1966 United States Senate election in Virginia

Not to be confused with 1966 United States Senate special election in Virginia.

1966 United States Senate election in Virginia
November 8, 1966
 
Nominee William B. Spong Jr. James P. Ould Jr. F. Lee Hawthorne
Party Democratic Republican Conservative
Popular vote 429,855 245,681 58,251
Percentage 58.57% 33.48% 7.94%
County and independent city results
Spong:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Ould:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. senator before election

A. Willis Robertson
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

William B. Spong Jr.
Democratic

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The 1966 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 8, 1966. Senator A. Willis Robertson ran for re-election to a fourth term in office but was defeated in the Democratic primary by State Senator William B. Spong Jr. Spong then defeated Republican James Ould and Virginia Conservative F. Lee Hawthorne in the general election.

This was the last time a Democrat won the Class II senate seat from Virginia until 2008. The election was held on the same day as a special election for Virginia's other United States Senate seat.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Campaign

Senator Robertson had long been one of the most conservative members of the Democratic Party and had opposed most civil rights legislation. To secure his defeat, President Lyndon B. Johnson personally recruited State Senator William B. Spong Jr., a much more liberal member of the party, to challenge Robertson in the Democratic primary.[1] The decaying Byrd machine was unsure about supporting the aging Robertson, with some members favouring younger First District Congressman Thomas Downing.[2] Nevertheless, fears that Downing's supporters would not rally behind Byrd lead the organization to stand with Robertson as its candidate for the primary.

Spong relied on support from newly enfranchised Black voters[3] and the loss of power of such Byrd Democrats as Virginia Beach's Sidney Kellam.[4] He was also helped by Robertson's age and overconfidence amongst his supporters, which may explain why fellow Senator Byrd junior held his place whereas Robertson did not.[5]

Results

1966 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William B. Spong Jr. 216,885 50.07%
Democratic A. Willis Robertson (incumbent) 216,274 49.93%
Write-in 1 0.00%
Total votes 433,160 100.00%

Spong's extremely narrow 611-vote victory – the margin was 764 votes in the first count[1] – was received as a major upset and heralded an end to the conservative Byrd Organization's dominance in the Virginia Democratic Party,[7] alongside Armistead L. Boothe's close loss to Byrd junior in the primary for Virginia's other Senate seat.[8] Spong was helped by the fact that many conservative voters, after the 1965 gubernatorial election, had already turned to the Republican or Virginia Conservative parties and did not vote in the primary.[7]

