1977 Virginia gubernatorial election

none related races 1977 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1977 Virginia gubernatorial election Virginia presidential no 1973 Virginia gubernatorial election 1973 62.7% (voting eligible) http://elections.virginia.gov/resultsreports/registration-statistics/registrationturnout-statistics/ Registration/Turnout Statistics The Commonwealth of Virginia Virginia Department of Elections 2016 July 25, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160816110827/http://elections.virginia.gov/resultsreports/registration-statistics/registrationturnout-statistics/ August 16, 2016 dead 1981 Virginia gubernatorial election 1981 November 8, 1977 File:John Dalton 1976.jpg 150x150px John N. Dalton Republican Party (United States) 699,302 55.9% File:Henry Howell 1972.jpg Henry Howell Democratic Party (United States) 541,319 43.3% 1977 Virginia gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County and independent city resultsDalton: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Howell: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Governor Mills E. Godwin, Jr. Republican Party (United States) John N. Dalton Republican Party (United States) In the 1977 Virginia gubernatorial election, incumbent Governor Mills E. Godwin, Jr., a Republican, was unable to seek re-election due to term limits. John N. Dalton, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, was nominated by the Republican Party to run against the Democratic nominee, former Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Henry Howell.http://www.coopercenter.org/sites/default/files/autoVANLPubs/Virginia%20News%20Letter%201978%20Vol.%2054%20No.%206.pdf 2014-07-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20140724130322/http://www.coopercenter.org/sites/default/files/autoVANLPubs/Virginia%20News%20Letter%201978%20Vol.%2054%20No.%206.pdf Montjoy Glanville Robert S. James O. The 1977 Election: A New Equilibrium University of Virginia Newsletter 54 6 1978 This was the only instance in Virginia's history in which the Republican Party won the gubernatorial election for a third time consecutively. It is also the last time when Arlington County and the independent cities of Charlottesville, Falls Church, Richmond, Roanoke and Williamsburg voted Republican for Governor. Primaries Democratic Henry Howell, former Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and candidate in 1969 and 1973 Andrew P. Miller, Attorney General of Virginia Henry Howell, who was elected lieutenant governor in 1971 and unsuccessful ran for governor in 1973, was an opponent of the Byrd machine and one of the most liberal politicians in Virginia at the time.Steed Moreland Baker 1980 83 Attorney General Andrew P. Miller was the highest elected Democratic official in the state. Miller's father, Francis Pickens Miller, ran as an anti-Byrd candidate in the 1949 gubernatorial election.Steed Moreland Baker 1980 85 14.4% of the voting age population participated in the Democratic primary.Steed Moreland Baker 1980 84 