2005 Virginia gubernatorial election

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2005 Virginia gubernatorial election
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Nominee Tim Kaine Jerry Kilgore
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,025,942 912,327
Percentage51.72%45.99%
2005 Virginia gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
2005 Virginia gubernatorial election results map by congressional district.svg
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Kaine:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Kilgore:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Governor before election

Mark Warner
Democratic

Elected Governor

Tim Kaine
Democratic

The 2005 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2005, to elect the next governor of Virginia. The election was concurrent with other elections for Virginia's statewide offices, the House of Delegates, and other various political offices. Incumbent Democratic governor Mark Warner was ineligible to run for re-election as the Constitution of Virginia prohibits its governors from serving consecutive terms. Democratic Lieutenant Governor Tim Kaine and Republican Jerry Kilgore easily won their respective primaries. Republican state senator Russ Potts ran as an independent candidate. Kaine defeated Kilgore by 5.78% points, which mirrored Warner's 5.13% margin in the 2001 Virginia gubernatorial election.

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In the 2001 Virginia gubernatorial election, Democrat Mark Warner was accredited with strong performances in rural areas of the commonwealth which saw some reversions to Republican Jerry Kilgore in this election. Kaine made heavy attempts to appeal to suburban and exurban counties in Northern Virginia where President Bush did strongly in 2004 through campaigning with Governor Warner and support of zoning laws. [2] Democratic governor Warner maintained high approval ratings in the state with 70–80% job approval — Kaine consistently associated himself with him. Kilgore ran a heavily aggressive campaign by attacking Kaine as an "out-of-touch liberal" who supported tax increases and opposed the death penalty. [3] [4] Kilgore lead in the initial polls though his aggressive campaign strategy saw Kaine become the favorite by Election Day.

Virginia was considered competitive throughout the election, while the state's historical precedent of voting the party not in the presidential office since 1977 was noted as an important factor in the campaign. The election was largely viewed as a referendum on President Bush's second term ahead of the 2006 midterms by political pundits. Bush's late appearance in the state was viewed by both political parties as an attempt to potentially motivate their voters on Election Day. Warner's popularity and Kaine's focus on affordability were seen as the main factors for Kaine's win. [3] [5]

This is the most recent election in which the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of opposite parties were elected. This is the last gubernatorial election when Accomack County, Buchanan County, Fluvanna County, Henry County, King and Queen County, Nottoway County, Rappahannock County, Westmoreland County and the independent cities of Buena Vista and Lynchburg have voted Democratic for governor.

Democratic primary

On March 16, 2005, Lieutenant Governor Tim Kaine formally launched his campaign for governor though he was widely anticipated as the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination before his official announcement. [6] From July 1 to December 31, 2004, Kaine raised $2.1 million with $3.2 million to spend in the campaign. In addition, he received $1.5 million in financial support from the Democratic National Committee. [7] He did not receive opposition in the primary, becoming the Democratic nominee by default.

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

On January 17, 2005, Republican Jerry Kilgore announced he would resign from Attorney General to campaign for governor on February 1. From July 1 to December 31, 2004, Kilgore raised $2 million with $3.3 million to spend in the campaign. [7] He launched his campaign with support for conservative economic and social policies. [8]

On February 28, 2005, Warrenton mayor, George Fitch declared his candidacy for governor as the more conservative candidate — he promised to never raise taxes. Due to Republican support and fundraising advantages for Kilgore, Fitch was considered the underdog in the Republican primary. [9]

On June 4, Kilgore easily defeated Fitch in the primary becoming the Republican nominee.