Primary results by county and independent city

1966 Virginia Senate Democratic primary by county or independent city[6]
Absalom Willis Robertson
Democratic 		William Belser Spong Jr.
Democratic 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Accomack County 1,790 51.70% 1,672 48.30% 118 3.41% 3,462
Albemarle County 1,599 55.81% 1,266 44.19% 333 11.62% 2,865
Alleghany County 442 62.87% 261 37.13% 181 25.75% 703
Amelia County 909 66.11% 466 33.89% 443 32.22% 1,375
Amherst County 1,291 70.20% 548 29.80% 743 40.40% 1,839
Appomattox County 2,556 85.34% 439 14.66% 2,117 70.68% 2,995
Arlington County 6,113 34.53% 11,591 65.47% -5,478 -30.94% 17,704
Augusta County 1,415 69.16% 631 30.84% 784 38.32% 2,046
Bath County 262 81.62% 59 18.38% 203 63.24% 321
Bedford County 1,615 73.85% 572 26.15% 1,043 47.69% 2,187
Bland County 254 60.05% 169 39.95% 85 20.09% 423
Botetourt County 588 59.76% 396 40.24% 192 19.51% 984
Brunswick County 1,776 61.03% 1,134 38.97% 642 22.06% 2,910
Buchanan County 499 31.36% 1,092 68.64% -593 -37.27% 1,591
Buckingham County 1,578 77.81% 450 22.19% 1,128 55.62% 2,028
Campbell County 1,730 74.70% 586 25.30% 1,144 49.40% 2,316
Caroline County 873 49.94% 875 50.06% -2 -0.11% 1,748
Carroll County 166 20.72% 635 79.28% -469 -58.55% 801
Charles City County 222 23.20% 735 76.80% -513 -53.61% 957
Charlotte County 1,323 77.01% 395 22.99% 928 54.02% 1,718
Chesterfield County 4,837 64.02% 2,718 35.98% 2,119 28.05% 7,555
Clarke County 911 65.49% 480 34.51% 431 30.98% 1,391
Craig County 133 53.85% 114 46.15% 19 7.69% 247
Culpeper County 1,430 69.38% 631 30.62% 799 38.77% 2,061
Cumberland County 943 58.32% 674 41.68% 269 16.64% 1,617
Dickenson County 688 45.56% 822 54.44% -134 -8.87% 1,510
Dinwiddie County 1,887 67.13% 924 32.87% 963 34.26% 2,811
Essex County 594 63.46% 342 36.54% 252 26.92% 936
Fairfax County 8,531 30.06% 19,848 69.94% -11,317 -39.88% 28,379
Fauquier County 2,076 63.70% 1,183 36.30% 893 27.40% 3,259
Floyd County 144 50.00% 144 50.00% 0 0.00% 288
Fluvanna County 453 76.78% 137 23.22% 316 53.56% 590
Franklin County 1,174 59.26% 807 40.74% 367 18.53% 1,981
Frederick County 1,647 68.03% 774 31.97% 873 36.06% 2,421
Giles County 517 47.61% 569 52.39% -52 -4.79% 1,086
Gloucester County 798 59.95% 533 40.05% 265 19.91% 1,331
Goochland County 1,265 60.15% 838 39.85% 427 20.30% 2,103
Grayson County 381 38.72% 603 61.28% -222 -22.56% 984
Greene County 126 61.17% 80 38.83% 46 22.33% 206
Greensville County 1,595 54.79% 1,316 45.21% 279 9.58% 2,911
Halifax County 2,163 77.22% 638 22.78% 1,525 54.44% 2,801
Hanover County 2,348 66.72% 1,171 33.28% 1,177 33.45% 3,519
Henrico County 11,288 66.44% 5,701 33.56% 5,587 32.89% 16,989
Henry County 928 51.84% 862 48.16% 66 3.69% 1,790
Highland County 203 89.04% 25 10.96% 178 78.07% 228
Isle of Wight County 909 45.04% 1,109 54.96% -200 -9.91% 2,018
James City County 555 52.01% 512 47.99% 43 4.03% 1,067
King and Queen County 446 51.44% 421 48.56% 25 2.88% 867
King George County 452 55.39% 364 44.61% 88 10.78% 816
King William County 718 60.39% 471 39.61% 247 20.77% 1,189
Lancaster County 1,525 74.83% 513 25.17% 1,012 49.66% 2,038
Lee County 200 10.32% 1,738 89.68% -1,538 -79.36% 1,938
Loudoun County 1,949 59.77% 1,312 40.23% 637 19.53% 3,261
Louisa County 1,410 67.53% 678 32.47% 732 35.06% 2,088
Lunenburg County 1,178 63.50% 677 36.50% 501 27.01% 1,855
Madison County 496 71.68% 196 28.32% 300 43.35% 692
Mathews County 575 64.10% 322 35.90% 253 28.21% 897
Mecklenburg County 2,189 68.30% 1,016 31.70% 1,173 36.60% 3,205
Middlesex County 428 69.03% 192 30.97% 236 38.06% 620
Montgomery County 882 56.72% 673 43.28% 209 13.44% 1,555
Nansemond County 1,512 39.56% 2,310 60.44% -798 -20.88% 3,822
Nelson County 705 71.50% 281 28.50% 424 43.00% 986
New Kent County 328 44.87% 403 55.13% -75 -10.26% 731
Northampton County 993 68.06% 466 31.94% 527 36.12% 1,459
