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Election 1905 Results

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1905 Virginia governor election

Claude A. Swanson (Democrat) beat Lunsford L. Lewis (Republican) in Virginia in 1905, 64.5% to 35.1%, a margin of 29.3 points and 38,205 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1901, when Andrew Jackson Montague won.

Democrats led in 100 of the 118 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 18. The largest, Richmond, cast 3,424 votes and went to the Democrat by 77.8 points. The closest was Highland, where 7 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Claude A. Swanson won	Democratic	83,981	64.5%
Lunsford L. Lewis	Republican	45,776	35.1%
All other candidates		529	0.4%
Total		130,286

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Richmond	3,038 88.7%	374 10.9%	12	3,424	D+77.8
Rockingham	1,640 52.6%	1,445 46.3%	33	3,118	D+6.3
Washington	1,455 49.1%	1,500 50.7%	6	2,961	R+1.5
Scott	1,303 44.7%	1,606 55.1%	6	2,915	R+10.4
Norfolk	2,393 85.0%	414 14.7%	7	2,814	D+70.3
Norfolk (Ext)	1,753 63.0%	1,030 37.0%		2,783	D+26.0
Pittsylvania	2,101 78.8%	561 21.0%	4	2,666	D+57.8
Shenandoah	1,285 48.4%	1,325 49.9%	46	2,656	R+1.5
Carroll	1,130 46.3%	1,302 53.3%	9	2,441	R+7.0
Russell	1,097 45.1%	1,326 54.5%	8	2,431	R+9.4
Wythe	1,035 43.1%	1,366 56.8%	3	2,404	R+13.8
Franklin	1,266 55.1%	1,025 44.6%	5	2,296	D+10.5
Wise	810 35.9%	1,441 63.8%	8	2,259	R+27.9
Augusta	1,235 58.5%	863 40.9%	14	2,112	D+17.6
Smyth	913 43.3%	1,191 56.5%	4	2,108	R+13.2
Grayson	918 45.2%	1,111 54.7%	3	2,032	R+9.5
Halifax	1,553 77.3%	452 22.5%	3	2,008	D+54.8
Tazewell	733 36.8%	1,256 63.1%	3	1,992	R+26.3
Page	1,024 55.8%	800 43.6%	12	1,836	D+12.2
Roanoke	1,357 74.1%	455 24.8%	20	1,832	D+49.2
Loudoun	1,396 77.1%	413 22.8%	1	1,810	D+54.3
Lee	756 42.3%	1,027 57.4%	5	1,788	R+15.2
Rockbridge	939 54.4%	779 45.1%	8	1,726	D+9.3
Fauquier	1,202 73.7%	424 26.0%	6	1,632	D+47.7
Bedford	1,190 74.7%	393 24.7%	10	1,593	D+50.0
Accomack	1,263 79.4%	308 19.4%	19	1,590	D+60.1
Botetourt	833 52.4%	743 46.8%	13	1,589	D+5.7
Patrick	841 53.0%	747 47.0%		1,588	D+5.9
Pulaski	793 50.6%	769 49.0%	6	1,568	D+1.5
Mecklenburg	1,232 79.1%	317 20.4%	8	1,557	D+58.8
Henry	979 63.1%	570 36.8%	2	1,551	D+26.4
Montgomery	787 51.7%	733 48.2%	1	1,521	D+3.6
Newport News	977 65.4%	495 33.1%	22	1,494	D+32.3
Floyd	539 36.4%	936 63.2%	6	1,481	R+26.8
Giles	839 59.6%	557 39.6%	11	1,407	D+20.0
Albemarle	1,092 79.4%	279 20.3%	5	1,376	D+59.1
Dickenson	671 48.8%	703 51.2%		1,374	R+2.3
Alleghany	688 51.5%	642 48.1%	5	1,335	D+3.4
Portsmouth	963 74.0%	330 25.4%	8	1,301	D+48.7
Buckingham	644 56.8%	485 42.8%	4	1,133	D+14.0
Lynchburg	844 75.4%	270 24.1%	5	1,119	D+51.3
Southampton	975 87.4%	138 12.4%	3	1,116	D+75.0
Culpeper	849 76.6%	259 23.4%	1	1,109	D+53.2
Alexandria	877 80.4%	211 19.3%	3	1,091	D+61.0
Fairfax	784 72.3%	298 27.5%	2	1,084	D+44.8
Roanoke	653 61.0%	411 38.4%	6	1,070	D+22.6
Nelson	819 78.2%	223 21.3%	5	1,047	D+56.9
Orange	742 76.5%	228 23.5%		970	D+53.0
Buchanan	462 47.8%	491 50.8%	13	966	R+3.0
Petersburg	880 92.4%	72 7.6%		952	D+84.9
