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Election 1925 Results

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1925 Virginia governor election

Harry F. Byrd (Democrat) beat S. Harris Hoge (Republican) in Virginia in 1925, 74.1% to 25.9%, a margin of 48.1 points and 69,786 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1921, when Elbert Lee Trinkle won.

Democrats led in 115 of the 122 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 7. The largest, Richmond, cast 6,817 votes and went to the Democrat by 83.4 points. The closest was Bland, where 15 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
Harry F. Byrd won Democratic 107,378 74.1%
S. Harris Hoge Republican 37,592 25.9%
Total144,970

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Richmond 6,252 91.7% 565 8.3% 6,817 D+83.4
Roanoke 4,693 73.8% 1,666 26.2% 6,359 D+47.6
Norfolk 4,867 85.0% 862 15.0% 5,729 D+69.9
Wise 2,944 63.5% 1,692 36.5% 4,636 D+27.0
Lee 1,923 55.5% 1,541 44.5% 3,464 D+11.0
Rockingham 2,700 79.0% 717 21.0% 3,417 D+58.0
Grayson 1,430 42.5% 1,933 57.5% 3,363 R+15.0
Washington 1,955 58.8% 1,369 41.2% 3,324 D+17.6
Shenandoah 2,475 75.6% 800 24.4% 3,275 D+51.1
Scott 1,505 46.2% 1,754 53.8% 3,259 R+7.6
Russell 1,967 68.0% 926 32.0% 2,893 D+36.0
Smyth 1,260 47.3% 1,405 52.7% 2,665 R+5.4
Tazewell 1,616 60.9% 1,036 39.1% 2,652 D+21.9
Pulaski 1,526 65.4% 806 34.6% 2,332 D+30.9
Franklin 1,513 67.4% 732 32.6% 2,245 D+34.8
Augusta 1,570 75.4% 512 24.6% 2,082 D+50.8
Wythe 1,279 61.9% 787 38.1% 2,066 D+23.8
Dickenson 1,119 55.4% 902 44.6% 2,021 D+10.7
Carroll 860 43.2% 1,133 56.8% 1,993 R+13.7
Pittsylvania 1,627 82.0% 357 18.0% 1,984 D+64.0
Portsmouth 1,634 86.5% 254 13.5% 1,888 D+73.1
Giles 1,082 62.9% 638 37.1% 1,720 D+25.8
Botetourt 960 57.6% 708 42.4% 1,668 D+15.1
Alexandria 1,491 90.4% 158 9.6% 1,649 D+80.8
Patrick 924 60.7% 597 39.3% 1,521 D+21.5
Rockbridge 1,086 73.6% 389 26.4% 1,475 D+47.3
Halifax 1,327 90.3% 142 9.7% 1,469 D+80.7
Montgomery 881 60.1% 586 39.9% 1,467 D+20.1
Newport News 1,230 84.2% 230 15.8% 1,460 D+68.5
Buchanan 730 51.0% 701 49.0% 1,431 D+2.0
Frederick 1,340 95.6% 61 4.4% 1,401 D+91.3
Bedford 1,133 88.7% 145 11.3% 1,278 D+77.3
Page 789 61.9% 485 38.1% 1,274 D+23.9
Winchester 1,181 94.7% 66 5.3% 1,247 D+89.4
Chesterfield 1,056 87.0% 158 13.0% 1,214 D+74.0
Henry 796 65.6% 417 34.4% 1,213 D+31.2
Loudoun 1,034 86.0% 168 14.0% 1,202 D+72.0
Roanoke 726 60.4% 476 39.6% 1,202 D+20.8
Fairfax 1,003 84.3% 187 15.7% 1,190 D+68.6
Accomack 1,043 88.5% 136 11.5% 1,179 D+76.9
Clifton Forge 815 69.5% 358 30.5% 1,173 D+39.0
Fredericksburg 980 85.2% 170 14.8% 1,150 D+70.4
Lynchburg 997 86.7% 153 13.3% 1,150 D+73.4
Mecklenburg 991 87.4% 143 12.6% 1,134 D+74.8
Bland 542 49.3% 557 50.7% 1,099 R+1.4
Danville 937 87.9% 129 12.1% 1,066 D+75.8
Norfolk (Ext) 937 89.8% 107 10.2% 1,044 D+79.5
Alleghany 417 40.5% 612 59.5% 1,029 R+19.0
Staunton 742 72.2% 285 27.8% 1,027 D+44.5
Harrisonburg 774 77.7% 222 22.3% 996 D+55.4