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Results

Republican primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jerry Kilgore 145,002 82.78
Republican George Fitch30,16817.22
Total votes175,170 100.00

Third Parties and Independents

Candidates

Independent Republican

General election

Candidates

The general election was expected to be close, with Independent candidate Russ Potts as a possible spoiler candidate. Kaine remained behind in polls throughout most of the campaign, at one point 10 points behind Kilgore, but captured a slight lead in the final weeks of the campaign. Kaine led in some polls for the first time in October 2005 and held his lead into the final week before the election. [11]

Kaine closely associated himself with popular outgoing Democratic Governor Mark Warner during his campaign; he won his race by a slightly larger margin than Warner. He promised homeowner tax relief, centrist fiscal leadership, and strong support for education. [12] A number of factors, from the sagging poll numbers of President George W. Bush to a public disgust over the death penalty ads run by Kilgore, have also been cited as key to his decisive win. [13] [14]

The election was the most expensive in Virginia history, with the candidates combined raising over $42 million. [15]

Campaign

Kilgore resigned as attorney general in February 2005 to run for governor (as is the convention in Virginia) and easily won the primary election against Warrenton Mayor George B. Fitch to become the Republican nominee. In the general election, he ran against Democratic nominee Tim Kaine, the lieutenant governor of Virginia, and State Senator Russ Potts, a pro-choice Republican who ran as an independent candidate. [ citation needed ] Early in the race, Kilgore showed solid leads of ten points or more in the polls, but Kaine steadily closed the gap and ultimately defeated Kilgore by a margin of 52% to 46%.

Kilgore's campaign was at times criticized for taking steps to avoid debates; Kilgore refused to debate Potts for the majority of the campaign, at times leaving Kaine and Potts to debate each other in his absence. He agreed to debate only with Kaine, and only if the footage could not be aired in campaign commercials. During this debate, he refused to answer whether or not he would make abortion a crime. This apparent public moderation of his previously open and hardline stance on abortion troubled some of his conservative supporters.[ citation needed ]

He was further criticized for failing to limit his negative advertisements to 50% of his campaign's total publicity as Kaine proposed. One such advertisement featured a father whose son had been murdered by a man who was on Virginia's death row; the father expressed doubt that the sentence would be carried out if Kaine were elected and alleged that Kaine would not even have authorized the execution of Adolf Hitler, based on an interview with the Richmond Times-Dispatch . [16] The negative reaction to the mention of Hitler combined with Kaine's pledge to carry out the death penalty and explanation of his personal opposition as arising from his Catholic faith helped to neutralize what many observers thought would've been a potent issue for Kilgore. Kaine's campaign also ran an ad entitled "Wrong" quoting many Virginia newspapers in their condemnation of Kilgore and his campaign ads which stated (all caps emphasis) "All these newspapers can't be WRONG: 'Jerry Kilgore's ads are a VILE attempt to manipulate for political gain. . . they TWIST the truth. . . and SMEAR Tim Kaine. . . Kilgore's attacks are DISHONEST. . . FALSELY accuse Kaine. . . and TAR a decent man. . . Kilgore CROSSED the line. . . DRAGGING Kaine's beliefs through the mud. . . Jerry Kilgore should APOLOGIZE to Tim Kaine.'" [17] [ full citation needed ]

In trying to explain how a solid Republican could lose a traditionally Republican state by such a large margin, political commentators cited numerous key factors. Kaine's campaign had many political advantages, including his association with the state's popular Democratic Governor Mark Warner and defense of Warner's 2004 budget priorities, his "response ads" to Kilgore's death penalty advertisements where he spoke to voters about his religious convictions and as mentioned above, reminded them about how a large cross-section of Virginia media strongly condemned Kilgore for his negative death penalty ads, his relentless in-person campaigning across the state, and his opposition to tax increases. Experienced attorney Lawrence Roberts served as Kaine's campaign chairman. [18] [ irrelevant citation ] In contrast, Kilgore's campaign had many political disadvantages, including a backlash over the death penalty ads that Kilgore's campaign ran in the fall, the relatively low poll numbers of then-President George W. Bush at the time of the election, and a bitter division between the moderate and conservative wings of the Republican Party over tax and spending priorities.

