Virginia 1989 Governor Election

Name: Virginia 1989 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

L. Douglas Wilder vs. J. Marshall Coleman

L. Douglas Wilder won the Virginia 1989 governor election with 894,076 votes (50.1%), a margin of D+0.4.

Statewide Results

50.1%

49.7%

894,076

L. Douglas Wilder (50.1%)

887,043

J. Marshall Coleman (49.7%)

Total Votes: 1,783,062|Margin: D+0.4

County Results

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County Results (133 counties)

County	Margin	1988 Pres	1992 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
CHARLES CITY	D+57.4	D+37.5	D+42.5	2,605	D+2.5%
PETERSBURG CITY	D+41.7	D+31.3	D+43.6	11,850	D+6.3%
ALEXANDRIA CITY	D+36.2	D+7.5	D+26.7	33,021	D+6.0%
RICHMOND CITY	D+36.1	D+14.1	D+29.2	72,819	D+1.6%
ARLINGTON	D+34.3	D+8.1	D+25.9	53,212	D+4.0%
NORFOLK CITY	D+32.2	D+10.5	D+22.1	57,291	R+3.4%
NORTON CITY	D+31.2	D+13.1	D+25.8	1,234	R+9.2%
CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY	D+27.6	D+13.6	D+26.7	10,818	R+4.4%
FALLS CHURCH CITY	D+26.2	D+0.3	D+17.6	4,149	D+6.0%
SURRY	D+26.2	D+12.3	D+23.7	2,758	R+4.7%
DICKENSON	D+24.8	D+18.0	D+27.8	5,673	D+1.1%
PORTSMOUTH CITY	D+23.9	D+10.0	D+20.9	32,284	R+11.7%
FRANKLIN CITY	D+23.9	D+2.3	D+10.5	3,011	D+5.1%
WILLIAMSBURG CITY	D+23.1	R+3.5	D+13.6	2,667	D+5.6%
HAMPTON CITY	D+19.7	R+11.2	D+8.4	38,608	R+2.1%
WISE	D+19.3	D+6.2	D+17.1	11,139	R+11.9%
BUCHANAN	D+18.9	D+27.6	D+35.1	9,553	R+12.8%
ROANOKE CITY	D+18.2	D+5.5	D+12.2	28,095	R+11.4%
SUSSEX	D+18.1	D+3.5	D+15.7	3,812	R+4.3%
LEXINGTON CITY	D+17.0	D+0.1	D+10.3	1,784	D+7.2%
GREENSVILLE	D+15.3	D+12.7	D+22.6	3,388	R+10.8%
COVINGTON CITY	D+14.6	D+10.1	D+15.6	2,740	R+19.8%
RUSSELL	D+13.8	D+17.2	D+22.5	8,707	R+15.2%
BRUNSWICK	D+12.1	D+5.6	D+18.0	5,674	R+13.4%
FAIRFAX	D+12.0	R+22.8	R+2.7	227,711	D+1.3%
NORTHAMPTON	D+11.0	R+6.5	D+8.5	4,480	R+10.4%
CAROLINE	D+9.7	D+1.9	D+10.6	5,891	R+18.6%
LEE	D+9.6	D+9.1	D+17.5	6,262	R+15.3%
NELSON	D+8.8	R+4.7	D+7.7	4,302	R+23.6%
NEWPORT NEWS CITY	D+8.6	R+20.5	R+1.7	46,581	R+6.1%
KING AND QUEEN	D+6.6	R+2.5	D+5.4	2,400	R+15.2%
FAIRFAX CITY	D+5.8	R+23.6	R+4.6	6,431	D+5.0%
SUFFOLK CITY	D+5.1	R+9.3	D+2.5	16,639	R+17.2%
SOUTHAMPTON	D+4.0	R+6.8	D+5.2	5,910	D+0.9%
FREDERICKSBURG CITY	D+4.0	R+11.7	D+6.5	4,839	R+4.9%
