1989 Virginia gubernatorial election
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Turnout | 66.5% (voting eligible)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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County and Independent City results County results Wilder: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Coleman: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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The Virginia gubernatorial election of 1989 was held on November 7, 1989. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jerry Baliles was unable to seek a second term due to term limits. Democratic nominee and Lieutenant Governor L. Douglas Wilder went against former Attorney General of Virginia J. Marshall Coleman in one of the closest elections in Virginia history. Upon taking the oath of office in January 1990, Governor Wilder became the first African-American governor of Virginia, and the first African-American governor of any state since Reconstruction more than one hundred years earlier.
Contents
1 Republican primary
1.1 Candidates
2 General election
2.1 Results
3 References
Republican primary
Candidates
J. Marshall Coleman, former Attorney General of Virginia, 1981 Republican nominee for Governor
Stanford Parris, U.S. Representative
Paul S. Trible, Jr., former U.S. Senator
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | J. Marshall Coleman | 147,941 | 36.81 | |
Republican | Paul S. Trible, Jr. | 141,120 | 35.11 | |
Republican | Stanford Parris | 112,826 | 28.07 | |
Total votes | 401,887 | 100.00 |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | L. Douglas Wilder | 897,139 | 50.14% | -5.05% | |
Republican | J. Marshall Coleman | 890,285 | 49.75% | +4.96% | |
Write-ins | 1,947 | 0.11% | |||
Majority | 6,854 | 0.38% | -10.03% | ||
Turnout | 1,789,371 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
References
^ Virginia Department of Elections (2016). "Registration/Turnout Statistics". The Commonwealth of Virginia. Retrieved July 25, 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Commonwealth of Virginia. State Board of Elections. "Recapitulation--Republican Primary Election" Official Election Results 1989. Comp. Susan H. Fitz-Hugh. Richmond, Virginia: n.p., 1989. 49. Print.
^ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=51&year=1989&f=0&off=5
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