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Election 1945 Results

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1945 Virginia governor election

William M. Tuck (Democrat) beat S. Floyd Landreth (Republican) in Virginia in 1945, 66.6% to 31.0%, a margin of 35.5 points and 59,969 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1941, when Colgate Darden won.

Democrats led in 112 of the 124 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 12. The largest, Richmond, cast 9,464 votes and went to the Democrat by 37.5 points. The closest was Washington, where 2 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
William M. Tuck won	Democratic	112,355	66.6%
S. Floyd Landreth	Republican	52,386	31.0%
All other candidates		4,023	2.4%
Total		168,764

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Richmond	6,507 68.8%	2,957 31.2%	9,464	D+37.5
Grayson	2,785 41.0%	4,002 59.0%	6,787	R+17.9
Arlington	3,521 66.0%	1,810 34.0%	5,331	D+32.1
Norfolk	2,790 71.0%	1,138 29.0%	3,928	D+42.1
Roanoke	1,865 48.0%	2,023 52.0%	3,888	R+4.1
Alexandria	2,756 74.1%	963 25.9%	3,719	D+48.2
Page	1,618 44.5%	2,014 55.5%	3,632	R+10.9
Smyth	1,422 39.9%	2,140 60.1%	3,562	R+20.2
Scott	1,560 44.9%	1,918 55.1%	3,478	R+10.3
Portsmouth	2,840 82.8%	591 17.2%	3,431	D+65.5
Lee	1,966 58.0%	1,421 42.0%	3,387	D+16.1
Rockingham	1,610 54.4%	1,347 45.6%	2,957	D+8.9
Shenandoah	1,273 43.4%	1,663 56.6%	2,936	R+13.3
Wise	1,872 65.8%	974 34.2%	2,846	D+31.6
Halifax	2,746 97.0%	84 3.0%	2,830	D+94.1
Montgomery	1,264 46.9%	1,430 53.1%	2,694	R+6.2
Dickenson	1,473 55.2%	1,194 44.8%	2,667	D+10.5
Carroll	863 32.7%	1,774 67.3%	2,637	R+34.5
Roanoke	1,256 47.7%	1,376 52.3%	2,632	R+4.6
Fairfax	1,613 62.2%	980 37.8%	2,593	D+24.4
Buchanan	1,309 51.2%	1,250 48.8%	2,559	D+2.3
Danville	2,096 82.1%	456 17.9%	2,552	D+64.3
Russell	1,518 61.8%	938 38.2%	2,456	D+23.6
Washington	1,170 50.0%	1,168 50.0%	2,338	D+0.1
Norfolk (Ext)	1,755 80.1%	437 19.9%	2,192	D+60.1
Pittsylvania	1,853 85.1%	325 14.9%	2,178	D+70.2
Loudoun	1,860 87.7%	261 12.3%	2,121	D+75.4
Pulaski	1,313 65.6%	689 34.4%	2,002	D+31.2
Giles	1,184 59.3%	811 40.7%	1,995	D+18.7
Wythe	860 44.4%	1,075 55.6%	1,935	R+11.1
Tazewell	957 51.1%	916 48.9%	1,873	D+2.2
Franklin	1,290 71.8%	507 28.2%	1,797	D+43.6
Augusta	1,135 66.8%	565 33.2%	1,700	D+33.5
Harrisonburg	1,123 66.5%	566 33.5%	1,689	D+33.0
Appomattox	1,472 95.3%	73 4.7%	1,545	D+90.6
Bedford	1,125 75.2%	371 24.8%	1,496	D+50.4
Botetourt	785 54.9%	646 45.1%	1,431	D+9.7
Newport News	1,037 75.7%	333 24.3%	1,370	D+51.4
Lynchburg	1,045 77.1%	311 22.9%	1,356	D+54.1
Warren	1,016 76.0%	320 24.0%	1,336	D+52.1
Radford	704 53.9%	602 46.1%	1,306	D+7.8
Charlotte	1,174 90.7%	121 9.3%	1,295	D+81.3
Culpeper	951 74.8%	320 25.2%	1,271	D+49.6
Princess Anne (Ext)	1,083 88.7%	138 11.3%	1,221	D+77.4
Northampton	1,126 94.3%	68 5.7%	1,194	D+88.6
Patrick	961 81.6%	217 18.4%	1,178	D+63.2
Accomack	1,026 87.5%	147 12.5%	1,173	D+74.9
Albemarle	934 81.5%	212 18.5%	1,146	D+63.0
Campbell	937 85.2%	163 14.8%	1,100	D+70.4
Alleghany	565 53.3%	496 46.7%	1,061	D+6.5
Lunenburg	956 92.1%	82 7.9%	1,038	D+84.2
Staunton	751 72.4%	287 27.6%	1,038	D+44.7
Henrico	684 67.7%	326 32.3%	1,010	D+35.4
Martinsville	716 71.0%	292 29.0%	1,008	D+42.1
Fauquier	853 85.0%	150 15.0%	1,003	D+70.1
