1989 Virginia gubernatorial election

Virginia gubernatorial election, 1989
Turnout	66.5% (voting eligible)
	Virginia gubernatorial election results map.; Blue denotes counties/districts won by Wilder.; Red denotes those won by Coleman.
Governor before election; Jerry Baliles; Democratic	Elected Governor ; L. Douglas Wilder; Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Governor Jerry Baliles was unable to seek a second term due to term limits. Democratic nominee and Lieutenant Governor L. Douglas Wilder squared off against former Attorney General of Virginia J. Marshall Coleman in one of the closest elections in Virginia history. Upon taking the oath of office in January 1990, Governor Wilder became the first African-American governor of Virginia, and the first African-American governor of any state since reconstruction more than 100 years earlier.

Republican primary

Candidates

J. Marshall Coleman, former Attorney General of Virginia, 1981 Republican nominee for Governor
Paul S. Trible, Jr., former U.S. Senator
Stanford Parris, U.S. Congressman

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Marshall Coleman	147,941	36.81
	Republican	Paul S. Trible, Jr.	141,120	35.11
	Republican	Stanford Parris	112,826	28.07
Total votes			401,887	100.00

General election

Results

Virginia gubernatorial election, 1989^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	L. Douglas Wilder	897,139	50.14%	-5.05%
	Republican	J. Marshall Coleman	890,285	49.75%	+4.96%
	Write-ins		1,947	0.11%
Majority			6,854	0.38%	-10.03%
Turnout			1,789,371
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

^ Virginia Department of Elections (2016). "Registration/Turnout Statistics". The Commonwealth of Virginia. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
^ Commonwealth of Virginia. State Board of Elections. "Recapitulation--Republican Primary Election" Official Election Results 1989. Comp. Susan H. Fitz-Hugh. Richmond, Virginia: n.p., 1989. 49. Print.
^ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=51&year=1989&f=0&off=5

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[Voter_Turnout-1] Virginia Department of Elections (2016). "Registration/Turnout Statistics". The Commonwealth of Virginia. Retrieved July 25, 2016.

[2] Commonwealth of Virginia. State Board of Elections. "Recapitulation--Republican Primary Election" Official Election Results 1989. Comp. Susan H. Fitz-Hugh. Richmond, Virginia: n.p., 1989. 49. Print.

[3] ttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=51&year=1989&f=0&off=5

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