Society When Band Hits Campaign Trail" . Daily Press . Retrieved May 19, 2001 – via The Roanoke Times.
^ Graff, Garrett M. (February 1, 2006). "Is Mark Warner the Next Bill Clinton?" . The Washingtonian . Retrieved May 19, 2020 .
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