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1917 Virginia governor election

Westmoreland Davis (Democrat) beat T. J. Muncy (Republican) in Virginia in 1917, 71.5% to 27.8%, a margin of 43.7 points and 39,269 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1913, when Henry Carter Stuart won.

Democrats led in 107 of the 122 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 15. The largest, Richmond, cast 4,083 votes and went to the Democrat by 95.0 points. The closest was Dickenson, 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Westmoreland Davis won Democratic 64,226 71.5%
T. J. Muncy Republican 24,957 27.8%
All other candidates 680 0.8%
Total89,863

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Richmond 3,969 97.2% 91 2.2% 23 4,083 D+95.0
Washington 1,154 52.7% 1,021 46.6% 16 2,191 D+6.1
Scott 880 43.6% 1,131 56.1% 6 2,017 R+12.4
Shenandoah 1,029 51.5% 944 47.3% 24 1,997 D+4.3
Rockingham 948 48.1% 1,003 50.9% 21 1,972 R+2.8
Wise 866 44.3% 1,036 53.0% 52 1,954 R+8.7
Russell 1,109 57.4% 817 42.3% 6 1,932 D+15.1
Norfolk 1,818 95.2% 84 4.4% 8 1,910 D+90.8
Wythe 991 52.3% 899 47.5% 4 1,894 D+4.9
Franklin 1,194 63.4% 669 35.5% 20 1,883 D+27.9
Lee 761 40.6% 1,112 59.4% 1,873 R+18.7
Tazewell 642 35.1% 1,177 64.4% 8 1,827 R+29.3
Carroll 593 34.8% 1,108 64.9% 5 1,706 R+30.2
Roanoke 1,235 73.7% 425 25.4% 16 1,676 D+48.3
Smyth 730 45.0% 884 54.5% 8 1,622 R+9.5
Patrick 809 53.5% 695 45.9% 9 1,513 D+7.5
Botetourt 702 48.9% 723 50.3% 12 1,437 R+1.5
Grayson 624 45.9% 730 53.7% 6 1,360 R+7.8
Rockbridge 848 64.3% 462 35.1% 8 1,318 D+29.3
Pittsylvania 1,173 90.1% 115 8.8% 14 1,302 D+81.3
Augusta 911 70.6% 371 28.7% 9 1,291 D+41.8
Floyd 374 29.1% 905 70.4% 6 1,285 R+41.3
Pulaski 734 58.9% 509 40.9% 3 1,246 D+18.1
Montgomery 549 44.8% 668 54.5% 9 1,226 R+9.7
Halifax 1,142 94.2% 59 4.9% 11 1,212 D+89.4
Loudoun 1,081 92.8% 78 6.7% 6 1,165 D+86.1
Bedford 896 87.8% 116 11.4% 8 1,020 D+76.5
Giles 581 58.5% 412 41.4% 1 994 D+17.0
Buchanan 426 44.1% 538 55.6% 3 967 R+11.6
Albemarle 846 94.8% 40 4.5% 6 892 D+90.4
Lynchburg 821 93.5% 51 5.8% 6 878 D+87.7
Norfolk (Ext) 694 80.0% 160 18.5% 13 867 D+61.6
Prince William 781 91.0% 71 8.3% 6 858 D+82.8
Roanoke 466 55.0% 377 44.5% 4 847 D+10.5
Dickenson 404 48.4% 411 49.2% 20 835 R+0.8
Fauquier 715 85.6% 120 14.4% 835 D+71.3
Accomack 776 93.6% 46 5.5% 7 829 D+88.1
Fairfax 720 87.7% 97 11.8% 4 821 D+75.9
Appomattox 686 86.5% 104 13.1% 3 793 D+73.4
Page 417 53.2% 360 45.9% 7 784 D+7.3
Henry 505 64.6% 269 34.4% 8 782 D+30.2
Mecklenburg 723 96.4% 23 3.1% 4 750 D+93.3
Southampton 681 98.0% 14 2.0% 695 D+96.0
Staunton 498 73.3% 181 26.7% 679 D+46.7
Bland 270 40.9% 387 58.6% 3 660 R+17.7
Culpeper 605 92.5% 45 6.9% 4 654 D+85.6
Nelson 578 90.0% 55 8.6% 9 642 D+81.5
Louisa 574 89.5% 57 8.9% 10 641 D+80.7
Portsmouth 585 93.5% 35 5.6% 6 626 D+87.9
Alexandria 582 94.8% 26 4.2% 6 614 D+90.6
Frederick 530 86.5% 78 12.7% 5 613 D+73.7