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [19] TossupOctober 25, 2005

Polling

Aggregate polls

Source of poll
aggregation		Dates
administered		Dates
updated		Tim Kaine (D)Jerry Kilgore (R)Other/Undecided
[a] 		Margin
Real Clear Politics [20] November 2–7, 2005November 7, 200548.0%45.0%7% [b] Kaine +3.0%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [c] 		Margin
of error		Tim Kaine (D)Jerry Kilgore (R)OtherUndecided
SurveyUSA [21] [d] November 5–7, 2005804 (LV)± 3.5%50%45%4% [e] 1%
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategies [20] November 2–3, 2005625 (LV)± 4.0%45%44%4% [f] 7%
Rasmussen Reports [22] November 2, 2005500 (LV)± 4.5%49%46%2% [g] 3%
Rasmussen Reports [23] October 27, 2005500 (LV)± 4.5%46%44%4% [h] 6%
Roanoke College [24] October 22–30, 2005407 (LV)± 5.0%44%36%5% [i] 15%
The Washington Post [25] October 23–26, 20051,004 (LV)± 3.0%47%44%4% [j] 5%
Rasmussen Reports [26] October 20, 2005500 (LV)± 4.5%46%48%2% [k] 4%
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy [20] October 18–20, 2005625 (LV)± 4.0%42%44%5% [l] 9%
SurveyUSA [27] [m] October 14–16, 2005750 (LV)± 3.7%47%45%6% [n] 2%
Financial Dynamics [28] [o] October 13–16, 2005500 (RV)± 4.4%40%38%5% [p] 17%
321 (LV)± 5.6%41%40%5% [q] 14%
Rasmussen Reports [29] October 10–11, 2005500 (LV)± 4.5%44%46%1% [r] 9%
Rasmussen Reports [30] September 28, 2005500 (LV)± 4.5%45%45%5% [s] 5%
SurveyUSA [31] [t] September 16–18, 2005636 (LV)± 4.0%43%46%7% [u] 4%
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy [20] September 13–15, 2005625 (LV)± 4.0%40%41%6% [v] 13%
Rasmussen Reports [32] September 14, 2005500 (LV)± 4.5%41%44%5%10%
40%43%7% [w] 10%
The Washington Post [33] September 6–9, 20051,036 (RV)± 3.0%41%45%5% [x] 9%
571 (LV)± 4.0%44%51%4% [y] 1%
SurveyUSA [34] [z] August 6–8, 2005568 (LV)± 4.2%43%48%6% [aa] 4%
Rasmussen Reports [35] August 3, 2005500 (LV)± 4.5%39%45%5%11%
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy [36] July 19–21, 2005625 (LV)± 4.0%38%37%9% [ab] 16%
Rasmussen Reports [37] July 12, 2005500 (LV)± 4.5%41%47%4%8%
SurveyUSA [38] [ac] June 28–29, 2005494 (LV)± 4.5%39%49%8% [ad] 7%
Rasmussen Reports [39] June 15, 2005500 (LV)± 4.5%40%46%2%12%
SurveyUSA [40] [ae] May 15–16, 2005575 (RV)± 4.2%40%44%5% [af] 11%
Rasmussen Reports [41] April 14, 2005500 (LV)± 4.5%36%44%5%15%

Results

Virginia gubernatorial election, 2005 [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Tim Kaine 1,025,942 51.72% −0.44%
Republican Jerry Kilgore 912,32745.99%−1.04%
Independent Russ Potts 43,9532.22%
Write-in 1,5560.08%+0.04%
Majority 113,6155.73%+0.60%
Turnout 1,983,77844.96%−1.4%
Democratic hold Swing