Northumberland County 759 54.96% 622 45.04% 137 9.92% 1,381
Nottoway County 1,695 66.50% 854 33.50% 841 32.99% 2,549
Orange County 1,017 66.73% 507 33.27% 510 33.46% 1,524
Page County 1,261 79.61% 323 20.39% 938 59.22% 1,584
Patrick County 612 44.80% 754 55.20% -142 -10.40% 1,366
Pittsylvania County 3,411 62.91% 2,011 37.09% 1,400 25.82% 5,422
Powhatan County 583 54.18% 493 45.82% 90 8.36% 1,076
Prince Edward County 2,127 63.74% 1,210 36.26% 917 27.48% 3,337
Prince George County 980 55.65% 781 44.35% 199 11.30% 1,761
Prince William County 2,505 55.18% 2,035 44.82% 470 10.35% 4,540
Pulaski County 763 41.40% 1,080 58.60% -317 -17.20% 1,843
Rappahannock County 816 79.77% 207 20.23% 609 59.53% 1,023
Richmond County 589 66.25% 300 33.75% 289 32.51% 889
Roanoke County 2,213 59.49% 1,507 40.51% 706 18.98% 3,720
Rockbridge County 906 78.24% 252 21.76% 654 56.48% 1,158
Rockingham County 1,138 67.14% 557 32.86% 581 34.28% 1,695
Russell County 523 29.99% 1,221 70.01% -698 -40.02% 1,744
Scott County 284 21.93% 1,011 78.07% -727 -56.14% 1,295
Shenandoah County 1,430 77.72% 410 22.28% 1,020 55.43% 1,840
Smyth County 539 37.75% 889 62.25% -350 -24.51% 1,428
Southampton County 1,272 55.40% 1,024 44.60% 248 10.80% 2,296
Spotsylvania County 1,130 46.69% 1,290 53.31% -160 -6.61% 2,420
Stafford County 1,187 44.04% 1,508 55.96% -321 -11.91% 2,695
Surry County 843 52.46% 764 47.54% 79 4.92% 1,607
Sussex County 1,686 66.88% 835 33.12% 851 33.76% 2,521
Tazewell County 770 47.71% 844 52.29% -74 -4.58% 1,614
Warren County 1,246 58.55% 882 41.45% 364 17.11% 2,128
Washington County 929 42.21% 1,272 57.79% -343 -15.58% 2,201
Westmoreland County 868 55.96% 683 44.04% 185 11.93% 1,551
Wise County 1,471 50.24% 1,457 49.76% 14 0.48% 2,928
Wythe County 650 46.26% 755 53.74% -105 -7.47% 1,405
York County 1,206 53.10% 1,065 46.90% 141 6.21% 2,271
Alexandria City 3,870 35.02% 7,180 64.98% -3,310 -29.95% 11,050
Bristol City 556 38.40% 892 61.60% -336 -23.20% 1,448
Buena Vista City 416 79.24% 109 20.76% 307 58.48% 525
Charlottesville City 2,123 46.49% 2,444 53.51% -321 -7.03% 4,567
Chesapeake City 4,820 43.44% 6,277 56.56% -1,457 -13.13% 11,097
Clifton Forge City 401 69.26% 178 30.74% 223 38.51% 579
Colonial Heights City 1,478 80.02% 369 19.98% 1,109 60.04% 1,847
Covington City 575 59.28% 395 40.72% 180 18.56% 970
Danville City 2,691 60.01% 1,793 39.99% 898 20.03% 4,484
Fairfax City 773 36.39% 1,351 63.61% -578 -27.21% 2,124
Falls Church City 441 31.34% 966 68.66% -525 -37.31% 1,407
Franklin City 536 55.66% 427 44.34% 109 11.32% 963
Fredericksburg City 1,406 45.17% 1,707 54.83% -301 -9.67% 3,113
Galax City 182 40.27% 270 59.73% -88 -19.47% 452
Hampton City 5,335 50.50% 5,229 49.49% 106 1.00% 10,565[a]
Harrisonburg City 844 70.22% 358 29.78% 486 40.43% 1,202
Hopewell City 1,376 56.05% 1,079 43.95% 297 12.10% 2,455
Lexington City 662 68.32% 307 31.68% 355 36.64% 969
Lynchburg City 3,188 59.30% 2,188 40.70% 1,000 18.60% 5,376
Martinsville City 811 49.72% 820 50.28% -9 -0.55% 1,631
Newport News City 6,313 49.33% 6,484 50.67% -171 -1.34% 12,797
Norfolk City 9,773 33.76% 19,175 66.24% -9,402 -32.48% 28,948
Norton City 151 34.79% 283 65.21% -132 -30.41% 434
Petersburg City 2,723 46.55% 3,126 53.45% -403 -6.89% 5,849
Portsmouth City 4,460 26.79% 12,187 73.21% -7,727 -46.42% 16,647
Radford City 334 50.76% 324 49.24% 10 1.52% 658
Richmond City 14,628 46.87% 16,579 53.13% -1,951 -6.25% 31,207
Roanoke City 4,135 54.96% 3,388 45.04% 747 9.93% 7,523
South Boston City 599 79.65% 153 20.35% 446 59.31% 752
Staunton City 1,356 66.47% 684 33.53% 672 32.94% 2,040
Suffolk City 997 54.69% 826 45.31% 171 9.38% 1,823
Virginia Beach City 6,396 42.77% 8,560 57.23% -2,164 -14.47% 14,956
Waynesboro City 740 59.06% 513 40.94% 227 18.12% 1,253
Williamsburg City 470 45.76% 557 54.24% -87 -8.47% 1,027
Winchester City 1,795 70.70% 744 29.30% 1,051 41.39% 2,539
Totals 216,274 49.93% 216,885 50.07% -611 -0.14% 433,160