Republican Governor Mills Godwin, a former Democrat, was supported by the Byrd machine, but John N. Dalton was a lifelong Republican and his father, Theodore Roosevelt Dalton, ran as the Republican nominee against a Byrd-backed Democrat in the 1953 and 1957 gubernatorial elections.Steed Moreland Baker 1980 85 Results 1977 Virginia gubernatorial electionhttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=26401 Our Campaigns VA Governor Race – November 08, 1977 Republican Party (United States) John N. Dalton 699,302 55.90% +5.19% Democratic Party (United States) Henry Howell 541,319 43.27% -5.99% Independent politician Alan Ogden 10,101 0.81% Write-ins 218 0.02% 157,983 12.63% +11.18% 1,250,940 Republican Party (United States) Results by county or independent city +1977 Virginia gubernatorial election by county or independent city John Nichols DaltonRepublican Henry Evans Howell Democratic Alan R. OgdenIndependent Various candidatesWrite-ins Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Accomack County 4,701 55.01% 3,769 44.11% 75 0.88% 932 10.91% 8,545 Albemarle County 7,392 57.75% 5,319 41.55% 85 0.66% 4 0.03% 2,073 16.20% 12,800 Alleghany County 1,709 47.28% 1,884 52.12% 22 0.61% -175 -4.84% 3,615 Amelia County 1,618 58.01% 1,139 40.84% 32 1.15% 479 17.17% 2,789 Amherst County 3,737 61.70% 2,252 37.18% 68 1.12% 1,485 24.52% 6,057 Appomattox County 2,109 64.20% 1,162 35.37% 14 0.43% 947 28.83% 3,285 Arlington County 21,589 52.13% 19,495 47.08% 282 0.68% 46 0.11% 2,094 5.06% 41,412 Augusta County 7,721 66.29% 3,858 33.12% 68 0.58% 3,863 33.17% 11,647 Bath County 746 52.68% 663 46.82% 5 0.35% 2 0.14% 83 5.86% 1,416 Bedford County 4,230 59.73% 2,826 39.90% 26 0.37% 1,404 19.82% 7,082 Bland County 966 59.01% 659 40.26% 8 0.49% 4 0.24% 307 18.75% 1,637 Botetourt County 3,294 55.93% 2,554 43.36% 42 0.71% 740 12.56% 5,890 Brunswick County 2,317 52.09% 1,991 44.76% 140 3.15% 326 7.33% 4,448 Buchanan County 2,977 41.90% 4,065 57.21% 63 0.89% -1,088 -15.31% 7,105 Buckingham County 1,555 50.63% 1,470 47.87% 46 1.50% 85 2.77% 3,071 Campbell County 6,644 73.37% 2,361 26.07% 48 0.53% 3 0.03% 4,283 47.29% 9,056 Caroline County 1,534 41.16% 2,102 56.40% 91 2.44% -568 -15.24% 3,727 Carroll County 4,152 63.91% 2,275 35.02% 70 1.08% 1,877 28.89% 6,497 Charles City County 384 26.39% 1,038 71.34% 33 2.27% -654 -44.95% 1,455 Charlotte County 1,989 57.87% 1,428 41.55% 20 0.58% 561 16.32% 3,437 Chesterfield County 24,371 73.23% 8,762 26.33% 143 0.43% 5 0.02% 15,609 46.90% 33,281 Clarke County 1,399 65.50% 716 33.52% 20 0.94% 1 0.05% 683 31.98% 2,136 Craig County 550 41.98% 747 57.02% 8 0.61% 5 0.38% -197 -15.04% 1,310 Culpeper County 3,588 61.33% 2,227 38.07% 34 0.58% 1 0.02% 1,361 23.26% 5,850 Cumberland County 1,270 56.70% 956 42.68% 14 0.63% 314 14.02% 2,240 Dickenson County 2,502 42.36% 3,326 56.32% 78 1.32% -824 -13.95% 5,906 Dinwiddie County 2,345 47.29% 2,501 50.43% 112 2.26% 1 0.02% -156 -3.15% 4,959 Essex County 1,375 64.40% 726 34.00% 34 1.59% 649 30.40% 2,135 Fairfax County 75,216 58.86% 51,754 40.50% 790 0.62% 