Virginia 1977 Governor Election

Name: Virginia 1977 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

Henry Howell vs. John N. Dalton

John N. Dalton won the Virginia 1977 governor election with 695,692 votes (55.9%), a margin of R+12.6.

Statewide Results

43.3%

55.9%

539,136

Henry Howell (43.3%)

695,692

John N. Dalton (55.9%)

Total Votes: 1,245,096|Margin: R+12.6

County Results

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County Results (133 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
CHARLES CITY	D+44.9	D+49.6	D+38.7	1,455	D+70.3%
PORTSMOUTH CITY	D+23.5	D+20.1	D+6.6	27,723	D+55.8%
NORFOLK CITY	D+21.2	D+11.3	D+3.4	53,753	D+55.6%
SURRY	D+18.6	D+28.1	D+12.3	2,379	D+57.6%
MANASSAS PARK CITY	D+17.0	R+22.5	R+44.3	824	—
BUCHANAN	D+15.3	D+11.4	D+21.3	7,105	D+50.4%
CAROLINE	D+15.2	D+16.6	D+2.6	3,727	D+55.0%
CRAIG	D+15.0	D+10.0	R+16.1	1,310	D+52.3%
GREENSVILLE	D+14.3	D+14.7	D+1.0	2,977	D+56.1%
DICKENSON	D+14.0	D+6.1	D+10.5	5,906	D+51.0%
PETERSBURG CITY	D+13.0	D+22.1	D+23.2	10,419	D+56.3%
RUSSELL	D+12.3	D+9.1	D+8.1	7,030	D+54.0%
SPOTSYLVANIA	D+12.2	R+13.5	R+34.1	5,453	D+52.6%
WISE	D+11.3	D+7.7	R+3.9	8,597	D+51.2%
CHESAPEAKE CITY	D+11.1	R+2.0	R+24.2	25,948	D+49.2%
NORTON CITY	D+11.0	D+13.6	D+2.2	1,002	D+60.3%
COVINGTON CITY	D+9.6	D+19.9	R+10.5	2,605	D+49.5%
STAFFORD	D+8.7	R+24.0	R+39.7	7,559	D+52.6%
HAMPTON CITY	D+8.5	D+4.0	R+16.7	27,107	D+52.1%
SUSSEX	D+7.5	D+18.3	D+4.8	3,512	D+53.1%
SUFFOLK CITY	D+7.3	D+11.2	R+6.7	12,739	D+67.2%
NELSON	D+6.3	D+12.1	R+15.6	3,078	D+54.5%
KING AND QUEEN	D+6.2	D+8.3	R+9.3	1,563	D+48.1%
ISLE OF WIGHT	D+5.9	D+5.5	R+21.4	5,819	D+51.7%
ALLEGHANY	D+4.8	R+5.6	R+17.4	3,615	D+44.2%
BUENA VISTA CITY	D+4.6	D+4.3	R+29.5	1,952	D+51.5%
RAPPAHANNOCK	D+4.3	R+5.2	R+25.7	1,642	D+60.0%
SCOTT	D+3.3	R+4.6	R+19.3	6,275	D+49.4%
DINWIDDIE	D+3.1	D+1.5	R+13.1	4,959	D+45.8%
FRANKLIN	D+3.0	D+6.2	R+21.8	7,578	D+41.1%
LEE	D+2.6	D+3.6	R+2.7	6,240	D+48.8%
FREDERICKSBURG CITY	D+2.0	R+6.6	R+17.8	3,798	D+48.9%
ALEXANDRIA CITY	D+0.5	R+1.8	D+5.3	23,118	D+45.1%
KING GEORGE	D+0.2	R+14.0	R+23.6	2,135	D+52.4%
CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY	R+0.2	D+6.6	D+2.6	10,453	D+46.9%
NEWPORT NEWS CITY	R+0.4	R+0.8	R+21.1	33,341	D+46.3%
