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Election 1953 Results

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1953 Virginia governor election

Thomas B. Stanley (Democrat) beat Theodore Roosevelt Dalton (Republican) in Virginia in 1953, 54.8% to 44.3%, a margin of 10.5 points and 43,670 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1949, when John S. Battle won.

Democrats led in 99 of the 127 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 28. The largest, Richmond, cast 30,205 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.4 points. The closest was James City, 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
Thomas B. Stanley won	Democratic	226,998	54.8%
Theodore Roosevelt Dalton	Republican	183,328	44.3%
All other candidates		3,673	0.9%
Total		413,999

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Richmond	16,409 54.3%	13,278 44.0%	518	30,205	D+10.4
Arlington	8,405 42.2%	10,903 54.8%	595	19,903	R+12.6
Roanoke	6,469 40.3%	9,538 59.4%	39	16,046	R+19.1
Norfolk	7,181 46.8%	8,075 52.6%	89	15,345	R+5.8
Fairfax	5,425 44.4%	6,658 54.5%	144	12,227	R+10.1
Henrico	4,301 45.4%	5,110 54.0%	55	9,466	R+8.5
Alexandria	4,716 54.2%	3,899 44.8%	87	8,702	D+9.4
Wise	4,876 62.1%	2,928 37.3%	54	7,858	D+24.8
Norfolk (Ext)	4,442 57.7%	3,207 41.7%	44	7,693	D+16.1
Grayson	3,336 45.8%	3,893 53.5%	50	7,279	R+7.7
Portsmouth	4,397 61.6%	2,672 37.4%	73	7,142	D+24.2
Lee	3,167 45.7%	3,587 51.8%	177	6,931	R+6.1
Roanoke	2,184 34.7%	4,092 65.0%	16	6,292	R+30.3
Wythe	2,586 43.4%	3,350 56.2%	25	5,961	R+12.8
Hampton	2,905 50.4%	2,808 48.7%	49	5,762	D+1.7
Scott	1,896 33.7%	3,640 64.7%	90	5,626	R+31.0
Lynchburg	3,381 61.1%	2,138 38.6%	18	5,537	D+22.4
Dickenson	2,773 50.3%	2,684 48.7%	59	5,516	D+1.6
Russell	2,845 53.9%	2,406 45.6%	25	5,276	D+8.3
Pittsylvania	3,784 73.9%	1,317 25.7%	22	5,123	D+48.2
Danville	3,570 70.0%	1,484 29.1%	48	5,102	D+40.9
Smyth	2,147 43.5%	2,749 55.7%	40	4,936	R+12.2
Buchanan	2,707 55.3%	2,126 43.4%	66	4,899	D+11.9
Montgomery	1,708 35.6%	3,074 64.1%	11	4,793	R+28.5
Carroll	1,597 34.7%	2,992 65.0%	12	4,601	R+30.3
Washington	2,237 50.9%	2,118 48.2%	37	4,392	D+2.7
Chesterfield	2,412 55.0%	1,943 44.3%	31	4,386	D+10.7
Shenandoah	2,079 48.8%	2,160 50.7%	22	4,261	R+1.9
Newport News	2,264 56.3%	1,721 42.8%	37	4,022	D+13.5
Rockingham	2,561 63.9%	1,393 34.7%	56	4,010	D+29.1
Tazewell	2,072 51.8%	1,908 47.7%	23	4,003	D+4.1
Pulaski	1,620 41.1%	2,316 58.7%	8	3,944	R+17.6
Henry	2,131 54.9%	1,724 44.4%	26	3,881	D+10.5
Princess Anne (Ext)	2,200 56.8%	1,663 42.9%	12	3,875	D+13.9
Bedford	2,427 64.0%	1,347 35.5%	16	3,790	D+28.5
Charlottesville	1,971 53.1%	1,731 46.6%	9	3,711	D+6.5
Halifax	2,979 82.7%	608 16.9%	15	3,602	D+65.8
Franklin	1,921 55.1%	1,560 44.7%	6	3,487	D+10.4
Giles	1,599 48.4%	1,692 51.2%	12	3,303	R+2.8
Augusta	1,828 56.8%	1,376 42.8%	12	3,216	D+14.1
Petersburg	2,225 70.4%	903 28.6%	31	3,159	D+41.8
Martinsville	1,568 52.1%	1,424 47.3%	19	3,011	D+4.8
Campbell	1,950 66.1%	985 33.4%	13	2,948	D+32.7
Staunton	1,405 48.5%	1,482 51.2%	10	2,897	R+2.7
Mecklenburg	2,199 78.0%	608 21.6%	14	2,821	D+56.4
Accomack	1,866 66.3%	922 32.8%	27	2,815	D+33.5
Loudoun	1,986 72.9%	699 25.6%	41	2,726	D+47.2
Radford	736 27.4%	1,939 72.3%	7	2,682	R+44.9
Botetourt	1,261 47.6%	1,380 52.1%	8	2,649	R+4.5
Page	1,593 62.0%	955 37.1%	23	2,571	D+24.8
Albemarle	1,521 60.5%	983 39.1%	12	2,516	D+21.4
Hanover	1,373 56.2%	1,052 43.0%	20	2,445	D+13.1
Patrick	1,720 72.3%	653 27.4%	6	2,379	D+44.9
Rockbridge	1,162 50.0%	1,154 49.7%	7	2,323	D+0.3
South Norfolk	1,315 57.7%	923 40.5%	43	2,281	D+17.2
Harrisonburg	1,380 60.7%	869 38.2%	24	2,273	D+22.5