Stafford	463 48.8%	486 51.2%		949	R+2.4
Louisa	691 73.7%	241 25.7%	5	937	D+48.0
Amherst	825 88.9%	99 10.7%	4	928	D+78.2
Nansemond (Ext)	778 85.1%	135 14.8%	1	914	D+70.4
Henrico	713 78.1%	195 21.4%	5	913	D+56.7
Madison	579 63.8%	327 36.1%	1	907	D+27.8
Princess Anne (Ext)	726 81.1%	157 17.5%	12	895	D+63.6
Danville	790 90.0%	85 9.7%	3	878	D+80.3
Charlotte	648 74.8%	217 25.1%	1	866	D+49.8
Caroline	578 70.5%	240 29.3%	2	820	D+41.2
Bland	401 49.1%	413 50.6%	2	816	R+1.5
Northampton	630 78.6%	168 20.9%	4	802	D+57.6
Hanover	580 74.2%	198 25.3%	4	782	D+48.8
Frederick	532 69.5%	230 30.1%	3	765	D+39.5
Isle Of Wight	661 86.9%	99 13.0%	1	761	D+73.9
Staunton	507 67.4%	244 32.4%	1	752	D+35.0
Brunswick	594 79.2%	156 20.8%		750	D+58.4
Appomattox	608 86.1%	94 13.3%	4	706	D+72.8
Elizabeth City (Ext)	506 71.8%	194 27.5%	5	705	D+44.3
Mathews	514 73.9%	182 26.1%		696	D+47.7
Fredericksburg	438 63.2%	254 36.7%	1	693	D+26.6
Lancaster	576 83.7%	110 16.0%	2	688	D+67.7
Northumberland	480 69.9%	207 30.1%		687	D+39.7
Gloucester	574 83.7%	109 15.9%	3	686	D+67.8
Prince William	535 78.9%	143 21.1%		678	D+57.8
Prince Edward	530 79.2%	137 20.5%	2	669	D+58.7
Greene	323 48.8%	338 51.1%	1	662	R+2.3
Spotsylvania	409 61.8%	252 38.1%	1	662	D+23.7
Chesterfield	505 78.9%	134 20.9%	1	640	D+58.0
Campbell	484 76.0%	149 23.4%	4	637	D+52.6
Warren	485 77.7%	137 22.0%	2	624	D+55.8
Goochland	344 55.4%	275 44.3%	2	621	D+11.1
Dinwiddie	478 77.9%	136 22.1%		614	D+55.7
King William	382 63.0%	221 36.5%	3	606	D+26.6
Fluvanna	458 76.0%	144 23.9%	1	603	D+52.1
Richmond	406 68.1%	187 31.4%	3	596	D+36.7
King And Queen	429 73.5%	153 26.2%	2	584	D+47.3
Rappahannock	467 80.1%	115 19.7%	1	583	D+60.4
Nottoway	464 81.7%	104 18.3%		568	D+63.4
Craig	375 66.1%	191 33.7%	1	567	D+32.5
Essex	417 73.9%	147 26.1%		564	D+47.9
Middlesex	379 67.4%	182 32.4%	1	562	D+35.1
King George	332 59.9%	218 39.4%	4	554	D+20.6
Greensville	422 78.0%	117 21.6%	2	541	D+56.4
Lunenburg	464 87.2%	68 12.8%		532	D+74.4
Cumberland	426 80.5%	103 19.5%		529	D+61.1
Bristol	380 73.5%	132 25.5%	5	517	D+48.0
Westmoreland	335 64.9%	181 35.1%		516	D+29.8
Sussex	389 75.8%	123 24.0%	1	513	D+51.9
Highland	247 49.3%	254 50.7%		501	R+1.4
Surry	389 78.4%	106 21.4%	1	496	D+57.1
Clarke	415 85.6%	68 14.0%	2	485	D+71.5
Winchester	297 63.9%	168 36.1%		465	D+27.7
Bath	281 60.6%	174 37.5%	9	464	D+23.1
Alexandria	272 59.5%	171 37.4%	14	457	D+22.1
Charlottesville	381 85.8%	62 14.0%	1	444	D+71.8
Powhatan	234 56.8%	176 42.7%	2	412	D+14.1
Radford	243 69.0%	104 29.5%	5	352	D+39.5
Amelia	311 100.0%	0 0.0%		311	D+100.0
York	235 79.9%	58 19.7%	1	294	D+60.2
Manchester (Ic, Ext)	254 86.4%	39 13.3%	1	294	D+73.1
Warwick (Ext)	211 72.3%	78 26.7%	3	292	D+45.5
Prince George	198 72.0%	75 27.3%	2	275	D+44.7
Buena Vista	159 71.3%	63 28.3%	1	223	D+43.0
New Kent	141 69.5%	61 30.0%	1	203	D+39.4
James City	131 67.5%	61 31.4%	2	194	D+36.1
Williamsburg	151 77.8%	43 22.2%		194	D+55.7
Charles City	127 79.4%	33 20.6%		160	D+58.8

Counties as they stood in 1905; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

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