For related races, see 1993 United States gubernatorial elections.
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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 longtime 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.
Republican nomination
Candidates
- George Allen, former U.S. representative from Chesterfield County
- Clinton Miller, State Delegate from Shenandoah County
General election
Candidates
- George Allen, former U.S. representative from Chesterfield County (Republican)
- Nancy B. Spannaus, LaRouchist activist (independent)
- Mary Sue Terry, Attorney General of Virginia (Democratic)
Results
| 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
- Virginia Department of Elections (2016). "Registration/Turnout Statistics". The Commonwealth of Virginia. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
- "Virginia Elections Database - 1993 Governor General Election". Virginia Department of Elections. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
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