General election

Results

1966 United States Senate election in Virginia[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic William B. Spong Jr. 429,855 58.57% Decrease22.70
Republican James P. Ould, Jr. 245,681 33.48% N/A
Conservative F. Lee Hawthorne 58,251 7.94% N/A
Write-in 92 0.01% Decrease 0.17
Majority 184,174 25.10% −41.93%
Turnout 733,879
Democratic hold

This was the first time since 1948 that the Republicans nominated a candidate for the seat. James P. Ould was mayor of Lynchburg and ran an essentially conservative campaign against the moderately progressive Spong.[10] He was less successful by about 4 percent than the lesser-known Lawrence Traylor in the concurrent election for the state's other Senate seat.[10]

The Virginia Conservative Party was formed by hard-line Byrd Democrats who believed that the pay-as-you-go political system must be reinforced and federal control eliminated throughout the state.[11] Support by several leaders of the machine for Lyndon Johnson in the 1964 presidential election – most critically future party-switching two-time Governor Mills Godwin[12] – angered this group and led it away from even the conservative state Democratic Party.[13] Both Conservative Senate candidates devoted their campaigns to attacking the major parties for refusing to debate such issues as the supposed takeover of schools, inflation due to the "War on Poverty", and judicial appointments that the Conservatives believed responsible for the crime wave of the 1960s.[14]