30 0.02% 23,462 18.36% 127,790 Fauquier County 3,716 58.88% 2,568 40.69% 26 0.41% 1 0.02% 1,148 18.19% 6,311 Floyd County 1,861 66.35% 905 32.26% 39 1.39% 956 34.08% 2,805 Fluvanna County 1,135 53.31% 949 44.57% 45 2.11% 186 8.74% 2,129 Franklin County 3,642 48.06% 3,872 51.10% 64 0.84% -230 -3.04% 7,578 Frederick County 3,771 62.60% 2,202 36.55% 50 0.83% 1 0.02% 1,569 26.05% 6,024 Giles County 2,620 49.89% 2,588 49.28% 44 0.84% 32 0.61% 5,252 Gloucester County 2,988 54.06% 2,502 45.27% 34 0.62% 3 0.05% 486 8.79% 5,527 Goochland County 2,003 52.61% 1,716 45.07% 88 2.31% 287 7.54% 3,807 Grayson County 2,317 53.14% 1,967 45.11% 76 1.74% 350 8.03% 4,360 Greene County 872 58.45% 614 41.15% 6 0.40% 258 17.29% 1,492 Greensville County 1,216 40.85% 1,642 55.16% 119 4.00% -426 -14.31% 2,977 Halifax County 4,177 58.18% 2,959 41.22% 43 0.60% 1,218 16.97% 7,179 Hanover County 10,540 69.98% 4,396 29.19% 123 0.82% 2 0.01% 6,144 40.79% 15,061 Henrico County 41,588 73.98% 14,417 25.65% 203 0.36% 9 0.02% 27,171 48.33% 56,217 Henry County 5,872 52.98% 5,150 46.46% 61 0.55% 1 0.01% 722 6.51% 11,084 Highland County 603 63.41% 339 35.65% 9 0.95% 264 27.76% 951 Isle of Wight County 2,677 46.00% 3,018 51.86% 122 2.10% 2 0.03% -341 -5.86% 5,819 James City County 2,932 56.02% 2,269 43.35% 32 0.61% 1 0.02% 663 12.67% 5,234 King and Queen County 710 45.43% 807 51.63% 46 2.94% -97 -6.21% 1,563 King George County 1,047 49.04% 1,051 49.23% 37 1.73% -4 -0.19% 2,135 King William County 1,432 56.67% 1,006 39.81% 89 3.52% 426 16.86% 2,527 Lancaster County 2,250 62.94% 1,296 36.25% 29 0.81% 954 26.69% 3,575 Lee County 2,962 47.47% 3,125 50.08% 153 2.45% -163 -2.61% 6,240 Loudoun County 6,668 58.23% 4,689 40.95% 91 0.79% 3 0.03% 1,979 17.28% 11,451 Louisa County 2,163 52.68% 1,856 45.20% 87 2.12% 307 7.48% 4,106 Lunenburg County 1,854 63.00% 1,072 36.43% 17 0.58% 782 26.57% 2,943 Madison County 1,789 57.58% 1,300 41.84% 18 0.58% 489 15.74% 3,107 Mathews County 1,681 62.58% 982 36.56% 23 0.86% 699 26.02% 2,686 Mecklenburg County 4,317 64.81% 2,296 34.47% 48 0.72% 2,021 30.34% 6,661 Middlesex County 1,447 58.80% 1,001 40.67% 11 0.45% 2 0.08% 446 18.12% 2,461 Montgomery County 7,894 64.48% 4,232 34.57% 113 0.92% 3 0.02% 3,662 29.91% 12,242 Nelson County 1,415 45.97% 1,609 52.27% 54 1.75% -194 -6.30% 3,078 New Kent County 1,114 53.43% 936 44.89% 35 1.68% 178 8.54% 2,085 Northampton County 1,990 52.77% 1,753 46.49% 28 0.74% 237 6.28% 3,771 Northumberland County 2,126 62.68% 1,240 36.56% 26 0.77% 886 26.12% 3,392 Nottoway County 2,750 60.10% 1,797 39.27% 29 0.63% 953 20.83% 4,576 Orange County 2,493 59.91% 1,644 39.51% 24 0.58% 849 20.40% 4,161 Page County 2,785 57.15% 2,025 41.56% 62 1.27% 1 0.02% 760 15.60% 4,873 Patrick County 2,398 57.31% 1,757 41.99% 28 0.67% 1 0.02% 641 15.32% 4,184 Pittsylvania County 8,268 63.28% 4,744 36.31% 54 0.41% 3,524 26.97% 13,066 Powhatan County 1,734 59.61% 1,123 38.60% 52 1.79% 611 21.00% 2,909 Prince Edward County 2,648 60.37% 1,707 38.92% 31 0.71% 941 21.45% 4,386 Prince George County 1,929 52.09% 1,709 46.15% 65 