Appomattox 951 96.3% 37 3.7% 988 D+92.5
Campbell 884 89.7% 102 10.3% 986 D+79.3
Albemarle 880 91.1% 86 8.9% 966 D+82.2
Spotsylvania 659 70.9% 270 29.1% 929 D+41.9
Fauquier 742 85.4% 127 14.6% 869 D+70.8
Petersburg 792 93.0% 60 7.0% 852 D+85.9
Radford 479 56.2% 373 43.8% 852 D+12.4
Floyd 331 40.1% 494 59.9% 825 R+19.8
Nelson 737 91.1% 72 8.9% 809 D+82.2
Southampton 750 92.7% 59 7.3% 809 D+85.4
Henrico 654 82.0% 144 18.0% 798 D+63.9
South Norfolk 678 85.8% 112 14.2% 790 D+71.6
Bristol 589 80.1% 146 19.9% 735 D+60.3
Warren 682 94.6% 39 5.4% 721 D+89.2
Madison 516 72.2% 199 27.8% 715 D+44.3
Northampton 635 90.2% 69 9.8% 704 D+80.4
Hopewell 570 81.7% 128 18.3% 698 D+63.3
Nottoway 561 80.8% 133 19.2% 694 D+61.7
Charlotte 607 90.2% 66 9.8% 673 D+80.4
Louisa 580 89.2% 70 10.8% 650 D+78.5
Elizabeth City (Ext) 510 79.6% 131 20.4% 641 D+59.1
Amherst 604 95.3% 30 4.7% 634 D+90.5
Culpeper 555 89.2% 67 10.8% 622 D+78.5
Clarke 582 94.5% 34 5.5% 616 D+89.0
Suffolk 567 93.0% 43 7.0% 610 D+85.9
Mathews 431 72.4% 164 27.6% 595 D+44.9
Prince William 498 86.2% 80 13.8% 578 D+72.3
Princess Anne (Ext) 502 87.5% 72 12.5% 574 D+74.9
Orange 492 86.5% 77 13.5% 569 D+72.9
Prince Edward 514 90.3% 55 9.7% 569 D+80.7
Charlottesville 533 94.3% 32 5.7% 565 D+88.7
Stafford 437 77.6% 126 22.4% 563 D+55.2
Hanover 497 88.4% 65 11.6% 562 D+76.9
Caroline 509 91.2% 49 8.8% 558 D+82.4
Isle Of Wight 485 88.7% 62 11.3% 547 D+77.3
Brunswick 526 97.6% 13 2.4% 539 D+95.2
Gloucester 370 76.1% 116 23.9% 486 D+52.3
Craig 299 61.8% 185 38.2% 484 D+23.6
Lunenburg 416 87.6% 59 12.4% 475 D+75.2
Buena Vista 312 65.7% 163 34.3% 475 D+31.4
Dinwiddie 444 94.5% 26 5.5% 470 D+88.9
Buckingham 396 85.5% 67 14.5% 463 D+71.1
Highland 328 71.5% 131 28.5% 459 D+42.9
Sussex 417 93.3% 30 6.7% 447 D+86.6
Hampton 389 87.6% 55 12.4% 444 D+75.2
Goochland 368 85.6% 62 14.4% 430 D+71.2
Lancaster 369 88.9% 46 11.1% 415 D+77.8
Nansemond (Ext) 389 95.6% 18 4.4% 407 D+91.2
Bath 231 58.2% 166 41.8% 397 D+16.4
Westmoreland 340 88.1% 46 11.9% 386 D+76.2
Middlesex 341 90.7% 35 9.3% 376 D+81.4
Northumberland 278 81.3% 64 18.7% 342 D+62.6
Rappahannock 307 90.0% 34 10.0% 341 D+80.1
Surry 314 93.7% 21 6.3% 335 D+87.5
Fluvanna 276 83.6% 54 16.4% 330 D+67.3
Greene 201 63.4% 116 36.6% 317 D+26.8
King William 260 85.5% 44 14.5% 304 D+71.1
Amelia 236 78.7% 64 21.3% 300 D+57.3
Greensville 251 87.5% 36 12.5% 287 D+74.9
King George 205 73.5% 74 26.5% 279 D+47.0
Cumberland 255 92.1% 22 7.9% 277 D+84.1
Richmond 202 80.8% 48 19.2% 250 D+61.6
Essex 198 83.5% 39 16.5% 237 D+67.1
York 202 86.7% 31 13.3% 233 D+73.4
King And Queen 187 80.6% 45 19.4% 232 D+61.2
Powhatan 186 82.3% 40 17.7% 226 D+64.6
Williamsburg 191 91.8% 17 8.2% 208 D+83.7
Prince George 176 92.6% 14 7.4% 190 D+85.3
Warwick (Ext) 161 87.5% 23 12.5% 184 D+75.0
James City 149 89.2% 18 10.8% 167 D+78.4
New Kent 124 78.5% 34 21.5% 158 D+57.0
Charles City 101 84.2% 19 15.8% 120 D+68.3

Counties as they stood in 1925; 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