Floyd	288 28.7%	714 71.3%	1,002	R+42.5
Elizabeth City (Ext)	780 78.3%	216 21.7%	996	D+56.6
Mecklenburg	867 87.3%	126 12.7%	993	D+74.6
Bland	457 47.4%	507 52.6%	964	R+5.2
Louisa	751 78.6%	204 21.4%	955	D+57.3
Chesterfield	706 74.2%	245 25.8%	951	D+48.5
Henry	614 65.0%	331 35.0%	945	D+29.9
Hopewell	668 72.4%	255 27.6%	923	D+44.7
Bristol	722 79.8%	183 20.2%	905	D+59.6
Rockbridge	637 70.5%	266 29.5%	903	D+41.1
Fredericksburg	702 78.0%	198 22.0%	900	D+56.0
Charlottesville	644 72.1%	249 27.9%	893	D+44.2
Petersburg	677 81.2%	157 18.8%	834	D+62.4
Nelson	707 87.8%	98 12.2%	805	D+75.7
Winchester	602 76.8%	182 23.2%	784	D+53.6
Southampton	687 89.1%	84 10.9%	771	D+78.2
Prince Edward	655 87.7%	92 12.3%	747	D+75.4
Isle Of Wight	618 85.4%	106 14.6%	724	D+70.7
Prince William	565 78.6%	154 21.4%	719	D+57.2
Amherst	611 85.9%	100 14.1%	711	D+71.9
Frederick	508 74.2%	177 25.8%	685	D+48.3
Goochland	585 85.4%	100 14.6%	685	D+70.8
Nottoway	569 86.9%	86 13.1%	655	D+73.7
Suffolk	516 79.3%	135 20.7%	651	D+58.5
Amelia	530 81.9%	117 18.1%	647	D+63.8
Clifton Forge	438 67.7%	209 32.3%	647	D+35.4
Hanover	461 72.1%	178 27.9%	639	D+44.3
Spotsylvania	529 84.8%	95 15.2%	624	D+69.6
Orange	435 73.7%	155 26.3%	590	D+47.5
Buckingham	481 84.7%	87 15.3%	568	D+69.4
Brunswick	535 94.4%	32 5.6%	567	D+88.7
Dinwiddie	486 89.3%	58 10.7%	544	D+78.7
Greensville	478 88.4%	63 11.6%	541	D+76.7
Stafford	381 71.1%	155 28.9%	536	D+42.2
Sussex	482 91.6%	44 8.4%	526	D+83.3
Gloucester	437 83.7%	85 16.3%	522	D+67.4
Warwick (Ext)	378 73.5%	136 26.5%	514	D+47.1
Westmoreland	434 85.1%	76 14.9%	510	D+70.2
Lancaster	375 74.7%	127 25.3%	502	D+49.4
Nansemond (Ext)	446 89.2%	54 10.8%	500	D+78.4
Mathews	335 71.1%	136 28.9%	471	D+42.3
Hampton	398 85.2%	69 14.8%	467	D+70.4
Caroline	356 80.2%	88 19.8%	444	D+60.4
Madison	250 56.6%	192 43.4%	442	D+13.1
Rappahannock	348 81.5%	79 18.5%	427	D+63.0
King William	346 82.8%	72 17.2%	418	D+65.6
Northumberland	307 74.0%	108 26.0%	415	D+48.0
Highland	241 59.7%	163 40.3%	404	D+19.3
Craig	243 60.4%	159 39.6%	402	D+20.9
Fluvanna	289 75.7%	93 24.3%	382	D+51.3
Clarke	332 87.6%	47 12.4%	379	D+75.2
South Norfolk	300 81.7%	67 18.3%	367	D+63.5
Cumberland	320 88.4%	42 11.6%	362	D+76.8
Bath	220 64.7%	120 35.3%	340	D+29.4
Surry	297 90.0%	33 10.0%	330	D+80.0
Middlesex	258 80.1%	64 19.9%	322	D+60.2
Essex	261 82.6%	55 17.4%	316	D+65.2
Richmond	211 68.1%	99 31.9%	310	D+36.1
Prince George	180 64.7%	98 35.3%	278	D+29.5
Powhatan	215 78.8%	58 21.2%	273	D+57.5
York	194 73.5%	70 26.5%	264	D+47.0
Buena Vista	173 68.4%	80 31.6%	253	D+36.8
King George	161 71.2%	65 28.8%	226	D+42.5
Williamsburg	172 77.8%	49 22.2%	221	D+55.7
Greene	124 56.4%	96 43.6%	220	D+12.7
King And Queen	141 82.5%	30 17.5%	171	D+64.9
Charles City	104 72.7%	39 27.3%	143	D+45.5
New Kent	107 75.9%	34 24.1%	141	D+51.8
James City	106 77.9%	30 22.1%	136	D+55.9

Counties as they stood in 1945; 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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1985	Gerald L. Baliles (D)	D+10.4
1981	Charles S. Robb (D)	D+7.1
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1973	Mills Godwin (R)	R+50.7
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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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