Results by county and independent city

County [43] KaineVotesKilgoreVotesPottsVotesOthersVotes
Accomack 49.8%3,86048.5%3,7541.6%1260.1%5
Albemarle 61.2%18,45536.4%10,9942.4%7110.0%14
Alexandria 71.9%25,06126.3%9,1731.7%6050.1%25
Alleghany 53.9%2,90744.0%2,3732.1%1150.0%2
Amelia 37.0%1,36860.9%2,2512.0%740.1%3
Amherst 43.6%3,57654.2%4,4502.1%1750.0%4
Appomattox 39.5%1,80458.3%2,6632.2%990.1%4
Arlington 74.3%42,31923.9%13,6311.7%9900.1%49
Augusta 33.1%6,39563.1%12,1973.7%7210.1%12
Bath 45.1%72953.2%8601.6%260.1%2
Bedford County 37.1%7,52460.8%12,3302.1%4200.1%14
Bedford 49.1%89248.2%8772.6%470.1%2
Bland 36.8%70661.4%1,1761.8%340.0%0
Botetourt 39.4%4,08358.4%6,0532.2%2270.1%10
Bristol 37.8%1,54861.5%2,5150.7%270.0%1
Brunswick 60.3%2,69139.0%1,7420.7%310.0%2
Buchanan 52.2%3,17147.3%2,8750.4%270.1%4
Buckingham 47.9%1,82250.0%1,8992.1%800.0%0
Buena Vista 51.9%79946.3%7131.8%280.0%0
Campbell 36.8%5,31961.3%8,8641.8%2640.1%15
Caroline 53.7%3,39644.0%2,7862.2%1420.0%1
Carroll 38.9%2,94259.2%4,4851.9%1430.0%1
Charles City 69.1%1,56529.6%6711.3%290.0%0
Charlotte 43.2%1,63754.9%2,0781.8%690.1%2
Charlottesville 79.4%8,01818.5%1,8702.0%2050.1%11
Chesapeake 50.3%26,61247.1%24,8852.6%1,3570.1%34
Chesterfield 44.7%40,13453.6%48,1121.7%1,4840.1%81
Clarke 45.0%2,22547.6%2,3507.3%3630.1%4
Colonial Heights 29.4%1,77768.2%4,1162.4%1430.0%2
Covington 61.5%1,02235.3%5873.2%530.0%0
Craig 42.4%75454.8%9752.7%480.2%3
Culpeper 38.0%3,68959.4%5,7622.5%2420.1%5
Cumberland 43.8%1,14454.3%1,4201.9%500.0%0
Danville 53.3%6,05245.6%5,1771.0%1190.0%2
Dickenson 48.0%2,37751.6%2,5590.4%180.1%3
Dinwiddie 46.4%3,16851.6%3,5231.9%1310.1%4
Emporia 48.6%79649.8%8151.6%260.0%0
Essex 48.7%1,50049.8%1,5331.5%450.0%0
Fairfax County 60.1%163,66738.0%103,2851.8%4,9070.1%241
Fairfax 57.2%3,86540.7%2,7502.0%1320.1%9
Falls Church 72.5%3,13825.5%1,1021.8%770.2%10
Fauquier 43.4%7,74653.3%9,5053.2%5760.1%20
Floyd 44.4%1,95952.7%2,3242.9%1290.0%0
Fluvanna 49.7%3,59247.8%3,4562.5%1780.0%1
Franklin County 44.9%7,01752.2%8,1572.8%4410.0%3
Franklin 57.5%1,39440.8%9881.7%410.0%0
Frederick 33.7%6,02759.8%10,6986.3%1,1250.1%26
Fredericksburg 60.8%2,61136.4%1,5612.7%1180.1%4
Galax 50.0%73047.5%6932.5%360.0%0
Giles 49.3%2,57048.1%2,5072.5%1320.1%5
Gloucester 39.6%3,98556.6%5,6883.7%3730.1%12
Goochland 42.4%3,29255.6%4,3131.9%1460.1%5
Grayson 40.3%1,87558.3%2,7101.4%660.0%0
Greene 41.1%1,84656.3%2,5262.6%1150.0%1
Greensville 55.8%1,83343.4%1,4240.8%250.0%1
Halifax 43.8%3,93154.5%4,8871.7%1490.1%5
Hampton 63.8%20,96133.7%11,0782.5%8140.1%25
Hanover 36.3%12,78461.5%21,6372.2%7700.1%19
Harrisonburg 51.0%3,53946.8%3,2512.0%1380.2%12
Henrico 53.2%49,17045.1%41,6191.6%1,4920.1%78
Henry 50.8%7,45447.8%7,0041.4%1980.0%3
Highland 39.5%47857.8%7002.6%320.1%1
Hopewell 45.1%2,30053.0%2,7051.8%900.1%4
Isle of Wight 45.7%4,66451.5%5,2622.8%2850.0%4
James City 48.5%10,20548.0%10,1043.3%7040.1%16
King and Queen 54.3%1,11443.7%8962.0%400.0%1
