1997 Virginia gubernatorial election
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Turnout | 49.5% (voting eligible)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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![]() County and independent city results Gilmore: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Beyer: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1997. The incumbent Governor, George Allen, was barred from seeking a second term due to Virginia's unique term limits law. The Republican candidate was Jim Gilmore, the Attorney General of Virginia. The Democratic nominee was Don Beyer, the incumbent Lieutenant Governor.
General election
Polling
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Don Beyer (D) |
Jim Gilmore (R) |
Other | Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Washington Post | October 19–21, 1997 | 1,005 | ± 3.0% | 41% | 48% | 4% | 11% |
Washington Post | September 12–16, 1997 | 808 | ± 3.5% | 44% | 43% | 4% | 9% |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jim Gilmore | 969,062 | 55.81% | −2.46% | |
Democratic | Don Beyer | 738,971 | 42.56% | +1.67% | |
Reform | Sue Harris DeBauche | 25,955 | 1.49% | ||
Write-ins | 2,326 | 0.13% | |||
Majority | 230,091 | 13.25% | −4.13% | ||
Turnout | 1,736,314 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
County | Gilmore | Votes | Beyer | Votes | DeBauche | Votes | Others | Votes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Accomack | 62.3% | 4,529 | 34.5% | 2,511 | 3.2% | 234 | 0.0% | 0 |
Albemarle | 54.4% | 13,287 | 44.2% | 10,784 | 1.3% | 319 | 0.1% | 26 |
Alexandria | 37.6% | 11,115 | 61.4% | 18,144 | 0.8% | 251 | 0.1% | 31 |
Alleghany | 56.8% | 2,337 | 41.5% | 1,708 | 1.7% | 72 | 0.0% | 0 |
Amelia | 62.3% | 1,947 | 35.3% | 1,101 | 2.4% | 75 | 0.0% | 0 |
Amherst | 56.4% | 4,571 | 42.0% | 3,400 | 1.6% | 131 | 0.0% | 0 |
Appomattox | 55.0% | 2,177 | 43.1% | 1,707 | 1.9% | 76 | 0.0% | 0 |
Arlington | 36.8% | 18,252 | 62.0% | 30,736 | 1.1% | 568 | 0.0% | 24 |
Augusta | 71.8% | 11,789 | 26.9% | 4,416 | 1.3% | 214 | 0.0% | 0 |
Bath | 54.6% | 807 | 42.8% | 632 | 2.6% | 38 | 0.1% | 1 |
Bedford County | 66.2% | 10,989 | 31.9% | 5,300 | 1.8% | 304 | 0.0% | 0 |
Bedford | 50.2% | 833 | 47.2% | 784 | 2.6% | 44 | 0.0% | 0 |
Bland | 66.3% | 1,180 | 31.7% | 564 | 2.0% | 35 | 0.0% | 0 |
Botetourt | 66.0% | 6,378 | 32.5% | 3,136 | 1.5% | 148 | 0.0% | 0 |
Bristol | 58.8% | 2,172 | 40.6% | 1,499 | 0.6% | 21 | 0.1% | 3 |
Brunswick | 45.5% | 1,946 | 51.9% | 2,220 | 2.6% | 113 | 0.0% | 0 |
Buchanan | 47.5% | 2,941 | 50.4% | 3,120 | 2.1% | 129 | 0.0% | 1 |
Buckingham | 52.4% | 1,799 | 45.1% | 1,548 | 2.6% | 89 | 0.0% | 0 |
