1993 Virginia gubernatorial election

For related races, see 1993 United States gubernatorial elections.

1993 Virginia gubernatorial election
November 2, 1993
Turnout61.1% (voting eligible)[1]
 
Nominee George Allen Mary Sue Terry
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,045,319 733,527
Percentage 58.27% 40.89%
Allen:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Terry:      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

L. Douglas Wilder
Democratic

Elected Governor

George Allen
Republican

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The 1993 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1993. Barred from seeking a second term due to term limits restricting consecutive terms for Virginia governor, incumbent Democratic governor L. Douglas Wilder was replaced by Republican nominee and former U.S. representative George Allen. Allen, who had defeated Clinton Miller for the Republican nomination, defeated former attorney general of Virginia Mary Sue Terry, the Democratic nominee, by 58.27% to 40.89%, which ended 12 consecutive years of Democratic control of the governor's mansion.

Prior to 2025, this was the only time a woman had been a major party nominee in Virginia's gubernatorial election.

Republican nomination

Candidates

General election

Candidates

Results

Virginia gubernatorial election, 1993[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George Allen 1,045,319 58.27% +8.51%
Democratic Mary Sue Terry 733,527 40.89% −9.24%
Independent Nancy B. Spannaus 14,398 0.80%
Write-ins 672 0.04%
Majority 311,792 17.38% +17.00%
Turnout 1,793,916
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

