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Election 1949 Results

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1949 Virginia governor election

John S. Battle (Democrat) beat Walter Johnson (Republican) in Virginia in 1949, 70.4% to 27.4%, a margin of 43.0 points and 112,781 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1945, when William M. Tuck won.

Democrats led in 122 of the 127 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 5. The largest, Richmond, cast 22,993 votes and went to the Democrat by 55.4 points. The closest was Carroll, where 6 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
John S. Battle won	Democratic	184,772	70.4%
Walter Johnson	Republican	71,991	27.4%
All other candidates		5,569	2.1%
Total		262,332

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Richmond	17,681 76.9%	4,943 21.5%	369	22,993	D+55.4
Arlington	8,563 62.3%	4,588 33.4%	591	13,742	D+28.9
Norfolk	7,154 77.4%	1,841 19.9%	243	9,238	D+57.5
Roanoke	4,939 70.3%	1,934 27.5%	151	7,024	D+42.8
Grayson	3,231 47.5%	3,484 51.2%	90	6,805	R+3.7
Lee	2,693 48.9%	2,631 47.7%	187	5,511	D+1.1
Scott	2,532 47.1%	2,659 49.5%	184	5,375	R+2.4
Fairfax	3,095 61.1%	1,806 35.6%	168	5,069	D+25.4
Alexandria	3,068 66.3%	1,421 30.7%	138	4,627	D+35.6
Buchanan	1,678 36.9%	2,727 60.0%	143	4,548	R+23.1
Wise	2,767 65.2%	1,347 31.7%	131	4,245	D+33.5
Danville	3,560 86.4%	503 12.2%	59	4,122	D+74.2
Norfolk (Ext)	2,639 66.7%	1,170 29.6%	148	3,957	D+37.1
Wythe	1,964 52.4%	1,730 46.2%	51	3,745	D+6.2
Russell	1,988 54.5%	1,583 43.4%	75	3,646	D+11.1
Elizabeth City (Ext)	2,730 75.4%	834 23.0%	56	3,620	D+52.4
Smyth	1,690 48.2%	1,563 44.6%	253	3,506	D+3.6
Portsmouth	2,378 70.3%	860 25.4%	144	3,382	D+44.9
Rockingham	2,120 63.9%	1,157 34.8%	43	3,320	D+29.0
Dickenson	1,731 53.1%	1,364 41.9%	162	3,257	D+11.3
Roanoke	2,227 69.1%	926 28.7%	72	3,225	D+40.3
Newport News	2,301 76.0%	667 22.0%	58	3,026	D+54.0
Lynchburg	2,389 80.8%	514 17.4%	55	2,958	D+63.4
Pittsylvania	2,498 85.5%	386 13.2%	37	2,921	D+72.3
Alleghany	1,770 61.8%	1,022 35.7%	73	2,865	D+26.1
Henrico	2,131 76.0%	631 22.5%	42	2,804	D+53.5
Montgomery	1,652 59.4%	1,086 39.1%	42	2,780	D+20.4
Shenandoah	1,620 60.1%	1,041 38.6%	33	2,694	D+21.5
Charlottesville	2,287 85.1%	381 14.2%	21	2,689	D+70.9
Petersburg	2,232 85.8%	327 12.6%	43	2,602	D+73.2
Tazewell	1,305 51.6%	1,171 46.3%	54	2,530	D+5.3
Washington	1,489 59.6%	944 37.8%	64	2,497	D+21.8
Harrisonburg	1,786 76.9%	521 22.4%	14	2,321	D+54.5
Botetourt	1,344 59.5%	878 38.9%	36	2,258	D+20.6
Chesterfield	1,704 76.3%	493 22.1%	37	2,234	D+54.2
Bedford	1,661 75.0%	530 23.9%	24	2,215	D+51.1
Albemarle	1,831 85.2%	303 14.1%	14	2,148	D+71.1
Fredericksburg	1,665 77.8%	454 21.2%	22	2,141	D+56.6
Pulaski	1,467 68.6%	648 30.3%	24	2,139	D+38.3
Halifax	1,825 86.7%	269 12.8%	12	2,106	D+73.9
Princess Anne (Ext)	1,809 88.6%	203 9.9%	30	2,042	D+78.6
Page	1,534 77.7%	397 20.1%	44	1,975	D+57.6
Franklin	1,472 76.7%	416 21.7%	32	1,920	D+55.0
Radford	1,124 62.1%	666 36.8%	21	1,811	D+25.3
Augusta	1,226 67.8%	574 31.7%	9	1,809	D+36.0
Winchester	1,432 79.6%	352 19.6%	15	1,799	D+60.0
Warwick (Ext)	1,341 75.6%	405 22.8%	27	1,773	D+52.8
Nottoway	1,532 87.3%	206 11.7%	16	1,754	D+75.6
Giles	1,145 65.8%	562 32.3%	33	1,740	D+33.5
Loudoun	1,487 85.6%	234 13.5%	16	1,737	D+72.1
Warren	1,381 79.7%	320 18.5%	31	1,732	D+61.3
Staunton	1,145 69.6%	489 29.7%	12	1,646	D+39.9
Carroll	767 48.6%	773 49.0%	39	1,579	R+0.4
Rockbridge	1,238 79.2%	309 19.8%	16	1,563	D+59.4