Stafford 363 60.3% 233 38.7% 6 602 D+21.6
Gloucester 569 96.3% 21 3.6% 1 591 D+92.7
Madison 429 72.6% 158 26.7% 4 591 D+45.9
Newport News 542 92.2% 42 7.1% 4 588 D+85.0
Campbell 534 91.4% 47 8.0% 3 584 D+83.4
Amherst 536 96.4% 18 3.2% 2 556 D+93.2
Warren 469 85.6% 67 12.2% 12 548 D+73.4
Danville 514 94.0% 29 5.3% 4 547 D+88.7
Spotsylvania 415 80.0% 99 19.1% 5 519 D+60.9
Bristol 408 78.9% 102 19.7% 7 517 D+59.2
Northampton 497 98.6% 7 1.4% 504 D+97.2
Clifton Forge 388 77.8% 66 13.2% 45 499 D+64.5
Isle Of Wight 477 97.9% 10 2.1% 487 D+95.9
Buckingham 412 85.5% 68 14.1% 2 482 D+71.4
Petersburg 471 98.1% 9 1.9% 480 D+96.3
Fredericksburg 400 83.5% 73 15.2% 6 479 D+68.3
Charlotte 427 91.6% 38 8.2% 1 466 D+83.5
Alleghany 234 53.1% 188 42.6% 19 441 D+10.4
Caroline 404 92.4% 33 7.6% 437 D+84.9
Hanover 413 96.7% 14 3.3% 427 D+93.4
Prince Edward 363 85.6% 60 14.2% 1 424 D+71.5
Lunenburg 415 98.3% 7 1.7% 422 D+96.7
Charlottesville 403 95.5% 16 3.8% 3 422 D+91.7
Sussex 398 95.2% 20 4.8% 418 D+90.4
Winchester 303 74.3% 101 24.8% 4 408 D+49.5
Brunswick 390 96.1% 15 3.7% 1 406 D+92.4
Craig 255 63.6% 144 35.9% 2 401 D+27.7
Highland 179 45.1% 208 52.4% 10 397 R+7.3
King George 275 70.2% 107 27.3% 10 392 D+42.9
Chesterfield 369 95.3% 16 4.1% 2 387 D+91.2
Henrico 373 96.4% 12 3.1% 2 387 D+93.3
Nottoway 368 97.1% 9 2.4% 2 379 D+94.7
Orange 356 94.4% 19 5.0% 2 377 D+89.4
Surry 353 95.4% 16 4.3% 1 370 D+91.1
Dinwiddie 364 98.9% 4 1.1% 368 D+97.8
Harrisonburg 222 60.5% 144 39.2% 1 367 D+21.3
Middlesex 332 91.0% 32 8.8% 1 365 D+82.2
Radford 198 55.8% 152 42.8% 5 355 D+13.0
Alexandria 289 83.0% 52 14.9% 7 348 D+68.1
Clarke 327 95.3% 15 4.4% 1 343 D+91.0
Lancaster 335 98.0% 6 1.8% 1 342 D+96.2
Fluvanna 308 94.8% 16 4.9% 1 325 D+89.8
Goochland 298 92.3% 22 6.8% 3 323 D+85.4
Nansemond (Ext) 302 96.8% 8 2.6% 2 312 D+94.2
Richmond 293 94.5% 14 4.5% 3 310 D+90.0
Mathews 278 91.7% 22 7.3% 3 303 D+84.5
Bath 188 62.5% 111 36.9% 2 301 D+25.6
King And Queen 253 85.2% 44 14.8% 297 D+70.4
Amelia 280 96.9% 9 3.1% 289 D+93.8
Buena Vista 161 56.9% 117 41.3% 5 283 D+15.5
Princess Anne (Ext) 278 98.6% 2 0.7% 2 282 D+97.9
Greene 144 51.6% 129 46.2% 6 279 D+5.4
Essex 250 93.3% 17 6.3% 1 268 D+86.9
Cumberland 244 92.1% 19 7.2% 2 265 D+84.9
Northumberland 252 95.8% 10 3.8% 1 263 D+92.0
Rappahannock 243 92.7% 18 6.9% 1 262 D+85.9
Suffolk 249 96.1% 9 3.5% 1 259 D+92.7
Westmoreland 241 95.3% 12 4.7% 253 D+90.5
Hampton 245 96.8% 4 1.6% 4 253 D+95.3
Greensville 237 95.6% 10 4.0% 1 248 D+91.5
Elizabeth City (Ext) 217 93.1% 13 5.6% 3 233 D+87.6
King William 221 95.3% 10 4.3% 1 232 D+90.9
Powhatan 208 93.3% 15 6.7% 223 D+86.5
Hopewell 143 94.1% 5 3.3% 4 152 D+90.8
Prince George 136 95.8% 5 3.5% 1 142 D+92.3
New Kent 116 92.8% 9 7.2% 125 D+85.6
York 108 87.1% 14 11.3% 2 124 D+75.8
Charles City 109 95.6% 5 4.4% 114 D+91.2
Williamsburg 91 86.7% 14 13.3% 105 D+73.3
James City 98 94.2% 6 5.8% 104 D+88.5
Warwick (Ext) 40 93.0% 2 4.7% 1 43 D+88.4