Results by county or independent city

1966 United States Senate election in Virginia by county or independent city[15]
William Belser Spong Jr.
Democratic 		James P. Ould, Jr.
Republican 		F. Lee Hawthorne
Virginia Conservative 		Various candidates
Write-ins 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Accomack County 2,819 65.93% 1,234 28.86% 221 5.17% 2 0.05% 1,585 37.07% 4,276
Albemarle County 2,539 55.91% 1,797 39.57% 201 4.43% 4 0.09% 742 16.34% 4,541
Alleghany County 974 56.33% 692 40.02% 63 3.64% 282 16.31% 1,729
Amelia County 1,070 57.47% 219 11.76% 572 30.72% 1 0.05% 498[b] 26.75% 1,862
Amherst County 1,674 49.56% 995 29.46% 709 20.99% 679 20.10% 3,378
Appomattox County 2,147 72.29% 537 18.08% 277 9.33% 9 0.30% 1,610 54.21% 2,970
Arlington County 21,294 60.38% 12,176 34.53% 1,794 5.09% 1 0.00% 9,118 25.86% 35,265
Augusta County 2,731 45.32% 3,020 50.12% 275 4.56% -289 -4.80% 6,026
Bath County 798 59.46% 501 37.33% 43 3.20% 297 22.13% 1,342
Bedford County 2,031 45.02% 1,536 34.05% 944 20.93% 495 10.97% 4,511
Bland County 741 52.04% 642 45.08% 41 2.88% 99 6.95% 1,424
Botetourt County 1,471 47.93% 1,493 48.65% 105 3.42% -22 -0.72% 3,069
Brunswick County 1,802 52.60% 277 8.09% 1,347 39.32% 455[b] 13.28% 3,426
Buchanan County 4,007 56.33% 2,806 39.44% 301 4.23% 1,201 16.88% 7,114
Buckingham County 1,755 76.01% 428 18.54% 126 5.46% 1,327 57.47% 2,309
Campbell County 1,990 39.34% 1,823 36.04% 1,245 24.61% 167 3.30% 5,058
Caroline County 2,306 73.96% 527 16.90% 285 9.14% 1,779 57.06% 3,118
Carroll County 1,356 27.94% 3,406 70.17% 92 1.90% -2,050 -42.23% 4,854
Charles City County 1,206 86.89% 154 11.10% 28 2.02% 1,052 75.79% 1,388
Charlotte County 1,092 46.89% 490 21.04% 747 32.07% 345[b] 14.81% 2,329
Chesterfield County 6,537 40.23% 5,960 36.67% 3,754 23.10% 577 3.55% 16,251
Clarke County 1,267 79.14% 309 19.30% 25 1.56% 958 59.84% 1,601
Craig County 393 46.56% 435 51.54% 16 1.90% -42 -4.98% 844
Culpeper County 1,553 62.60% 844 34.02% 84 3.39% 709 28.58% 2,481
Cumberland County 1,005 58.60% 567 33.06% 143 8.34% 438 25.54% 1,715
Dickenson County 3,218 53.20% 2,687 44.42% 144 2.38% 531 8.78% 6,049
Dinwiddie County 2,185 69.56% 329 10.47% 627 19.96% 1,558[b] 49.60% 3,141
Essex County 1,297 74.97% 335 19.36% 98 5.66% 962 55.61% 1,730
Fairfax County 36,472 59.59% 22,838 37.31% 1,898 3.10% 1 0.00% 13,634 22.27% 61,209
Fauquier County 3,272 75.32% 909 20.93% 163 3.75% 2,363 54.40% 4,344
Floyd County 617 31.56% 1,291 66.04% 47 2.40% -674 -34.48% 1,955
Fluvanna County 654 52.40% 362 29.01% 232 18.59% 292 23.40% 1,248
Franklin County 1,830 58.41% 1,077 34.38% 226 7.21% 753 24.03% 3,133
Frederick County 2,430 65.43% 1,217 32.77% 67 1.80% 1,213 32.66% 3,714
Giles County 2,004 49.64% 1,904 47.16% 129 3.20% 100 2.48% 4,037
Gloucester County 1,225 59.49% 569 27.63% 265 12.87% 656 31.86% 2,059
Goochland County 1,727 66.99% 478 18.54% 370 14.35% 3 0.12% 1,249 48.45% 2,578
Grayson County 1,905 44.92% 2,254 53.15% 82 1.93% -349 -8.23% 4,241
Greene County 320 41.45% 417 54.02% 35 4.53% -97 -12.56% 772
Greensville County 2,123 56.16% 708 18.73% 948 25.08% 1 0.03% 1,175[b] 31.08% 3,780
Halifax County 2,678 60.00% 970 21.73% 815 18.26% 1,708 38.27% 4,463
Hanover County 3,429 58.85% 1,854 31.82% 544 9.34% 1,575 27.03% 5,827
Henrico County 11,453 46.09% 10,609 42.70% 2,779 11.18% 7 0.03% 844 3.40% 24,848