Buena Vista | 57.0% | 846 | 42.0% | 623 | 1.0% | 15 | 0.0% | 0 |
Campbell | 65.0% | 9,230 | 33.4% | 4,744 | 1.5% | 216 | 0.0% | 2 |
Caroline | 47.7% | 2,600 | 50.1% | 2,731 | 2.1% | 115 | 0.0% | 0 |
Carroll | 66.4% | 4,549 | 31.2% | 2,136 | 2.4% | 164 | 0.0% | 1 |
Charles City | 35.5% | 743 | 62.6% | 1,311 | 1.9% | 40 | 0.0% | 0 |
Charlotte | 61.4% | 2,184 | 36.1% | 1,285 | 2.5% | 88 | 0.0% | 0 |
Charlottesville | 37.7% | 3,354 | 60.2% | 5,352 | 1.6% | 142 | 0.5% | 44 |
Chesapeake | 57.0% | 25,636 | 41.2% | 18,509 | 1.3% | 571 | 0.5% | 221 |
Chesterfield | 67.2% | 46,779 | 31.1% | 21,621 | 1.1% | 779 | 0.6% | 394 |
Clarke | 56.3% | 1,800 | 42.1% | 1,347 | 1.6% | 50 | 0.0% | 0 |
Clifton Forge | 43.5% | 589 | 54.9% | 744 | 1.6% | 21 | 0.0% | 0 |
Colonial Heights | 75.1% | 4,622 | 23.5% | 1,446 | 1.3% | 83 | 0.1% | 7 |
Covington | 47.0% | 857 | 51.3% | 935 | 1.6% | 30 | 0.1% | 1 |
Craig | 59.8% | 1,180 | 37.3% | 736 | 2.8% | 56 | 0.0% | 0 |
Culpeper | 64.5% | 5,095 | 34.3% | 2,708 | 1.2% | 97 | 0.0% | 1 |
Cumberland | 62.1% | 1,549 | 35.9% | 896 | 2.0% | 50 | 0.0% | 0 |
Danville | 59.1% | 7,165 | 39.8% | 4,828 | 1.1% | 134 | 0.0% | 0 |
Dickenson | 48.5% | 2,326 | 49.6% | 2,379 | 2.0% | 94 | 0.0% | 0 |
Dinwiddie | 58.6% | 3,554 | 38.3% | 2,321 | 3.1% | 190 | 0.0% | 0 |
Emporia | 57.5% | 855 | 38.5% | 573 | 4.0% | 60 | 0.0% | 0 |
Essex | 56.8% | 1,499 | 40.9% | 1,079 | 2.3% | 62 | 0.0% | 0 |
Fairfax County | 52.5% | 129,038 | 46.7% | 114,697 | 0.8% | 1,922 | 0.0% | 121 |
Fairfax | 52.5% | 3,451 | 46.4% | 3,047 | 1.0% | 66 | 0.1% | 4 |
Falls Church | 34.2% | 1,396 | 65.1% | 2,655 | 0.6% | 26 | 0.0% | 2 |
Fauquier | 65.2% | 9,293 | 33.6% | 4,792 | 1.1% | 160 | 0.1% | 14 |
Floyd | 61.0% | 2,288 | 36.0% | 1,350 | 3.0% | 111 | 0.0% | 0 |
Fluvanna | 64.0% | 3,337 | 34.3% | 1,790 | 1.6% | 84 | 0.0% | 1 |
Franklin County | 58.5% | 7,134 | 39.0% | 4,760 | 2.5% | 299 | 0.0% | 0 |
Franklin | 47.3% | 1,134 | 50.3% | 1,207 | 2.5% | 59 | 0.0% | 0 |
Frederick | 68.8% | 9,672 | 30.2% | 4,246 | 1.0% | 146 | 0.0% | 0 |
Fredericksburg | 44.1% | 1,952 | 54.0% | 2,394 | 1.5% | 66 | 0.4% | 19 |
Galax | 58.4% | 853 | 40.2% | 588 | 1.4% | 20 | 0.0% | 0 |
Giles | 55.9% | 2,582 | 42.3% | 1,951 | 1.8% | 83 | 0.0% | 1 |
Gloucester | 62.3% | 5,513 | 34.8% | 3,074 | 2.9% | 255 | 0.0% | 1 |
Goochland | 60.8% | 3,929 | 37.1% | 2,395 | 2.1% | 136 | 0.0% | 0 |
Grayson | 60.6% | 2,803 | 36.7% | 1,696 | 2.7% | 125 | 0.0% | 0 |
Greene | 68.9% | 2,233 | 28.7% | 930 | 2.3% | 75 | 0.1% | 2 |
Greensville | 44.0% | 1,201 | 54.4% | 1,483 | 1.6% | 43 | 0.0% | 0 |
Halifax | 62.0% | 5,756 | 35.8% | 3,328 | 2.2% | 206 | 0.0% | 0 |
Hampton | 47.1% | 15,432 | 51.5% | 16,850 | 1.3% | 435 | 0.1% | 28 |
