2001 Virginia gubernatorial election

2001 Virginia gubernatorial election

← 1997 November 6, 2001 2005 →
Turnout46.4% Decrease 3.1[1]
 
Nominee Mark Warner Mark Earley
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 984,177 887,234
Percentage 52.2% 47.0%

Warner:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Earley:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Jim Gilmore
Republican

Elected Governor

Mark Warner
Democratic

The 2001 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2001. Incumbent Republican Governor Jim Gilmore was barred from seeking a second term; Democratic nominee Mark Warner, the 1996 Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate and former Chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia, defeated Republican nominee Mark Earley, the Attorney General of Virginia.

  1. ^ Virginia Department of Elections (2016). "Registration/Turnout Statistics". The Commonwealth of Virginia. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.

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