Henry County 2,113 55.42% 1,406 36.87% 294 7.71% 707 18.54% 3,813
Highland County 352 45.30% 419 53.93% 6 0.77% -67 -8.62% 777
Isle of Wight County 1,886 62.31% 463 15.30% 678 22.40% 1,208[b] 39.91% 3,027
James City County 908 61.14% 440 29.63% 137 9.23% 468 31.52% 1,485
King and Queen County 1,181 78.58% 210 13.97% 112 7.45% 971 64.60% 1,503
King George County 1,119 69.85% 436 27.22% 46 2.87% 1 0.06% 683 42.63% 1,602
King William County 1,290 73.55% 343 19.56% 121 6.90% 947 53.99% 1,754
Lancaster County 1,519 61.50% 797 32.27% 154 6.23% 722 29.23% 2,470
Lee County 4,277 54.88% 3,349 42.97% 168 2.16% 928 11.91% 7,794
Loudoun County 3,531 69.17% 1,299 25.45% 275 5.39% 2,232 43.72% 5,105
Louisa County 1,894 64.60% 751 25.61% 287 9.79% 1,143 38.98% 2,932
Lunenburg County 1,447 54.32% 361 13.55% 856 32.13% 591[b] 22.18% 2,664
Madison County 692 55.67% 516 41.51% 33 2.65% 2 0.16% 176 14.16% 1,243
Mathews County 780 55.79% 518 37.05% 100 7.15% 262 18.74% 1,398
Mecklenburg County 2,563 56.07% 877 19.19% 1,131 24.74% 1,432[b] 31.33% 4,571
Middlesex County 657 57.18% 281 24.46% 211 18.36% 376 32.72% 1,149
Montgomery County 2,394 41.41% 3,199 55.34% 188 3.25% -805 -13.92% 5,781
Nansemond County 3,716 70.43% 804 15.24% 754 14.29% 2 0.04% 2,912 55.19% 5,276
Nelson County 962 66.53% 347 24.00% 137 9.47% 615 42.53% 1,446
New Kent County 880 68.80% 270 21.11% 129 10.09% 610 47.69% 1,279
Northampton County 1,126 58.28% 688 35.61% 118 6.11% 438 22.67% 1,932
Northumberland County 1,780 61.17% 949 32.61% 181 6.22% 831 28.56% 2,910
Nottoway County 1,882 59.05% 608 19.08% 697 21.87% 1,185[b] 37.18% 3,187
Orange County 1,174 60.17% 627 32.14% 150 7.69% 547 28.04% 1,951
Page County 2,399 48.42% 2,463 49.71% 92 1.86% 1 0.02% -64 -1.29% 4,955
Patrick County 1,347 60.11% 750 33.47% 144 6.43% 597 26.64% 2,241
Pittsylvania County 3,869 55.41% 1,581 22.64% 1,529 21.90% 3 0.04% 2,288 32.77% 6,982
Powhatan County 880 54.83% 223 13.89% 502 31.28% 378[b] 23.55% 1,605
Prince Edward County 2,099 60.84% 900 26.09% 451 13.07% 1,199 34.75% 3,450
Prince George County 1,396 61.99% 462 20.52% 394 17.50% 934 41.47% 2,252
Prince William County 4,372 63.57% 1,976 28.73% 527 7.66% 2 0.03% 2,396 34.84% 6,877
Pulaski County 2,446 49.76% 2,288 46.54% 182 3.70% 158 3.21% 4,916
Rappahannock County 818 77.32% 213 20.13% 27 2.55% 605 57.18% 1,058
Richmond County 1,086 67.37% 432 26.80% 94 5.83% 654 40.57% 1,612
Roanoke County 4,618 38.62% 6,891 57.63% 449 3.75% -2,273 -19.01% 11,958
Rockbridge County 897 46.91% 936 48.95% 79 4.13% -39 -2.04% 1,912
Rockingham County 2,701 43.48% 3,298 53.09% 211 3.40% 2 0.03% -597 -9.61% 6,212
Russell County 3,670 51.63% 3,254 45.78% 184 2.59% 416 5.85% 7,108
Scott County 3,401 44.53% 4,001 52.38% 236 3.09% -600 -7.86% 7,638
Shenandoah County 2,517 41.61% 3,440 56.87% 92 1.52% -923 -15.26% 6,049
Smyth County 3,574 45.99% 4,017 51.69% 180 2.32% -443 -5.70% 7,771
Southampton County 1,800 56.66% 454 14.29% 921 28.99% 2 0.06% 879[b] 27.67% 3,177
Spotsylvania County 2,685 72.47% 873 23.56% 147 3.97% 1,812 48.91% 3,705
Stafford County 3,004 64.35% 1,496 32.05% 168 3.60% 1,508 32.31% 4,668
Surry County 1,211 77.48% 196 12.54% 155 9.92% 1 0.06% 1,015 64.94% 1,563
Sussex County 1,890 65.42% 468 16.20% 525 18.17% 6 0.21% 1,365[b] 47.25% 2,889
Tazewell County 3,861 55.35% 2,881 41.30% 233 3.34% 980 14.05% 6,975