Martinsville	1,225 78.4%	317 20.3%	21	1,563	D+58.1
Mecklenburg	1,275 85.5%	182 12.2%	35	1,492	D+73.3
Campbell	1,142 77.0%	319 21.5%	22	1,483	D+55.5
Lunenburg	1,288 87.4%	180 12.2%	6	1,474	D+75.2
Accomack	1,313 89.9%	138 9.4%	10	1,461	D+80.4
Prince Edward	1,288 90.0%	134 9.4%	9	1,431	D+80.6
Clifton Forge	857 60.9%	534 37.9%	17	1,408	D+22.9
Henry	830 60.9%	487 35.8%	45	1,362	D+25.2
Fauquier	1,197 88.1%	149 11.0%	12	1,358	D+77.2
South Norfolk	923 69.3%	351 26.4%	58	1,332	D+42.9
Appomattox	1,224 93.3%	85 6.5%	3	1,312	D+86.8
Spotsylvania	850 66.1%	413 32.1%	23	1,286	D+34.0
Hanover	992 78.4%	258 20.4%	16	1,266	D+58.0
Amherst	1,040 82.2%	212 16.8%	13	1,265	D+65.5
Brunswick	1,109 91.6%	93 7.7%	9	1,211	D+83.9
Southampton	1,032 85.6%	155 12.9%	19	1,206	D+72.7
Bristol	949 81.7%	191 16.5%	21	1,161	D+65.3
Nelson	937 81.8%	175 15.3%	34	1,146	D+66.5
Bland	671 58.7%	455 39.8%	17	1,143	D+18.9
Louisa	861 76.1%	251 22.2%	20	1,132	D+53.9
Hopewell	808 71.8%	291 25.8%	27	1,126	D+45.9
Amelia	867 77.8%	236 21.2%	12	1,115	D+56.6
Prince William	908 83.1%	166 15.2%	19	1,093	D+67.9
Orange	882 80.8%	188 17.2%	21	1,091	D+63.6
Waynesboro	826 78.4%	219 20.8%	8	1,053	D+57.6
Frederick	729 73.9%	236 23.9%	21	986	D+50.0
Falls Church	612 62.9%	314 32.3%	47	973	D+30.6
Northampton	861 88.7%	100 10.3%	10	971	D+78.4
Culpeper	865 89.3%	95 9.8%	9	969	D+79.5
Charlotte	847 89.0%	97 10.2%	8	952	D+78.8
Stafford	591 62.1%	339 35.6%	22	952	D+26.5
Nansemond (Ext)	748 79.3%	176 18.7%	19	943	D+60.7
Hampton	794 84.2%	139 14.7%	10	943	D+69.5
Patrick	807 85.9%	124 13.2%	8	939	D+72.7
York	700 75.6%	202 21.8%	24	926	D+53.8
Gloucester	710 78.1%	187 20.6%	12	909	D+57.5
Dinwiddie	815 90.4%	75 8.3%	12	902	D+82.0
Goochland	667 77.2%	191 22.1%	6	864	D+55.1
Greensville	699 82.8%	128 15.2%	17	844	D+67.7
Isle Of Wight	707 84.2%	118 14.0%	15	840	D+70.1
Floyd	377 45.3%	428 51.4%	28	833	R+6.1
Suffolk	650 80.7%	141 17.5%	14	805	D+63.2
Lancaster	598 75.2%	193 24.3%	4	795	D+50.9
Sussex	734 92.4%	54 6.8%	6	794	D+85.6
Northumberland	397 51.0%	381 48.9%	1	779	D+2.1
Caroline	660 85.5%	97 12.6%	15	772	D+72.9
Buckingham	593 79.6%	135 18.1%	17	745	D+61.5
Mathews	548 76.5%	161 22.5%	7	716	D+54.1
Prince George	509 74.4%	164 24.0%	11	684	D+50.4
King William	560 82.6%	102 15.0%	16	678	D+67.6
Rappahannock	591 91.5%	43 6.7%	12	646	D+84.8
Westmoreland	508 81.0%	114 18.2%	5	627	D+62.8
Middlesex	517 84.3%	90 14.7%	6	613	D+69.7
Clarke	517 86.7%	76 12.8%	3	596	D+74.0
Fluvanna	475 80.9%	101 17.2%	11	587	D+63.7
Essex	471 85.2%	80 14.5%	2	553	D+70.7
Powhatan	382 69.5%	163 29.6%	5	550	D+39.8
Madison	398 74.0%	135 25.1%	5	538	D+48.9
Craig	331 64.1%	176 34.1%	9	516	D+30.0
Surry	420 82.2%	49 9.6%	42	511	D+72.6
Colonial Hts.	403 83.3%	79 16.3%	2	484	D+66.9
King George	330 71.4%	112 24.2%	20	462	D+47.2
Cumberland	365 80.2%	83 18.2%	7	455	D+62.0
Highland	298 66.7%	141 31.5%	8	447	D+35.1
Bath	330 74.0%	114 25.6%	2	446	D+48.4
Williamsburg	381 85.8%	57 12.8%	6	444	D+73.0
Greene	292 67.7%	123 28.5%	16	431	D+39.2
Richmond	334 78.4%	90 21.1%	2	426	D+57.3
King And Queen	317 80.3%	67 17.0%	11	395	D+63.3
Buena Vista	314 82.0%	62 16.2%	7	383	D+65.8
Charles City	234 61.4%	130 34.1%	17	381	D+27.3
New Kent	265 81.8%	54 16.7%	5	324	D+65.1
James City	209 78.0%	53 19.8%	6	268	D+58.2

Counties as they stood in 1949; 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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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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