1.76% 220 5.94% 3,703 Prince William County 10,014 53.15% 8,700 46.18% 122 0.65% 5 0.03% 1,314 6.97% 18,841 Pulaski County 4,850 58.49% 3,376 40.71% 65 0.78% 1 0.01% 1,474 17.78% 8,292 Rappahannock County 779 47.44% 849 51.71% 13 0.79% 1 0.06% -70 -4.26% 1,642 Richmond County 1,398 64.81% 729 33.80% 30 1.39% 669 31.02% 2,157 Roanoke County 12,964 64.67% 6,994 34.89% 87 0.43% 2 0.01% 5,970 29.78% 20,047 Rockbridge County 2,187 53.81% 1,850 45.52% 24 0.59% 3 0.07% 337 8.29% 4,064 Rockingham County 8,785 68.16% 4,035 31.31% 66 0.51% 3 0.02% 4,750 36.85% 12,889 Russell County 3,062 43.56% 3,928 55.87% 40 0.57% -866 -12.32% 7,030 Scott County 3,018 48.10% 3,228 51.44% 29 0.46% -210 -3.35% 6,275 Shenandoah County 5,178 68.71% 2,295 30.45% 63 0.84% 2,883 38.26% 7,536 Smyth County 4,201 55.27% 3,363 44.24% 35 0.46% 2 0.03% 838 11.02% 7,601 Southampton County 2,513 50.26% 2,392 47.84% 94 1.88% 1 0.02% 121 2.42% 5,000 Spotsylvania County 2,355 43.19% 3,018 55.35% 80 1.47% -663 -12.16% 5,453 Stafford County 3,415 45.18% 4,069 53.83% 75 0.99% -654 -8.65% 7,559 Surry County 945 39.72% 1,388 58.34% 46 1.93% -443 -18.62% 2,379 Sussex County 1,607 45.76% 1,872 53.30% 33 0.94% -265 -7.55% 3,512 Tazewell County 4,500 50.09% 4,386 48.82% 97 1.08% 1 0.01% 114 1.27% 8,984 Warren County 2,264 51.72% 2,087 47.68% 26 0.59% 177 4.04% 4,377 Washington County 6,049 59.46% 4,065 39.96% 57 0.56% 2 0.02% 1,984 19.50% 10,173 Westmoreland County 1,940 50.31% 1,878 48.70% 36 0.93% 2 0.05% 62 1.61% 3,856 Wise County 3,785 44.03% 4,756 55.32% 56 0.65% -971 -11.29% 8,597 Wythe County 4,005 65.83% 2,056 33.79% 23 0.38% 1,949 32.03% 6,084 York County 4,563 55.29% 3,598 43.60% 91 1.10% 1 0.01% 965 11.69% 8,253 Alexandria City 11,417 49.39% 11,536 49.90% 156 0.67% 9 0.04% -119 -0.51% 23,118 Bedford City 1,281 63.76% 720 35.84% 8 0.40% 561 27.92% 2,009 Bristol City 2,347 56.42% 1,771 42.57% 42 1.01% 576 13.85% 4,160 Buena Vista City 924 47.34% 1,014 51.95% 14 0.72% -90 -4.61% 1,952 Charlottesville City 5,207 49.81% 5,185 49.60% 57 0.55% 4 0.04% 22 0.21% 10,453 Chesapeake City 11,476 44.23% 14,345 55.28% 127 0.49% -2,869 -11.06% 25,948 Clifton Forge City 864 50.06% 856 49.59% 6 0.35% 8 0.46% 1,726 Colonial Heights City 4,081 71.26% 1,631 28.48% 15 0.26% 2,450 42.78% 5,727 Covington City 1,169 44.88% 1,420 54.51% 16 0.61% -251 -9.64% 2,605 Danville City 9,050 67.53% 4,272 31.88% 80 0.60% 4,778 35.65% 13,402 Emporia City 1,030 59.54% 629 36.36% 71 4.10% 401 23.18% 1,730 Fairfax City 2,992 58.98% 2,046 40.33% 34 0.67% 1 0.02% 946 18.65% 5,073 Falls Church City 1,851 57.56% 1,344 41.79% 21 0.65% 507 15.76% 3,216 Franklin City 971 51.84% 846 45.17% 56 2.99% 125 6.67% 1,873 Fredericksburg City 1,841 48.47% 1,916 50.45% 41 1.08% -75 -1.97% 3,798 Galax City 1,078 58.56% 703 38.19% 60 3.26% 375 20.37% 1,841 Hampton City 12,346 45.55% 14,656 54.07% 105 0.39% -2,310 -8.52% 27,107 Harrisonburg City 2,949 68.89% 1,311 30.62% 21 0.49% 1,638 38.26% 4,281 Hopewell City 3,568 58.05% 2,556 41.59% 22 0.36% 1,012 16.47% 6,146 Lexington City 1,050 57.25% 778 42.42% 5 0.27% 