Warren County 2,089 63.48% 1,147 34.85% 55 1.67% 942 28.62% 3,291
Washington County 4,230 47.35% 4,460 49.93% 243 2.72% -230 -2.57% 8,933
Westmoreland County 2,093 73.31% 630 22.07% 132 4.62% 1,463 51.24% 2,855
Wise County 5,965 60.77% 3,690 37.60% 160 1.63% 2,275 23.18% 9,815
Wythe County 2,394 48.43% 2,365 47.85% 184 3.72% 29 0.59% 4,943
York County 2,161 53.54% 1,516 37.56% 359 8.89% 645 15.98% 4,036
Alexandria City 9,836 62.34% 5,492 34.81% 447 2.83% 3 0.02% 4,344 27.53% 15,778
Bristol City 2,031 64.58% 1,067 33.93% 47 1.49% 964 30.65% 3,145
Buena Vista City 382 51.62% 328 44.32% 28 3.78% 2 0.27% 54 7.30% 740
Charlottesville City 3,748 59.58% 2,335 37.12% 206 3.27% 2 0.03% 1,413 22.46% 6,291
Chesapeake City 8,114 61.42% 2,793 21.14% 2,303 17.43% 5,321 40.28% 13,210
Clifton Forge City 728 60.41% 432 35.85% 45 3.73% 296 24.56% 1,205
Colonial Heights City 1,568 55.58% 843 29.88% 410 14.53% 725 25.70% 2,821
Covington City 1,240 60.40% 736 35.85% 76 3.70% 1 0.05% 504 24.55% 2,053
Danville City 3,682 53.85% 1,725 25.23% 1,431 20.93% 1,957 28.62% 6,838
Fairfax City 2,014 60.77% 1,159 34.97% 141 4.25% 855 25.80% 3,314
Falls Church City 1,842 65.13% 901 31.86% 85 3.01% 941 33.27% 2,828
Franklin City 772 58.35% 273 20.63% 276 20.86% 2 0.15% 496[b] 37.49% 1,323
Fredericksburg City 2,998 73.19% 995 24.29% 102 2.49% 1 0.02% 2,003 48.90% 4,096
Galax City 498 46.50% 550 51.35% 23 2.15% -52 -4.86% 1,071
Hampton City 9,797 66.66% 3,887 26.45% 1,008 6.86% 5 0.03% 5,910 40.21% 14,697
Harrisonburg City 1,353 51.31% 1,229 46.61% 55 2.09% 124 4.70% 2,637
Hopewell City 1,850 57.05% 884 27.26% 508 15.66% 1 0.03% 966 29.79% 3,243
Lexington City 599 48.38% 623 50.32% 16 1.29% -24 -1.94% 1,238
Lynchburg City 4,241 40.85% 3,355 32.32% 2,786 26.83% 886 8.53% 10,382
Martinsville City 1,893 62.00% 1,067 34.95% 93 3.05% 826 27.06% 3,053
Newport News City 10,481 62.99% 4,858 29.20% 1,300 7.81% 5,623 33.79% 16,639
Norfolk City 22,091 70.52% 7,407 23.65% 1,826 5.83% 14,684 46.88% 31,324
Norton City 618 59.54% 409 39.40% 11 1.06% 209 20.13% 1,038
Petersburg City 4,903 76.59% 949 14.82% 550 8.59% 3,954 61.76% 6,402
Portsmouth City 13,478 78.05% 2,727 15.79% 1,064 6.16% 10,751 62.26% 17,269
Radford City 1,060 46.80% 1,158 51.13% 47 2.08% -98 -4.33% 2,265
Richmond City 28,403 71.74% 8,538 21.56% 2,632 6.65% 21 0.05% 19,865 50.17% 39,594
Roanoke City 8,147 48.92% 8,000 48.04% 507 3.04% 147 0.88% 16,654
South Boston City 913 63.76% 400 27.93% 119 8.31% 513 35.82% 1,432
Staunton City 2,257 53.94% 1,774 42.40% 153 3.66% 483 11.54% 4,184
Suffolk City 1,507 69.32% 470 21.62% 195 8.97% 2 0.09% 1,037 47.70% 2,174
Virginia Beach City 11,587 68.07% 4,392 25.80% 1,043 6.13% 7,195 42.27% 17,022
Waynesboro City 1,181 40.43% 1,659 56.80% 81 2.77% -478 -16.36% 2,921
Williamsburg City 753 61.07% 420 34.06% 60 4.87% 333 27.01% 1,233
Winchester City 2,297 70.44% 911 27.94% 52 1.59% 1 0.03% 1,386 42.50% 3,261
Totals 429,855 58.57% 245,681 33.48% 58,251 7.94% 92 0.01% 184,174 25.10% 733,879

See also

Notes

  1. ^ One write-in vote was recorded from this county or city.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m In this county or city where Ould ran third behind Spong and Hawthorne, margin given is Spong vote minus Hawthorne vote and percentage margin Spong percentage minus Hawthorne percentage.

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