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Election 1933 Results

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1933 Virginia governor election

George C. Peery (Democrat) beat Fred W. McWane (Republican) in Virginia in 1933, 73.7% to 24.2%, a margin of 49.5 points and 82,443 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1929, when John Garland Pollard won.

Democrats led in 121 of the 124 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 3. The largest, Richmond, cast 8,328 votes and went to the Democrat by 67.0 points. The closest was Highland, where 31 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
George C. Peery won	Democratic	122,820	73.7%
Fred W. McWane	Republican	40,377	24.2%
All other candidates		3,371	2.0%
Total		166,568

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Richmond	6,814 81.8%	1,236 14.8%	278	8,328	D+67.0
Roanoke	5,264 67.5%	2,381 30.5%	155	7,800	D+37.0
Norfolk	3,930 79.7%	840 17.0%	164	4,934	D+62.6
Wise	3,958 83.0%	775 16.3%	34	4,767	D+66.8
Rockingham	2,228 62.2%	1,257 35.1%	96	3,581	D+27.1
Shenandoah	2,133 63.5%	1,189 35.4%	38	3,360	D+28.1
Grayson	1,601 48.4%	1,679 50.8%	25	3,305	R+2.4
Tazewell	2,067 62.9%	1,176 35.8%	42	3,285	D+27.1
Alexandria	2,469 77.9%	584 18.4%	118	3,171	D+59.4
Russell	2,367 75.2%	757 24.0%	24	3,148	D+51.1
Lynchburg	2,166 68.9%	967 30.7%	12	3,145	D+38.1
Smyth	1,709 56.9%	1,260 41.9%	37	3,006	D+14.9
Washington	2,046 68.9%	875 29.5%	50	2,971	D+39.4
Arlington	2,041 69.0%	846 28.6%	73	2,960	D+40.4
Newport News	2,359 80.1%	466 15.8%	121	2,946	D+64.3
Portsmouth	2,268 77.4%	558 19.0%	104	2,930	D+58.4
Wythe	1,491 59.0%	1,013 40.1%	25	2,529	D+18.9
Henrico	1,661 66.5%	766 30.7%	72	2,499	D+35.8
Scott	1,311 52.9%	1,113 45.0%	52	2,476	D+8.0
Augusta	1,634 68.0%	668 27.8%	100	2,402	D+40.2
Lee	1,638 70.7%	636 27.4%	44	2,318	D+43.2
Roanoke	1,359 59.0%	891 38.7%	53	2,303	D+20.3
Montgomery	1,335 59.1%	883 39.1%	42	2,260	D+20.0
Carroll	1,057 47.8%	1,117 50.5%	36	2,210	R+2.7
Pulaski	1,728 81.5%	385 18.2%	8	2,121	D+63.3
Dickenson	1,493 74.9%	485 24.3%	14	1,992	D+50.6
Norfolk (Ext)	1,665 85.4%	234 12.0%	50	1,949	D+73.4
Danville	1,582 81.8%	267 13.8%	85	1,934	D+68.0
Fairfax	1,483 77.2%	387 20.1%	52	1,922	D+57.0
Pittsylvania	1,505 82.2%	306 16.7%	21	1,832	D+65.4
Page	1,383 77.2%	380 21.2%	28	1,791	D+56.0
Giles	1,170 65.4%	602 33.7%	17	1,789	D+31.7
Halifax	1,663 95.5%	68 3.9%	10	1,741	D+91.6
Harrisonburg	1,111 64.8%	576 33.6%	28	1,715	D+31.2
Franklin	1,411 82.4%	290 16.9%	12	1,713	D+65.4
Botetourt	974 67.2%	418 28.8%	58	1,450	D+38.3
Rockbridge	1,092 76.6%	316 22.2%	17	1,425	D+54.5
Albemarle	1,225 86.4%	162 11.4%	31	1,418	D+75.0
Winchester	958 69.9%	409 29.8%	4	1,371	D+40.0
Patrick	1,005 74.0%	319 23.5%	35	1,359	D+50.5
Loudoun	1,145 84.4%	189 13.9%	22	1,356	D+70.5
Frederick	1,052 77.6%	298 22.0%	5	1,355	D+55.6
Clifton Forge	763 60.1%	466 36.7%	41	1,270	D+23.4
Fauquier	1,143 90.7%	112 8.9%	5	1,260	D+81.8
Bedford	1,030 81.8%	216 17.2%	13	1,259	D+64.7
South Norfolk	1,066 84.9%	157 12.5%	32	1,255	D+72.4
Nelson	1,058 84.8%	167 13.4%	22	1,247	D+71.5
Staunton	890 75.7%	227 19.3%	58	1,175	D+56.4
Buchanan	778 67.7%	365 31.8%	6	1,149	D+35.9
Floyd	451 39.7%	680 59.9%	5	1,136	R+20.2
Louisa	898 79.5%	203 18.0%	29	1,130	D+61.5
Bland	660 58.9%	453 40.4%	7	1,120	D+18.5
Bristol	978 90.7%	94 8.7%	6	1,078	D+82.0