Hanover | 70.5% | 19,187 | 28.2% | 7,679 | 1.3% | 354 | 0.0% | 7 |
Harrisonburg | 60.3% | 3,793 | 38.6% | 2,429 | 1.0% | 66 | 0.0% | 1 |
Henrico | 59.2% | 46,367 | 39.1% | 30,661 | 1.2% | 912 | 0.5% | 424 |
Henry | 54.4% | 8,014 | 42.3% | 6,233 | 3.2% | 477 | 0.0% | 0 |
Highland | 64.9% | 630 | 33.4% | 324 | 1.6% | 16 | 0.0% | 0 |
Hopewell | 63.0% | 3,100 | 35.0% | 1,723 | 2.0% | 97 | 0.0% | 1 |
Isle of Wight | 56.9% | 4,647 | 41.8% | 3,411 | 1.2% | 100 | 0.1% | 9 |
James City | 58.3% | 8,984 | 40.4% | 6,218 | 1.2% | 180 | 0.1% | 16 |
King and Queen | 49.8% | 1,032 | 47.7% | 988 | 2.5% | 51 | 0.0% | 0 |
King George | 56.9% | 2,063 | 41.4% | 1,502 | 1.5% | 55 | 0.1% | 5 |
King William | 60.4% | 2,277 | 38.0% | 1,430 | 1.6% | 59 | 0.1% | 2 |
Lancaster | 62.0% | 2,523 | 36.0% | 1,464 | 1.8% | 74 | 0.1% | 6 |
Lee | 60.1% | 4,460 | 36.1% | 2,676 | 3.8% | 282 | 0.0% | 0 |
Lexington | 46.0% | 703 | 52.8% | 808 | 1.1% | 17 | 0.1% | 1 |
Loudoun | 59.7% | 20,997 | 39.0% | 13,697 | 1.2% | 407 | 0.1% | 44 |
Louisa | 56.0% | 3,832 | 41.0% | 2,806 | 2.9% | 200 | 0.0% | 0 |
Lunenburg | 58.8% | 2,230 | 39.6% | 1,502 | 1.5% | 58 | 0.0% | 0 |
Lynchburg | 55.5% | 9,724 | 43.6% | 7,634 | 0.8% | 144 | 0.1% | 15 |
Madison | 63.1% | 2,386 | 34.7% | 1,312 | 2.2% | 84 | 0.0% | 0 |
Manassas | 61.3% | 4,277 | 37.4% | 2,611 | 1.2% | 87 | 0.0% | 1 |
Manassas Park | 70.1% | 754 | 28.1% | 302 | 1.8% | 19 | 0.0% | 0 |
Martinsville | 46.7% | 2,206 | 50.4% | 2,377 | 2.8% | 133 | 0.1% | 3 |
Mathews | 61.9% | 2,184 | 35.0% | 1,236 | 3.1% | 110 | 0.0% | 1 |
Mecklenburg | 61.7% | 4,226 | 35.1% | 2,408 | 3.2% | 217 | 0.0% | 0 |
Middlesex | 59.9% | 2,279 | 36.8% | 1,401 | 3.2% | 122 | 0.0% | 0 |
Montgomery | 53.5% | 9,445 | 44.7% | 7,882 | 1.7% | 308 | 0.0% | 3 |
Nelson | 47.5% | 2,014 | 49.9% | 2,113 | 2.6% | 110 | 0.0% | 1 |
New Kent | 62.7% | 2,856 | 35.1% | 1,599 | 1.7% | 78 | 0.5% | 21 |
Newport News | 52.7% | 20,033 | 45.4% | 17,237 | 1.9% | 732 | 0.0% | 4 |
Norfolk | 40.1% | 17,101 | 57.9% | 24,679 | 1.7% | 736 | 0.3% | 126 |
Northampton | 48.9% | 1,755 | 48.7% | 1,747 | 2.3% | 84 | 0.1% | 4 |
Northumberland | 63.1% | 2,409 | 35.0% | 1,337 | 1.6% | 62 | 0.2% | 7 |
Norton | 44.3% | 647 | 53.2% | 777 | 2.5% | 36 | 0.0% | 0 |
Nottoway | 54.8% | 2,201 | 43.7% | 1,754 | 1.5% | 60 | 0.0% | 0 |
Orange | 61.8% | 4,124 | 36.6% | 2,443 | 1.7% | 111 | 0.0% | 0 |
Page | 62.3% | 3,220 | 36.6% | 1,890 | 0.7% | 38 | 0.4% | 19 |
Patrick | 60.2% | 2,726 | 37.1% | 1,679 | 2.7% | 123 | 0.0% | 0 |
Petersburg | 30.3% | 2,460 | 67.4% | 5,475 | 2.4% | 192 | 0.0% | 1 |
Pittsylvania | 67.8% | 10,445 | 30.6% | 4,720 | 1.6% | 243 | 0.0% | 2 |
Poquoson | 70.5% | 2,592 | 28.6% | 1,053 | 0.8% | 31 | 0.1% | 3 |