Counties as they stood in 1917; 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.

Virginia governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2025 Abigail Spanberger (D) D+15.4
2021 Glenn Allen Youngkin (R) R+1.9
2017 Ralph Shearer Northam (D) D+8.9
2013 Terry McAuliffe (D) D+2.5
2009 Robert F. McDonnell (R) R+17.4
2005 T. M. Kaine (D) D+5.7
2001 M. R. Warner (D) D+5.1
1997 Jim Gilmore (R) R+13.3
1993 George F. Allen (R) R+17.4
1989 L. Douglas Wilder (D) D+0.4
1985 Gerald L. Baliles (D) D+10.4
1981 Charles S. Robb (D) D+7.1
1977 John N. Dalton (R) R+12.6
1973 Mills Godwin (R) R+50.7
1969 Linwood Holton (R) R+7.1
1965 Mills E. Godwin Jr. (D) D+10.2
1961 Albertis S. Harrison Jr. (D) D+27.7
1957 J. Lindsay Almond (D) D+26.7
1953 Thomas B. Stanley (D) D+10.5
1949 John S. Battle (D) D+43.0
1945 William M. Tuck (D) D+35.5
1941 Colgate Darden (D) D+62.7
1937 James H. Price (D) D+67.0
1933 George C. Peery (D) D+49.5
1929 John Garland Pollard (D) D+25.8
1925 Harry F. Byrd (D) D+48.1
1921 Elbert Lee Trinkle (D) D+34.9
1917 Westmoreland Davis (D) D+43.7
1913 Henry Carter Stuart (D) D+91.9
1909 William Hodges Mann (D) D+27.1
1905 Claude A. Swanson (D) D+29.3
1901 Andrew Jackson Montague (D) D+17.6
1897 James Hoge Tyler (D) D+31.4
1893 Charles T. O'Ferrall (D) D+59.7
1889 Philip W. McKinney (D) D+14.7
1885 Fitzhugh Lee (D) D+5.5
1881 William E. Cameron (other)
1877 Frederick W.M. Holliday (D) D+95.9
1873 James L. Kemper (D) D+12.3
1869 Gilbert Carlton Walker (R) R+54.2