ALBEMARLE	D+3.6	R+18.5	R+0.0	20,776	R+6.9%
MONTGOMERY	D+3.4	R+15.9	D+0.2	17,639	R+10.6%
RADFORD CITY	D+2.7	R+14.3	D+3.9	4,075	R+15.6%
BUENA VISTA CITY	D+2.7	R+14.7	D+7.9	1,698	R+16.3%
LOUDOUN	D+2.4	R+33.5	R+11.6	21,645	R+5.3%
GILES	D+2.0	R+6.7	D+4.2	5,038	R+13.4%
PRINCE EDWARD	D+1.6	R+12.5	R+1.3	5,556	R+10.6%
CHESAPEAKE CITY	D+0.7	R+22.3	R+8.8	42,484	R+17.7%
JAMES CITY	R+0.2	R+31.2	R+12.3	11,692	R+6.5%
MARTINSVILLE CITY	R+0.3	R+9.0	D+5.8	5,541	R+22.0%
ALLEGHANY	R+0.6	R+0.6	D+1.8	4,655	R+24.1%
ISLE OF WIGHT	R+1.0	R+21.1	R+8.7	8,799	R+15.4%
PRINCE WILLIAM	R+1.9	R+34.4	R+11.8	41,467	R+12.5%
WESTMORELAND	R+2.8	R+12.3	D+3.3	4,522	R+16.9%
VIRGINIA BEACH CITY	R+3.2	R+38.5	R+17.9	86,167	R+1.3%
SALEM CITY	R+3.6	R+20.3	R+10.5	8,005	R+14.2%
LYNCHBURG CITY	R+4.1	R+29.4	R+11.7	20,991	R+1.8%
APPOMATTOX	R+4.3	R+29.1	R+16.2	4,849	R+21.0%
TAZEWELL	R+4.4	D+6.0	D+13.0	11,172	R+22.4%
MANASSAS CITY	R+5.1	R+38.1	R+16.2	5,616	R+2.1%
DINWIDDIE	R+5.1	R+9.9	R+0.3	6,997	R+21.6%
CLARKE	R+5.2	R+25.5	R+3.9	2,940	R+15.5%
ROANOKE	R+5.8	R+25.8	R+14.5	29,889	R+12.7%
BOTETOURT	R+6.3	R+20.1	R+12.7	8,542	R+16.7%
CUMBERLAND	R+6.6	R+26.8	R+10.6	3,035	R+5.6%
HALIFAX	R+6.6	R+16.8	R+5.9	9,769	R+8.0%
EMPORIA CITY	R+6.6	R+13.7	R+2.0	2,344	R+8.6%
KING GEORGE	R+7.6	R+25.8	R+14.3	3,383	R+20.3%
LOUISA	R+7.6	R+15.5	R+0.7	6,350	R+22.8%
BATH	R+7.8	R+18.1	R+9.4	1,672	R+23.2%
FRANKLIN	R+7.8	R+12.5	R+0.9	11,201	R+32.0%
ROCKBRIDGE	R+7.9	R+18.6	R+4.3	5,027	R+13.7%
CRAIG	R+8.1	R+12.4	R+1.9	1,674	R+18.6%
LUNENBURG	R+8.5	R+14.7	R+3.0	4,144	R+22.2%
NOTTOWAY	R+8.6	R+17.1	R+3.5	5,099	R+15.0%
MANASSAS PARK CITY	R+8.9	R+38.7	R+13.1	846	R+18.2%
FAUQUIER	R+9.4	R+41.1	R+18.8	12,249	R+9.5%
YORK	R+9.6	R+40.7	R+19.9	13,297	R+6.9%
RAPPAHANNOCK	R+10.0	R+24.3	R+4.3	2,160	R+21.2%
ACCOMACK	R+10.1	R+21.5	R+5.5	10,608	R+8.8%
CHARLOTTE	R+10.4	R+16.5	R+3.8	4,626	R+18.7%
ESSEX	R+10.5	R+22.1	R+8.0	3,069	R+8.6%
AMHERST	R+10.8	R+29.0	R+12.7	8,969	R+18.3%
BUCKINGHAM	R+11.1	R+12.1	R+3.4	4,531	R+25.8%
GOOCHLAND	R+11.1	R+25.9	R+16.6	5,567	R+14.7%
KING WILLIAM	R+11.6	R+27.0	R+14.7	4,061	R+12.9%
PULASKI	R+11.8	R+18.4	R+3.7	10,325	R+31.3%
AMELIA	R+12.4	R+23.0	R+12.5	3,448	R+13.5%
SCOTT	R+13.5	R+15.6	R+5.5	6,529	R+22.0%
FLUVANNA	R+14.1	R+21.8	R+11.6	3,621	R+20.4%