1 0.05% 272 14.83% 1,834 Lynchburg City 12,762 71.21% 5,081 28.35% 75 0.42% 3 0.02% 7,681 42.86% 17,921 Manassas City 1,478 62.49% 876 37.04% 10 0.42% 1 0.04% 602 25.45% 2,365 Manassas Park City 338 41.02% 478 58.01% 8 0.97% -140 -16.99% 824 Martinsville City 3,449 60.74% 2,199 38.73% 29 0.51% 1 0.02% 1,250 22.01% 5,678 Newport News City 16,532 49.58% 16,395 49.17% 411 1.23% 3 0.01% 137 0.41% 33,341 Norfolk City 21,022 39.11% 32,420 60.31% 311 0.58% -11,398 -21.20% 53,753 Norton City 442 44.11% 552 55.09% 8 0.80% -110 -10.98% 1,002 Petersburg City 4,474 42.94% 5,824 55.90% 120 1.15% 1 0.01% -1,350 -12.96% 10,419 Poquoson City 1,305 61.67% 799 37.76% 12 0.57% 506 23.91% 2,116 Portsmouth City 10,390 37.48% 16,910 61.00% 423 1.53% -6,520 -23.52% 27,723 Radford City 2,321 61.35% 1,427 37.72% 33 0.87% 2 0.05% 894 23.63% 3,783 Richmond City 32,512 50.26% 31,454 48.63% 692 1.07% 24 0.04% 1,058 1.64% 64,682 Roanoke City 13,906 52.65% 12,344 46.74% 158 0.60% 4 0.02% 1,562 5.91% 26,412 Salem City 4,102 61.29% 2,539 37.94% 50 0.75% 2 0.03% 1,563 23.35% 6,693 South Boston City 1,465 69.46% 607 28.78% 37 1.75% 858 40.68% 2,109 Staunton City 4,210 69.10% 1,859 30.51% 22 0.36% 2 0.03% 2,351 38.59% 6,093 Suffolk City 5,747 45.11% 6,683 52.46% 308 2.42% 1 0.01% -936 -7.35% 12,739 Virginia Beach City 26,875 57.33% 19,810 42.26% 188 0.40% 2 0.00% 7,065 15.07% 46,875 Waynesboro City 3,175 67.80% 1,490 31.82% 18 0.38% 1,685 35.98% 4,683 Williamsburg City 1,485 60.61% 951 38.82% 14 0.57% 534 21.80% 2,450 Winchester City 3,069 69.54% 1,319 29.89% 24 0.54% 1 0.02% 1,750 39.66% 4,413Totals699,30255.90%541,31943.27%10,1010.81%2180.02%157,98312.63%1,250,940 Counties and independent cities that flipped from Independent to Republican Accomack Arlington Bath Botetourt Brunswick Cumberland Giles Greene Grayson Henry James City (no municipalities) Louisa New Kent Montgomery Northampton Patrick Page Prince George Pulaski Rockbridge Smyth Tazewell Warren Washington York Charlottesville (independent city) Clifton Forge (independent city) Falls Church (independent city) Newport News (independent city) Richmond (independent city) Roanoke (independent city) Virginia Beach (independent city) Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic King George Rappahannock Suffolk Counties and independent cities that flipped from Independent to Democratic Alleghany Buchanan Buckingham Caroline Charles City Craig Dickenson Dinwiddie Franklin Greensville Isle of Wight King and Queen Lee Nelson Russell Scott Spotsylvania Stafford Surry Sussex Wise Alexandria (independent city) Buena Vista (independent city) Chesapeake (independent city) Covington (independent city) Fredericksburg (independent city) Hampton (independent city) Norfolk (independent city) Norton (independent city) Petersburg (independent city) Portsmouth (independent city) References Works cited Steed Robert Moreland Laurence Baker Tod Party Politics in the South Praeger Publishers 1980 0030565863 Gubernatorial 1977 Virginia Virginia gubernatorial election Category:Long stubs with short prose