Accomack	919 86.5%	136 12.8%	8	1,063	D+73.7
Radford	618 60.8%	391 38.4%	8	1,017	D+22.3
Petersburg	873 86.4%	110 10.9%	27	1,010	D+75.5
Appomattox	846 84.9%	131 13.1%	20	997	D+71.7
Warren	799 80.1%	189 19.0%	9	997	D+61.2
Princess Anne (Ext)	802 81.8%	156 15.9%	23	981	D+65.9
Alleghany	534 55.9%	387 40.5%	35	956	D+15.4
Culpeper	732 77.3%	203 21.4%	12	947	D+55.9
Campbell	752 82.3%	158 17.3%	4	914	D+65.0
Fredericksburg	721 79.1%	172 18.9%	19	912	D+60.2
Martinsville	715 80.9%	147 16.6%	22	884	D+64.3
Madison	499 57.2%	364 41.7%	9	872	D+15.5
Charlottesville	749 86.8%	91 10.5%	23	863	D+76.2
Elizabeth City (Ext)	717 83.5%	111 12.9%	31	859	D+70.5
Chesterfield	641 75.8%	149 17.6%	56	846	D+58.2
Henry	657 78.4%	166 19.8%	15	838	D+58.6
Hanover	702 84.3%	112 13.4%	19	833	D+70.8
Amherst	713 85.9%	109 13.1%	8	830	D+72.8
Prince William	656 79.9%	150 18.3%	15	821	D+61.6
Orange	671 83.9%	122 15.3%	7	800	D+68.6
Hopewell	597 76.1%	153 19.5%	35	785	D+56.6
Suffolk	633 89.3%	68 9.6%	8	709	D+79.7
Spotsylvania	492 69.5%	181 25.6%	35	708	D+43.9
Clarke	621 93.8%	41 6.2%		662	D+87.6
Northampton	565 85.6%	87 13.2%	8	660	D+72.4
Nottoway	538 84.5%	70 11.0%	29	637	D+73.5
Mecklenburg	568 90.7%	43 6.9%	15	626	D+83.9
Mathews	343 55.3%	267 43.1%	10	620	D+12.3
Isle Of Wight	528 85.3%	83 13.4%	8	619	D+71.9
Prince Edward	531 90.8%	47 8.0%	7	585	D+82.7
Southampton	510 88.5%	51 8.9%	15	576	D+79.7
Brunswick	566 98.6%	5 0.9%	3	574	D+97.7
Caroline	493 86.5%	65 11.4%	12	570	D+75.1
Gloucester	486 85.9%	66 11.7%	14	566	D+74.2
Charlotte	481 88.1%	58 10.6%	7	546	D+77.5
Amelia	396 73.9%	135 25.2%	5	536	D+48.7
Highland	280 52.4%	249 46.6%	5	534	D+5.8
Lunenburg	478 90.0%	38 7.2%	15	531	D+82.9
Dinwiddie	484 92.7%	26 5.0%	12	522	D+87.7
Hampton	469 90.9%	39 7.6%	8	516	D+83.3
Bath	325 65.3%	162 32.5%	11	498	D+32.7
Craig	318 65.0%	166 33.9%	5	489	D+31.1
Nansemond (Ext)	453 93.2%	29 6.0%	4	486	D+87.2
Buena Vista	337 71.5%	120 25.5%	14	471	D+46.1
Stafford	281 60.3%	174 37.3%	11	466	D+23.0
Lancaster	364 78.8%	94 20.3%	4	462	D+58.4
Rappahannock	401 91.8%	34 7.8%	2	437	D+84.0
Buckingham	376 86.8%	50 11.5%	7	433	D+75.3
Goochland	344 82.7%	61 14.7%	11	416	D+68.0
Fluvanna	357 86.9%	43 10.5%	11	411	D+76.4
Westmoreland	352 85.9%	53 12.9%	5	410	D+72.9
Greene	227 60.2%	146 38.7%	4	377	D+21.5
King William	305 82.0%	60 16.1%	7	372	D+65.9
Northumberland	287 78.8%	70 19.2%	7	364	D+59.6
Middlesex	294 82.1%	40 11.2%	24	358	D+70.9
Sussex	289 90.3%	25 7.8%	6	320	D+82.5
Surry	285 92.2%	19 6.1%	5	309	D+86.1
King George	204 67.3%	92 30.4%	7	303	D+37.0
Powhatan	259 85.5%	35 11.6%	9	303	D+73.9
York	206 71.8%	60 20.9%	21	287	D+50.9
Greensville	235 87.4%	32 11.9%	2	269	D+75.5
Richmond	192 75.0%	60 23.4%	4	256	D+51.6
Cumberland	227 90.1%	18 7.1%	7	252	D+82.9
Prince George	202 80.2%	37 14.7%	13	252	D+65.5
Warwick (Ext)	189 75.6%	55 22.0%	6	250	D+53.6
Essex	209 90.1%	21 9.1%	2	232	D+81.0
King And Queen	163 80.3%	28 13.8%	12	203	D+66.5
James City	129 77.2%	34 20.4%	4	167	D+56.9
Williamsburg	145 89.0%	16 9.8%	2	163	D+79.1
New Kent	106 69.7%	42 27.6%	4	152	D+42.1
Charles City	118 89.4%	11 8.3%	3	132	D+81.1

Counties as they stood in 1933; 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

Year	Winner	Margin
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

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