GILES	R+0.6	D+9.4	R+17.3	5,252	D+40.0%
TAZEWELL	R+1.3	R+0.1	R+9.1	8,984	D+47.2%
WESTMORELAND	R+1.6	R+4.8	R+15.1	3,856	D+53.3%
RICHMOND CITY	R+1.6	D+15.3	D+12.0	64,682	D+46.5%
SOUTHAMPTON	R+2.4	D+5.3	R+17.0	5,000	D+48.6%
BUCKINGHAM	R+2.8	D+1.8	R+16.3	3,071	D+46.9%
WARREN	R+4.0	R+18.3	R+32.3	4,377	D+42.4%
ARLINGTON	R+5.1	R+6.5	D+3.0	41,412	D+44.2%
BATH	R+5.9	D+3.9	R+32.5	1,416	D+35.4%
ROANOKE CITY	R+5.9	D+8.5	R+4.7	26,412	D+39.3%
PRINCE GEORGE	R+5.9	R+18.3	R+39.9	3,703	D+38.6%
NORTHAMPTON	R+6.3	D+4.2	R+13.1	3,771	D+38.7%
HENRY	R+6.5	D+3.0	R+28.7	11,084	D+36.1%
FRANKLIN CITY	R+6.7	D+11.4	R+0.8	1,873	D+44.4%
PRINCE WILLIAM	R+7.0	R+26.3	R+38.1	18,841	D+45.3%
BRUNSWICK	R+7.3	D+19.1	D+1.5	4,448	D+42.0%
LOUISA	R+7.5	D+3.1	R+16.6	4,106	D+41.8%
GOOCHLAND	R+7.5	R+2.7	R+21.8	3,807	D+44.8%
GRAYSON	R+8.0	R+9.5	R+31.8	4,360	D+37.3%
ROCKBRIDGE	R+8.3	R+5.4	R+31.8	4,064	D+40.5%
NEW KENT	R+8.5	R+17.6	R+37.8	2,085	D+37.4%
FLUVANNA	R+8.7	R+5.7	R+25.3	2,129	D+44.6%
GLOUCESTER	R+8.8	R+14.2	R+42.7	5,527	D+42.5%
ACCOMACK	R+10.9	R+4.7	R+29.6	8,545	D+36.3%
SMYTH	R+11.0	R+5.9	R+35.1	7,601	D+35.0%
YORK	R+11.7	R+18.2	R+42.9	8,253	D+36.7%
BOTETOURT	R+12.6	R+8.3	R+29.2	5,890	D+34.5%
JAMES CITY	R+12.7	R+15.2	R+33.9	5,234	D+35.7%
BRISTOL CITY	R+13.8	R+8.3	R+34.6	4,160	D+41.0%
CUMBERLAND	R+14.0	R+5.3	R+23.7	2,240	D+35.2%
LEXINGTON CITY	R+14.8	D+0.3	R+11.6	1,834	D+41.7%
VIRGINIA BEACH CITY	R+15.1	R+29.1	R+49.0	46,875	D+31.8%
PATRICK	R+15.3	R+17.2	R+41.9	4,184	D+32.6%
PAGE	R+15.6	R+23.7	R+34.4	4,873	D+32.8%
MADISON	R+15.7	R+17.3	R+35.0	3,107	D+38.1%
FALLS CHURCH CITY	R+15.8	R+16.4	R+5.6	3,216	D+32.2%
ALBEMARLE	R+16.2	R+16.0	R+28.7	12,800	D+36.3%
CHARLOTTE	R+16.3	R+4.7	R+24.5	3,437	D+36.6%
HOPEWELL CITY	R+16.5	R+16.8	R+37.3	6,146	D+37.5%
KING WILLIAM	R+16.9	R+16.4	R+31.6	2,527	D+37.8%
HALIFAX	R+17.0	R+2.3	R+24.4	7,179	D+39.1%
AMELIA	R+17.2	R+8.8	R+23.8	2,789	D+40.8%
LOUDOUN	R+17.3	R+26.3	R+36.5	11,451	D+37.8%
GREENE	R+17.3	R+27.6	R+48.5	1,492	D+30.3%
PULASKI	R+17.8	D+0.2	R+30.5	8,292	D+30.6%
MIDDLESEX	R+18.1	R+12.4	R+36.2	2,461	D+39.5%
FAUQUIER	R+18.2	R+22.8	R+43.3	6,311	D+45.3%
FAIRFAX	R+18.4	R+26.7	R+26.1	127,790	D+33.6%
FAIRFAX CITY	R+18.6	R+23.3	R+31.1	5,073	D+35.7%
BLAND	R+18.8	R+11.8	R+35.1	1,637	D+34.7%