Portsmouth | 41.5% | 10,641 | 57.0% | 14,613 | 1.4% | 363 | 0.1% | 32 |
Powhatan | 71.4% | 4,186 | 26.7% | 1,567 | 1.9% | 109 | 0.0% | 0 |
Prince Edward | 52.1% | 2,476 | 46.0% | 2,186 | 1.8% | 86 | 0.0% | 0 |
Prince George | 65.1% | 4,461 | 33.6% | 2,305 | 1.2% | 79 | 0.1% | 7 |
Prince William | 63.1% | 32,049 | 35.6% | 18,110 | 1.3% | 651 | 0.0% | 10 |
Pulaski | 58.4% | 5,162 | 39.8% | 3,522 | 1.8% | 159 | 0.0% | 3 |
Radford | 49.0% | 1,466 | 49.2% | 1,471 | 1.7% | 52 | 0.1% | 2 |
Rappahannock | 56.2% | 1,301 | 42.4% | 982 | 1.3% | 30 | 0.1% | 2 |
Richmond County | 63.3% | 1,211 | 34.0% | 651 | 2.6% | 50 | 0.0% | 0 |
Richmond | 35.7% | 17,544 | 62.3% | 30,643 | 2.0% | 967 | 0.0% | 17 |
Roanoke County | 62.5% | 18,384 | 36.0% | 10,576 | 1.5% | 439 | 0.0% | 4 |
Roanoke | 48.3% | 11,628 | 49.2% | 11,857 | 2.5% | 598 | 0.0% | 5 |
Rockbridge | 62.4% | 3,339 | 36.2% | 1,937 | 1.5% | 78 | 0.0% | 1 |
Rockingham | 73.1% | 12,074 | 25.6% | 4,224 | 1.3% | 214 | 0.0% | 3 |
Russell | 49.1% | 3,675 | 49.2% | 3,687 | 1.7% | 125 | 0.0% | 0 |
Salem | 59.1% | 4,445 | 39.0% | 2,934 | 1.8% | 139 | 0.0% | 0 |
Scott | 64.7% | 4,050 | 33.3% | 2,087 | 2.0% | 125 | 0.0% | 0 |
Shenandoah | 71.2% | 7,069 | 27.4% | 2,718 | 1.2% | 122 | 0.1% | 14 |
Smyth | 59.3% | 5,366 | 38.8% | 3,510 | 1.9% | 175 | 0.0% | 0 |
Southampton | 51.0% | 2,345 | 45.8% | 2,105 | 3.3% | 151 | 0.0% | 0 |
Spotsylvania | 60.1% | 10,747 | 38.4% | 6,872 | 1.5% | 276 | 0.0% | 1 |
Stafford | 60.2% | 11,416 | 38.1% | 7,224 | 1.6% | 295 | 0.1% | 18 |
Staunton | 60.3% | 3,707 | 38.3% | 2,352 | 1.4% | 85 | 0.0% | 0 |
Suffolk | 53.8% | 8,398 | 44.6% | 6,959 | 1.6% | 257 | 0.0% | 3 |
Surry | 42.5% | 944 | 55.3% | 1,229 | 2.2% | 50 | 0.0% | 0 |
Sussex | 46.3% | 1,371 | 51.1% | 1,512 | 2.6% | 77 | 0.0% | 0 |
Tazewell | 55.4% | 5,515 | 42.6% | 4,235 | 2.0% | 194 | 0.0% | 3 |
Virginia Beach | 59.1% | 51,945 | 38.7% | 34,036 | 1.7% | 1,511 | 0.5% | 475 |
Warren | 60.5% | 4,139 | 38.4% | 2,628 | 1.0% | 70 | 0.1% | 4 |
Washington | 60.3% | 7,528 | 38.1% | 4,761 | 1.6% | 198 | 0.1% | 7 |
Waynesboro | 63.6% | 3,188 | 35.1% | 1,758 | 1.3% | 67 | 0.0% | 2 |
Westmoreland | 53.4% | 2,148 | 44.8% | 1,801 | 1.8% | 74 | 0.0% | 0 |
Williamsburg | 44.7% | 1,206 | 53.8% | 1,451 | 1.4% | 39 | 0.0% | 0 |
Winchester | 58.7% | 3,114 | 40.2% | 2,131 | 1.1% | 59 | 0.0% | 0 |
Wise | 52.2% | 4,834 | 46.3% | 4,292 | 1.5% | 142 | 0.0% | 0 |
Wythe | 62.1% | 4,401 | 35.5% | 2,512 | 2.1% | 149 | 0.3% | 22 |
York | 62.9% | 9,628 | 35.7% | 5,469 | 1.3% | 200 | 0.1% | 14 |
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.
- ^ "Virginia Elections Database - 1997 Governor General Election". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved October 31, 2019.