WARREN	R+14.1	R+25.4	R+7.9	6,246	R+26.6%
NEW KENT	R+14.7	R+34.0	R+17.7	4,222	R+14.3%
HARRISONBURG CITY	R+14.7	R+31.1	R+15.8	6,221	R+9.5%
GLOUCESTER	R+15.0	R+38.2	R+18.0	10,036	R+15.4%
BEDFORD	R+15.9	R+30.2	R+17.8	13,972	R+19.8%
SPOTSYLVANIA	R+16.1	R+33.1	R+15.4	13,175	R+25.3%
BRISTOL CITY	R+16.1	R+28.4	R+9.0	5,033	R+29.7%
ORANGE	R+16.9	R+24.6	R+8.3	5,934	R+19.8%
MIDDLESEX	R+17.0	R+30.1	R+13.4	3,665	R+19.7%
HENRY	R+17.0	R+17.8	D+1.3	16,089	R+42.7%
HENRICO	R+17.5	R+39.3	R+18.5	80,042	R+8.0%
MATHEWS	R+17.7	R+37.2	R+17.2	3,728	R+11.8%
HIGHLAND	R+17.7	R+27.3	R+13.7	1,065	R+19.1%
WINCHESTER CITY	R+17.8	R+32.0	R+13.8	5,487	R+24.5%
MADISON	R+18.8	R+26.7	R+13.4	3,573	R+24.1%
DANVILLE CITY	R+19.1	R+24.5	R+7.4	17,169	R+2.9%
WASHINGTON	R+19.2	R+29.0	R+9.9	13,791	R+26.3%
HOPEWELL CITY	R+19.4	R+28.6	R+11.9	6,900	R+16.6%
STAFFORD	R+19.4	R+38.7	R+19.3	14,347	R+20.4%
NORTHUMBERLAND	R+20.0	R+32.3	R+15.1	4,177	R+10.3%
FLOYD	R+20.8	R+25.2	R+10.3	3,954	R+19.3%
SMYTH	R+20.9	R+29.5	R+9.3	8,999	R+26.0%
LANCASTER	R+21.5	R+36.3	R+18.6	4,672	R+9.8%
PRINCE GEORGE	R+22.1	R+33.4	R+18.2	6,913	R+18.7%
CULPEPER	R+22.6	R+38.9	R+17.0	6,902	R+19.4%
CAMPBELL	R+22.8	R+46.4	R+25.0	15,658	R+14.6%
MECKLENBURG	R+24.1	R+28.2	R+10.3	8,661	R+21.5%
STAUNTON CITY	R+24.3	R+39.8	R+23.2	7,263	R+14.8%
PITTSYLVANIA	R+25.1	R+29.3	R+17.3	16,968	R+17.6%
GALAX CITY	R+26.6	R+16.9	R+5.5	1,702	R+38.6%
WAYNESBORO CITY	R+26.7	R+38.7	R+20.4	5,744	R+33.3%
RICHMOND	R+27.4	R+33.4	R+18.9	2,446	R+19.7%
FREDERICK	R+27.4	R+45.3	R+25.7	10,330	R+27.7%
WYTHE	R+27.6	R+28.5	R+14.3	7,787	R+33.7%
SHENANDOAH	R+29.2	R+44.5	R+27.3	9,579	R+13.5%
CHESTERFIELD	R+29.4	R+51.4	R+28.1	67,606	R+7.3%
PATRICK	R+29.7	R+30.5	R+14.7	5,007	R+70.5%
POWHATAN	R+30.9	R+46.4	R+26.6	5,041	R+10.3%
GRAYSON	R+30.9	R+23.7	R+11.0	5,098	R+38.1%
POQUOSON CITY	R+32.0	R+62.4	R+41.7	3,981	R+11.5%
BLAND	R+32.1	R+24.3	R+13.0	1,948	R+35.6%
PAGE	R+32.3	R+33.2	R+14.1	5,687	R+39.0%
GREENE	R+33.3	R+41.4	R+21.1	2,589	R+15.7%
CARROLL	R+34.9	R+33.1	R+17.2	7,301	R+25.1%
HANOVER	R+38.2	R+54.6	R+35.9	23,975	R+13.9%
ROCKINGHAM	R+38.4	R+46.7	R+35.4	14,495	R+21.9%
AUGUSTA	R+38.5	R+51.5	R+35.2	14,664	R+22.8%
COLONIAL HEIGHTS CITY	R+51.9	R+57.9	R+42.6	6,523	R+24.3%

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