Fauquier	1,686 75.3%	547 24.4%	5	2,238	D+50.9
Winchester	1,758 80.0%	434 19.8%	5	2,197	D+60.3
Amherst	1,527 70.2%	643 29.5%	6	2,176	D+40.6
Hopewell	1,130 56.2%	866 43.1%	13	2,009	D+13.1
Southampton	1,431 71.9%	545 27.4%	14	1,990	D+44.5
Nottoway	1,438 73.6%	503 25.7%	13	1,954	D+47.9
Brunswick	1,595 83.3%	317 16.6%	2	1,914	D+66.8
Waynesboro	916 48.0%	980 51.3%	13	1,909	R+3.4
Prince William	1,382 72.5%	517 27.1%	7	1,906	D+45.4
Covington	884 47.1%	985 52.5%	6	1,875	R+5.4
Nansemond (Ext)	1,374 73.8%	480 25.8%	8	1,862	D+48.0
Frederick	1,457 78.3%	385 20.7%	19	1,861	D+57.6
Floyd	570 31.0%	1,261 68.7%	5	1,836	R+37.6
Charlotte	1,496 82.6%	310 17.1%	6	1,812	D+65.5
Warren	1,163 65.0%	614 34.3%	11	1,788	D+30.7
Bristol	1,129 64.3%	626 35.6%	2	1,757	D+28.6
Suffolk	1,018 59.5%	681 39.8%	11	1,710	D+19.7
Fredericksburg	1,016 60.9%	646 38.7%	7	1,669	D+22.2
Appomattox	1,377 84.1%	259 15.8%	1	1,637	D+68.3
Northampton	1,295 79.4%	329 20.2%	8	1,632	D+59.2
Isle Of Wight	1,066 65.4%	546 33.5%	18	1,630	D+31.9
Bland	751 46.3%	858 52.9%	13	1,622	R+6.6
Culpeper	1,107 68.8%	494 30.7%	7	1,608	D+38.1
Orange	1,039 65.4%	537 33.8%	12	1,588	D+31.6
Prince Edward	1,120 71.4%	441 28.1%	7	1,568	D+43.3
Louisa	1,046 67.0%	495 31.7%	21	1,562	D+35.3
Dinwiddie	1,302 83.6%	253 16.2%	3	1,558	D+67.3
Lunenburg	1,175 77.4%	336 22.1%	7	1,518	D+55.3
Sussex	1,256 84.2%	222 14.9%	13	1,491	D+69.3
Clifton Forge	761 51.2%	719 48.4%	5	1,485	D+2.8
York	749 51.9%	667 46.2%	27	1,443	D+5.7
Virginia Beach	847 58.7%	593 41.1%	2	1,442	D+17.6
Falls Church	597 41.5%	809 56.2%	34	1,440	R+14.7
Greensville	1,083 75.4%	336 23.4%	17	1,436	D+52.0
Spotsylvania	878 61.4%	540 37.8%	12	1,430	D+23.6
Gloucester	893 70.1%	370 29.0%	11	1,274	D+41.1
Stafford	609 48.1%	650 51.3%	8	1,267	R+3.2
Caroline	926 75.6%	289 23.6%	10	1,225	D+52.0
Buckingham	864 73.0%	310 26.2%	9	1,183	D+46.8
Alleghany	551 47.5%	607 52.3%	2	1,160	R+4.8
Lancaster	580 52.0%	508 45.6%	27	1,115	D+6.5
Nelson	799 72.0%	305 27.5%	6	1,110	D+44.5
Amelia	715 66.1%	365 33.7%	2	1,082	D+32.3
Goochland	738 68.3%	338 31.3%	4	1,080	D+37.0
Westmoreland	650 61.1%	410 38.6%	3	1,063	D+22.6
Colonial Hts.	714 68.1%	325 31.0%	9	1,048	D+37.1
Bath	498 50.2%	486 48.9%	9	993	D+1.2
Fluvanna	654 68.6%	297 31.1%	3	954	D+37.4
Mathews	517 55.2%	414 44.2%	6	937	D+11.0
Madison	578 61.8%	350 37.4%	7	935	D+24.4
Northumberland	477 51.0%	444 47.5%	14	935	D+3.5
Clarke	689 78.0%	191 21.6%	3	883	D+56.4
Cumberland	580 69.8%	243 29.2%	8	831	D+40.6
Powhatan	572 69.4%	247 30.0%	5	824	D+39.4
Middlesex	542 66.7%	267 32.9%	3	812	D+33.9
Highland	473 59.4%	321 40.3%	2	796	D+19.1
King William	557 70.0%	225 28.3%	14	796	D+41.7
Prince George	571 72.7%	209 26.6%	5	785	D+46.1
King George	509 65.3%	257 33.0%	13	779	D+32.3
Rappahannock	616 80.1%	153 19.9%		769	D+60.2
Essex	542 72.7%	196 26.3%	8	746	D+46.4
Surry	596 81.2%	135 18.4%	3	734	D+62.8
Williamsburg	273 38.3%	431 60.4%	9	713	R+22.2
Buena Vista	406 57.2%	295 41.5%	9	710	D+15.6
Craig	428 62.8%	251 36.8%	3	682	D+26.0
Charles City	538 80.9%	114 17.1%	13	665	D+63.8
Richmond	363 57.8%	260 41.4%	5	628	D+16.4
James City	263 48.7%	269 49.8%	8	540	R+1.1
New Kent	343 64.4%	174 32.6%	16	533	D+31.7
Greene	230 51.0%	219 48.6%	2	451	D+2.4
King And Queen	326 72.9%	107 23.9%	14	447	D+49.0

Counties as they stood in 1953; 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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2021	Glenn Allen Youngkin (R)	R+1.9
2017	Ralph Shearer Northam (D)	D+8.9
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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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