Results by county and city

County Allen Votes Terry Votes Spannaus Votes Others Votes
Accomack 62.2% 5,710 36.7% 3,371 1.2% 106 0.0% 0
Albemarle 59.7% 14,882 39.7% 9,889 0.6% 141 0.1% 22
Alexandria 37.3% 11,359 62.1% 18,895 0.5% 140 0.1% 23
Alleghany 65.7% 2,885 33.1% 1,451 1.2% 52 0.0% 0
Amelia 62.3% 2,365 36.7% 1,393 1.1% 41 0.0% 0
Amherst 62.9% 5,375 36.5% 3,122 0.6% 48 0.0% 1
Appomattox 61.5% 2,624 37.8% 1,613 0.6% 27 0.0% 0
Arlington 36.2% 18,719 63.3% 32,736 0.4% 218 0.1% 34
Augusta 81.0% 14,029 18.1% 3,126 0.9% 156 0.0% 2
Bath 65.6% 1,132 33.0% 570 1.3% 22 0.1% 1
Bedford 55.9% 1,033 43.1% 797 0.9% 17 0.1% 1
Bedford County 68.1% 10,637 31.2% 4,874 0.7% 112 0.0% 1
Bland 78.9% 1,607 20.1% 410 0.9% 19 0.0% 0
Botetourt 65.1% 6,375 34.1% 3,336 0.8% 83 0.0% 3
Bristol 70.7% 3,208 28.3% 1,283 1.0% 45 0.0% 0
Brunswick 47.7% 2,313 51.7% 2,504 0.6% 27 0.0% 1
Buchanan 57.9% 3,869 37.4% 2,503 4.7% 315 0.0% 0
Buckingham 59.6% 2,382 39.5% 1,577 0.9% 36 0.0% 0
Buena Vista 57.4% 1,000 42.1% 734 0.5% 8 0.0% 0
Campbell 67.9% 9,940 31.4% 4,599 0.7% 99 0.0% 2
Caroline 54.4% 3,019 44.7% 2,483 0.9% 49 0.0% 1
Carroll 67.4% 5,424 32.0% 2,577 0.6% 49 0.0% 1
Charles City 34.2% 759 64.5% 1,431 1.3% 29 0.0% 0
Charlotte 63.1% 2,570 36.2% 1,474 0.7% 29 0.0% 0
Charlottesville 45.3% 4,748 54.0% 5,660 0.5% 53 0.2% 22
Chesapeake 59.1% 24,733 40.0% 16,769 0.9% 362 0.0% 13
Chesterfield 70.8% 51,317 28.4% 20,602 0.7% 496 0.1% 39
Clarke 62.7% 2,046 36.9% 1,204 0.4% 14 0.0% 1
Clifton Forge 52.5% 755 46.6% 671 0.8% 12 0.1% 1
Colonial Heights 76.9% 5,007 22.4% 1,459 0.7% 46 0.0% 0
Covington 52.3% 1,227 47.0% 1,103 0.8% 18 0.0% 0
Craig 66.1% 1,268 32.9% 631 0.9% 18 0.0% 0
Culpeper 73.1% 5,750 26.2% 2,063 0.6% 50 0.0% 1
Cumberland 63.6% 1,677 35.4% 932 1.0% 26 0.0% 0
Danville 60.4% 8,844 38.9% 5,694 0.7% 103 0.0% 2
Dickenson 59.2% 2,935 37.5% 1,861 3.2% 161 0.0% 2
Dinwiddie 58.8% 3,798 40.0% 2,587 1.2% 78 0.0% 0
Emporia 58.9% 1,079 40.1% 734 1.0% 18 0.0% 0
Essex 59.3% 1,716 40.0% 1,158 0.7% 21 0.0% 1
Fairfax 53.5% 3,390 46.1% 2,920 0.4% 23 0.1% 5
Fairfax County 51.5% 124,270 48.0% 115,800 0.4% 882 0.1% 190
Falls Church 39.3% 1,613 60.3% 2,472 0.3% 13 0.0% 2
Fauquier 68.3% 9,923 31.3% 4,545 0.4% 62 0.0% 1
Floyd 62.8% 2,710 36.7% 1,584 0.5% 23 0.0% 1
Fluvanna 67.7% 3,289 31.5% 1,533 0.8% 38 0.0% 0
Franklin 52.0% 1,418 46.7% 1,273 1.3% 35 0.0% 0
Franklin County 58.4% 7,555 40.7% 5,267 0.8% 102 0.0% 4
Frederick 74.8% 9,510 24.7% 3,139 0.5% 66 0.0% 0
Fredericksburg 50.7% 2,488 48.2% 2,367 0.9% 45 0.1% 7
Galax 60.1% 1,021 39.3% 667 0.6% 10 0.0% 0
Giles 64.3% 3,579 34.7% 1,928 1.0% 56 0.0% 1
Gloucester 65.5% 6,480 33.3% 3,299 1.2% 115 0.0% 3
Goochland 65.7% 4,063 33.7% 2,088 0.6% 35 0.0% 1
Grayson 65.3% 3,323 34.0% 1,733 0.7% 35 0.0% 0
Greene 76.3% 2,592 22.9% 779 0.8% 28 0.0% 0
Greensville 47.0% 1,297 51.8% 1,429 1.3% 35 0.0% 0
Halifax 61.6% 5,024 37.4% 3,052 1.0% 84 0.0% 1
Hampton 50.4% 17,780 48.4% 17,055 1.2% 413 0.0% 6
Hanover 74.2% 19,817 25.2% 6,728 0.6% 153 0.0% 7
Harrisonburg 68.3% 4,715 31.0% 2,141 0.6% 42 0.1% 5
Henrico 64.4% 51,550 34.8% 27,808 0.8% 601 0.1% 45
Henry 50.5% 9,048 48.5% 8,702 1.0% 176 0.0% 1
Highland 69.0% 795 29.9% 345 1.0% 11 0.1% 1
Hopewell 64.5% 4,104 34.3% 2,181 1.2% 77 0.0% 3
Isle of Wight 59.1% 5,158 40.1% 3,499 0.8% 70 0.0% 0
James City 58.7% 8,032 40.6% 5,560 0.7% 91 0.0% 3
King and Queen 52.9% 1,151 46.3% 1,007 0.9% 19 0.0% 0
King George 65.6% 2,573 33.8% 1,328 0.6% 24 0.0% 0
King William 64.5% 2,512 34.8% 1,355 0.7% 26 0.0% 0
Lancaster 65.8% 2,877 33.1% 1,446 1.1% 47 0.0% 2
Lee 59.5% 4,471 39.1% 2,935 1.4% 104 0.0% 0
