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Turnout | 46.4% ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Virginia |
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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 and former chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia, defeated Republican nominee Mark Earley, the attorney general of Virginia.
As of 2025 this is the most recent election where the Democratic candidate won a majority of counties, and independent cities.
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]
Source | Date | Warner (D) | Earley (R) | Redpath (L) |
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Mason-Dixon [5] | October 21, 2001 | 46% | 40% | N/A |
Mason-Dixon [6] | October 20, 2001 | 45% | 42% | 1% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Mark Warner | 984,177 | 52.16% | +9.60% | |
Republican | Mark Earley | 887,234 | 47.03% | −8.79% | |
Libertarian | Bill Redpath | 14,497 | 0.77% | +0.77% | |
Write-in | 813 | 0.04% | |||
Majority | 96,943 | 5.14% | −8.11% | ||
Turnout | 1,886,721 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | Swing |
County [8] | Warner | Votes | Earley | Votes | Redpath | Votes | Others | Votes |
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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 |