WASHINGTON	R+19.5	R+12.9	R+36.8	10,173	D+30.3%
BEDFORD	R+19.8	R+13.2	R+34.7	7,082	D+33.7%
GALAX CITY	R+20.4	R+5.5	R+30.9	1,841	D+30.3%
ORANGE	R+20.4	R+15.6	R+32.2	4,161	D+34.6%
NOTTOWAY	R+20.8	R+3.9	R+19.4	4,576	D+33.7%
POWHATAN	R+21.0	R+31.7	R+47.7	2,909	D+36.1%
PRINCE EDWARD	R+21.5	R+3.9	R+14.1	4,386	D+37.8%
WILLIAMSBURG CITY	R+21.8	R+4.9	R+13.1	2,450	D+33.2%
MARTINSVILLE CITY	R+22.0	R+1.4	R+17.8	5,678	D+32.9%
EMPORIA CITY	R+23.2	R+7.0	R+21.4	1,730	D+34.8%
CULPEPER	R+23.3	R+24.7	R+42.2	5,850	D+39.3%
SALEM CITY	R+23.4	R+8.2	R+31.3	6,693	D+28.0%
RADFORD CITY	R+23.6	D+5.8	R+23.0	3,783	D+22.8%
POQUOSON CITY	R+23.9	R+43.0	R+69.8	2,116	—
AMHERST	R+24.5	R+18.2	R+34.1	6,057	D+33.6%
MANASSAS CITY	R+25.5	R+29.2	R+43.1	2,365	—
MATHEWS	R+26.0	R+24.3	R+44.0	2,686	D+27.9%
FREDERICK	R+26.0	R+40.3	R+56.0	6,024	D+31.6%
NORTHUMBERLAND	R+26.1	R+24.2	R+38.0	3,392	D+27.5%
LUNENBURG	R+26.6	R+2.1	R+21.2	2,943	D+31.7%
LANCASTER	R+26.7	R+26.6	R+36.8	3,575	D+28.6%
PITTSYLVANIA	R+27.0	R+21.5	R+33.4	13,066	D+28.0%
HIGHLAND	R+27.8	R+20.7	R+42.6	951	D+34.9%
APPOMATTOX	R+28.8	R+25.0	R+38.3	3,285	D+35.5%
CARROLL	R+28.9	R+25.6	R+41.2	6,497	D+24.4%
ROANOKE	R+29.8	R+16.4	R+37.5	20,047	D+22.8%
MONTGOMERY	R+29.9	R+4.4	R+26.4	12,242	D+20.0%
MECKLENBURG	R+30.3	R+11.9	R+32.4	6,661	D+32.6%
ESSEX	R+30.4	R+10.1	R+23.8	2,135	D+34.3%
RICHMOND	R+31.0	R+28.6	R+38.1	2,157	D+29.8%
CLARKE	R+32.0	R+22.0	R+34.9	2,136	D+34.2%
WYTHE	R+32.0	R+12.3	R+38.3	6,084	D+26.7%
AUGUSTA	R+33.2	R+33.9	R+59.0	11,647	D+27.2%
FLOYD	R+34.1	R+18.6	R+36.1	2,805	D+18.0%
DANVILLE CITY	R+35.7	R+26.1	R+34.7	13,402	D+31.0%
WAYNESBORO CITY	R+36.0	R+29.6	R+47.5	4,683	D+28.0%
ROCKINGHAM	R+36.9	R+34.2	R+52.0	12,889	D+20.0%
SHENANDOAH	R+38.3	R+39.1	R+52.7	7,536	D+21.5%
HARRISONBURG CITY	R+38.3	R+25.7	R+37.0	4,281	D+24.5%
STAUNTON CITY	R+38.6	R+27.3	R+50.3	6,093	D+26.0%
WINCHESTER CITY	R+39.7	R+33.7	R+41.8	4,413	D+27.1%
HANOVER	R+40.8	R+43.6	R+58.9	15,061	D+27.3%
COLONIAL HEIGHTS CITY	R+42.8	R+47.0	R+67.7	5,727	D+26.9%
LYNCHBURG CITY	R+42.9	R+30.6	R+35.5	17,921	D+23.0%
CHESTERFIELD	R+46.9	R+46.3	R+59.8	33,281	D+24.3%
CAMPBELL	R+47.3	R+34.8	R+50.3	9,056	D+23.1%
HENRICO	R+48.3	R+39.0	R+49.8	56,217	D+24.2%

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