2009 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election

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2009 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election

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Nominee Bill Bolling Jody Wagner Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,106,793 850,111 Percentage 56.5% 43.4%

County and independent city results Congressional district results Bolling:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Wagner:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Lieutenant-Governor before election Bill Bolling Republican Elected Lieutenant-Governor Bill Bolling Republican

The 2009 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election resulted in Republican Bill Bolling defeating Democrat Jody Wagner. As of 2026, this is the last time a lieutenant governor won reelection

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jody Wagner, Virginia Secretary of Finance (2006–2008) and Treasurer of Virginia (2002–2006)

Defeated in primary

• Michael Signer, national security expert and advisor to Tom Perriello and John Edwards ^[1]

Withdrawn

• Jon Bowerbank, member of the Russell County Board of Supervisors (withdrew and endorsed Wagner but appeared on ballot) ^{[2] [3]}

Polling

Source	Date	Jody Wagner	Pat Edmonson	Michael Signer	Rich Savage	Jon Bowerbank	Undecided
Public Policy Polling [4]	June 6–7, 2009	41%	n/a	12%	n/a	6%	42%
Suffolk University [5]	June 4, 2009	30%	n/a	7%	n/a	n/a	62%
Public Policy Polling [6]	May 28–31, 2009	27%	n/a	11%	n/a	n/a	63%
Public Policy Polling [7]	May 19–21, 2009	21%	n/a	11%	n/a	n/a	68%
Public Policy Polling [8]	May 1–3, 2009	18%	n/a	7%	n/a	6%	69%
Public Policy Polling [9]	March 27–29, 2009	21%	4%	4%	n/a	4%	67%
Public Policy Polling [10]	February 28–March 1, 2009	9%	6%	5%	4%	3%	73%

Results

Democratic primary results ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jody Wagner	213,059	74.3%
	Democratic	Michael Signer	60,979	21.3%
	Democratic	Jon Bowerbank	12,739	4.4%
Total votes			286,777	100.00%

General election

Candidates

• Bill Bolling (Republican), incumbent lieutenant governor (2006–2014)
• Jody Wagner (Democratic), Virginia Secretary of Finance (2006–2008) and Treasurer of Virginia (2002–2006)

Results

Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2009 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bill Bolling	1,106,793	56.5%
	Democratic	Jody Wagner	850,111	43.4%
	Write-ins		1,569	0.1%
Turnout			1,958,473
	Republican hold		Swing	11.9%

References

1. "Lt. Governor candidate: Michael Signer". The Daily Press. June 7, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
2. "Bowerbank quits Democratic contest for lieutenant governor, backs Jody Wagner". Richmond Times-Dispatch. May 15, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
3. Sluss, Michael (May 15, 2009). "The Roanoke Times". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
4. "Deeds opens up lead" (PDF). Public Policy Polling. June 7, 2009.
5. "Virginia Primary Statewide" (PDF). Suffolk University. June 4, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2009. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
6. "Anyone's Game in VIrginia" (PDF). Public Policy Polling. June 2, 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 12, 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
7. "Deeds Pulls Closer; McAuliffe Still Leads" (PDF). Public Policy Polling. May 22, 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 29, 2009. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
8. "McAuliffe takes lead in primary contest" (PDF). Public Policy Polling. May 5, 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 21, 2009. Retrieved May 6, 2009.
9. "Virginia primary race remains up for grabs" (PDF). Public Policy Polling. March 29, 2009.
10. "Tight field in Virginia primary" (PDF). Public Policy Polling. March 1, 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 5, 2009. Retrieved March 4, 2009.
11. "2009 Lieutenant Governor Democratic Primary". Virginia Department of Elections.
12. "OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on May 6, 2018.