Lexington 50.1% 853 49.1% 835 0.8% 13 0.0% 0
Loudoun 58.6% 16,088 40.3% 11,057 1.1% 298 0.0% 9
Louisa 62.7% 4,290 36.3% 2,484 0.9% 63 0.0% 3
Lunenburg 59.3% 2,330 39.5% 1,553 1.1% 45 0.0% 0
Lynchburg 57.9% 11,067 41.6% 7,938 0.5% 99 0.0% 0
Madison 71.0% 2,763 28.2% 1,098 0.8% 30 0.0% 0
Manassas 64.2% 4,250 35.3% 2,341 0.5% 31 0.0% 2
Manassas Park 65.3% 584 33.4% 299 1.2% 11 0.0% 0
Martinsville 41.5% 2,244 57.8% 3,124 0.7% 38 0.0% 1
Mathews 65.7% 2,392 33.0% 1,201 1.3% 49 0.0% 0
Mecklenburg 65.9% 5,695 33.0% 2,856 1.1% 93 0.0% 0
Middlesex 62.1% 2,233 36.9% 1,326 0.9% 34 0.0% 0
Montgomery 56.2% 11,110 43.0% 8,505 0.8% 164 0.0% 6
Nelson 59.1% 2,715 40.2% 1,846 0.7% 34 0.0% 0
New Kent 66.3% 2,903 32.6% 1,428 1.0% 42 0.1% 4
Newport News 53.9% 22,242 45.1% 18,596 1.0% 417 0.0% 5
Norfolk 42.4% 20,499 56.3% 27,242 1.3% 618 0.1% 29
Northampton 50.6% 2,032 48.4% 1,943 0.9% 38 0.0% 1
Northumberland 64.3% 2,731 34.7% 1,475 1.0% 43 0.0% 0
Norton 57.0% 554 41.8% 406 1.2% 12 0.0% 0
Nottoway 60.9% 2,851 38.4% 1,799 0.7% 31 0.0% 0
Orange 66.8% 4,409 32.3% 2,133 0.9% 59 0.0% 2
Page 75.5% 4,690 23.9% 1,485 0.5% 32 0.0% 1
Patrick 53.4% 3,120 45.9% 2,681 0.8% 44 0.0% 0
Petersburg 34.0% 2,939 64.6% 5,585 1.4% 119 0.0% 0
Pittsylvania 66.5% 11,172 32.4% 5,439 1.0% 176 0.0% 2
Poquoson 71.2% 2,931 28.1% 1,158 0.7% 28 0.0% 1
Portsmouth 43.8% 11,593 55.2% 14,626 1.0% 271 0.0% 5
Powhatan 71.9% 3,904 27.4% 1,485 0.7% 38 0.0% 0
Prince Edward 58.8% 2,984 40.1% 2,035 1.0% 53 0.0% 0
Prince George 67.7% 4,671 31.6% 2,179 0.8% 53 0.0% 1
Prince William 62.6% 28,606 36.8% 16,823 0.5% 233 0.0% 8
Pulaski 64.0% 6,804 35.2% 3,747 0.8% 82 0.0% 3
Radford 54.2% 1,942 45.0% 1,610 0.7% 25 0.1% 3
Rappahannock 63.9% 1,527 35.3% 842 0.7% 16 0.1% 3
Richmond 39.8% 21,935 59.1% 32,610 1.1% 602 0.0% 23
Richmond County 68.8% 1,615 30.5% 715 0.7% 16 0.0% 0
Roanoke 48.1% 12,378 51.0% 13,106 0.9% 230 0.0% 9
Roanoke County 61.2% 19,612 38.1% 12,216 0.6% 191 0.0% 9
Rockbridge 63.6% 3,825 35.4% 2,126 0.9% 54 0.1% 5
Rockingham 79.0% 13,555 20.3% 3,485 0.7% 118 0.0% 4
Russell 59.5% 4,190 37.5% 2,644 3.0% 209 0.0% 0
South Boston 61.3% 1,240 38.3% 776 0.4% 8 0.0% 0
Salem 59.4% 5,062 39.7% 3,384 0.9% 80 0.0% 2
Scott 69.9% 5,421 28.8% 2,234 1.3% 97 0.0% 0
Shenandoah 76.1% 8,046 23.3% 2,463 0.6% 59 0.0% 2
Smyth 71.6% 6,782 27.1% 2,566 1.4% 130 0.0% 0
Southampton 56.7% 2,999 42.5% 2,250 0.8% 44 0.0% 0
Spotsylvania 67.9% 11,543 31.6% 5,368 0.5% 91 0.0% 2
Stafford 67.9% 11,631 31.4% 5,382 0.7% 125 0.0% 3
Staunton 72.5% 5,263 26.6% 1,932 0.8% 57 0.0% 3
Suffolk 55.4% 8,551 43.6% 6,728 0.9% 144 0.0% 1
Surry 47.0% 1,138 52.1% 1,263 0.9% 22 0.0% 0
Sussex 47.5% 1,536 51.6% 1,671 0.9% 28 0.0% 1
Tazewell 70.1% 7,214 28.1% 2,894 1.7% 180 0.0% 2
Virginia Beach 59.9% 53,700 39.1% 35,088 0.9% 829 0.0% 38
Warren 69.5% 4,767 30.0% 2,059 0.5% 31 0.0% 0
Washington 70.2% 9,579 28.6% 3,904 1.2% 164 0.0% 3
Waynesboro 70.7% 3,777 28.2% 1,505 1.1% 57 0.1% 3
Westmoreland 59.0% 2,504 40.0% 1,698 0.9% 39 0.0% 0
Williamsburg 43.9% 1,168 55.2% 1,469 0.9% 23 0.1% 3
Winchester 66.9% 3,708 32.4% 1,798 0.6% 35 0.0% 0
Wise 61.5% 5,829 36.3% 3,438 2.3% 217 0.0% 0
Wythe 69.2% 5,606 29.7% 2,410 1.0% 85 0.0% 3
York 62.8% 9,183 36.4% 5,324 0.8% 116 0.0% 3

References

  1. ^ Virginia Department of Elections (2016). "Registration/Turnout Statistics". The Commonwealth of Virginia. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "Virginia Elections Database - 1993 Governor General Election". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
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