King George 43.0%2,04254.1%2,5692.8%1330.1%5
King William 42.7%1,95154.9%2,5092.4%1080.0%2
Lancaster 44.2%2,04353.3%2,4632.4%1130.1%6
Lee 34.4%2,45365.0%4,6400.6%420.0%0
Lexington 64.6%1,09733.4%5671.9%330.0%0
Loudoun 51.6%31,07445.8%27,5392.5%1,5010.1%65
Louisa 45.9%3,71651.7%4,1792.4%1930.0%2
Lunenburg 45.3%1,49053.2%1,7491.5%480.1%2
Lynchburg 50.9%8,32947.1%7,7081.9%3080.2%27
Madison 43.2%1,67254.4%2,1052.3%900.1%4
Manassas 46.2%3,16751.6%3,5322.1%1470.1%4
Manassas Park 45.7%65052.8%7511.4%200.1%2
Martinsville 62.4%2,36336.4%1,3801.1%430.1%2
Mathews 40.7%1,45254.5%1,9464.8%1700.0%0
Mecklenburg 42.8%2,98655.4%3,8641.9%1310.0%0
Middlesex 40.2%1,53057.0%2,1672.7%1040.0%1
Montgomery 55.4%11,50941.8%8,6702.7%5600.1%19
Nelson 55.4%2,75542.5%2,1132.1%1020.0%2
New Kent 40.4%2,24157.3%3,1792.3%1270.0%2
Newport News 57.4%21,74339.9%15,0952.6%9920.1%42
Norfolk 66.1%27,79130.7%12,8993.1%1,2900.1%50
Northampton 60.8%2,05837.1%1,2562.2%730.0%0
Northumberland 44.3%2,10453.6%2,5482.0%950.1%6
Norton 44.9%44954.0%5391.1%110.0%0
Nottoway 49.9%1,99348.6%1,9421.5%590.0%0
Orange 45.5%3,88852.4%4,4812.1%1820.0%0
Page 38.7%2,38558.2%3,5913.0%1850.1%4
Patrick 41.7%2,11156.4%2,8531.8%930.1%4
Petersburg 81.8%5,99517.4%1,2740.8%590.0%2
Pittsylvania 37.7%6,36360.8%10,2521.5%2500.0%6
Poquoson 34.2%1,38362.2%2,5153.5%1430.1%3
Portsmouth 65.7%16,31431.9%7,9262.3%5600.1%17
Powhatan 32.3%2,74465.6%5,5802.0%1700.1%6
Prince Edward 52.1%2,54646.2%2,2591.7%850.0%1
Prince George 40.9%3,38257.5%4,7511.6%1300.0%3
Prince William 49.9%33,36448.2%32,1781.8%1,2200.1%35
Pulaski 46.5%4,42751.4%4,9012.1%1990.0%0
Radford 54.2%1,92843.1%1,5342.6%940.1%2
Rappahannock 51.1%1,39747.0%1,2831.8%500.1%2
Richmond County 39.3%86358.8%1,2931.9%420.0%0
Richmond 75.9%38,90022.5%11,5291.5%7690.1%40
Roanoke County 44.7%14,12552.8%16,6862.4%7550.1%29
Roanoke 61.8%14,20735.9%8,2392.2%5050.1%21
Rockbridge 46.1%2,99351.6%3,3542.2%1420.1%5
Rockingham 32.4%6,56065.5%13,2622.0%4040.1%19
Russell 43.9%3,43155.2%4,3140.9%690.0%0
Salem 47.1%3,78849.7%3,9933.0%2420.1%12
Scott 26.2%2,15673.2%6,0160.5%430.0%0
Shenandoah 32.4%3,99663.9%7,8743.6%4380.1%12
Smyth 36.7%2,98962.1%5,0531.1%910.0%2
Southampton 49.8%2,44248.0%2,3542.2%1100.0%1
Spotsylvania 43.8%11,06154.0%13,6352.1%5330.2%38
Stafford 43.6%10,92454.1%13,5592.2%5640.1%28
Staunton 50.0%3,38446.0%3,1124.0%2700.0%3
Suffolk 53.7%10,48043.9%8,5612.3%4560.1%12
Surry 60.7%1,48037.7%9191.5%370.1%3
Sussex 54.5%1,73943.9%1,4011.5%480.0%0
Tazewell 40.8%4,19458.1%5,9701.0%1060.0%4
Virginia Beach 48.6%47,12048.0%46,4713.3%3,1780.1%120
Warren 40.3%3,40855.7%4,7053.9%3290.1%9
Washington 33.9%5,18865.4%10,0090.7%1080.0%5
Waynesboro 44.5%2,22351.9%2,5963.6%1810.0%0
Westmoreland 52.3%2,21945.4%1,9242.2%930.1%3
Williamsburg 60.5%1,78236.7%1,0812.7%800.0%1
Winchester 45.1%2,68342.0%2,49712.8%7630.1%8
Wise 38.2%3,87161.2%6,1900.6%560.0%5
Wythe 37.8%3,12559.9%4,9542.2%1850.1%5
York 44.4%8,14252.1%9,5653.4%6200.1%16

Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties and independent cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. ↑ Potts with 3%.
  3. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  4. ↑ Poll sponsored by WSLS-TV Roanoke and [[WUSA (TV}| WUSA-TV Washington, DC]]
  5. ↑ Potts with 3%.
  6. ↑ Potts with 4%.
  7. ↑ Potts with 2%.
  8. ↑ Potts with 4%.
  9. ↑ Potts with 5%.
  10. ↑ Potts with 4%.
  11. ↑ Potts with 2%.
  12. ↑ Potts with 5%.
  13. ↑ Poll sponsored by WSLS-TV Roanoke and WUSA-TV Washington, DC
  14. ↑ Potts with 4%.
  15. ↑ Poll sponsored by The Hotline/Diageo
  16. ↑ Potts with 5%.
  17. ↑ Potts with 5%.
  18. ↑ Russ Potts with 1%
  19. ↑ Potts with 5%.
  20. ↑ Poll sponsored by WSLS-TV Roanoke and [[WUSA (TV}| WUSA-TV Washington, DC]]
  21. ↑ Potts with 4%.
  22. ↑ Potts with 6%.
  23. ↑ Potts with 5%.
  24. ↑ Potts with 5%.
  25. ↑ Potts with 4%.
  26. ↑ Poll sponsored by WSLS-TV Roanoke
  27. ↑ Potts with 3%.
  28. ↑ Poots with 9%.
  29. ↑ Poll sponsored by WSLS-TV Roanoke
  30. ↑ Potts with 5%.
  31. ↑ Poll sponsored by WSLS-TV Roanoke
  32. ↑ Russ Potts with 5%.

References

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  2. ↑ Shear, Michael D. (October 18, 2005). "Kaine Sounds Slow-Growth Note in Exurbs". The Washington Post.
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