Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Virginia
1993 Virginia gubernatorial election Turnout 61.1% (voting eligible)[1]
Nominee
George Allen
Mary Sue Terry
Party
Republican
Democratic
Popular vote
1,045,319
733,527
Percentage
58.3%
40.9%
County and independent city resultsAllen: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%Terry: 50–60% 60–70%
Governor before election
L. Douglas Wilder
Democratic
Elected Governor
George Allen
Republican
The 1993 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1993. Barred from seeking a second term due to term limits restricting consecutive terms for Virginia Governor, incumbent Democratic Governor L. Douglas Wilder was replaced by Republican nominee and U.S. Representative George Allen . Allen, who had defeated Clinton Miller for the Republican nomination, defeated longtime Attorney General of Virginia Mary Sue Terry , the Democratic nominee by 58.27% to 40.89%, which ended 12 consecutive years of Democratic control of the Governor's Mansion.
General election [ ]
Results [ ]
County
Allen
Votes
Terry
Votes
Spannaus
Votes
Others
Votes
Accomack
62.2%
5,710
36.7%
3,371
1.2%
106
0.0%
0
Albemarle
59.7%
14,882
39.7%
9,889
0.6%
141
0.1%
22
Alexandria
37.3%
11,359
62.1%
18,895
0.5%
140
0.1%
23
Alleghany
65.7%
2,885
33.1%
1,451
1.2%
52
0.0%
0
Amelia
62.3%
2,365
36.7%
1,393
1.1%
41
0.0%
0
Amherst
62.9%
5,375
36.5%
3,122
0.6%
48
0.0%
1
Appomattox
61.5%
2,624
37.8%
1,613
0.6%
27
0.0%
0
Arlington
36.2%
18,719
63.3%
32,736
0.4%
218
0.1%
34
Augusta
81.0%
14,029
18.1%
3,126
0.9%
156
0.0%
2
Bath
65.6%
1,132
33.0%
570
1.3%
22
0.1%
1
Bedford
55.9%
1,033
43.1%
797
0.9%
17
0.1%
1
Bedford County
68.1%
10,637
31.2%
4,874
0.7%
112
0.0%
1
Bland
78.9%
1,607
20.1%
410
0.9%
19
0.0%
0
Botetourt
65.1%
6,375
34.1%
3,336
0.8%
83
0.0%
3
Bristol
70.7%
3,208
28.3%
1,283
1.0%
45
0.0%
0
Brunswick
47.7%
2,313
51.7%
2,504
0.6%
27
0.0%
1
Buchanan
57.9%
3,869
37.4%
2,503
4.7%
315
0.0%
0
Buckingham
59.6%
2,382
39.5%
1,577
0.9%
36
0.0%
0
Buena Vista
57.4%
1,000
42.1%
734
0.5%
8
0.0%
0
Campbell
67.9%
9,940
31.4%
4,599
0.7%
99
0.0%
2
Caroline
54.4%
3,019
44.7%
2,483
0.9%
49
0.0%
1
Carroll
67.4%
5,424
32.0%
2,577
0.6%
49
0.0%
1
Charles City
34.2%
759
64.5%
1,431
1.3%
29
0.0%
0
Charlotte
63.1%
2,570
36.2%
1,474
0.7%
29
0.0%
0
Charlottesville
45.3%
4,748
54.0%
5,660
0.5%
53
0.2%
22
Chesapeake
59.1%
24,733
40.0%
16,769
0.9%
362
0.0%
13
Chesterfield
70.8%
51,317
28.4%
20,602
0.7%
496
0.1%
39
Clarke
62.7%
2,046
36.9%
1,204
0.4%
14
0.0%
1
Clifton Forge
52.5%
755
46.6%
671
0.8%
12
0.1%
1
Colonial Heights
76.9%
5,007
22.4%
1,459
0.7%
46
0.0%
0
Covington
52.3%
1,227
47.0%
1,103
0.8%
18
0.0%
0
Craig
66.1%
1,268
32.9%
631
0.9%
18
0.0%
0
Culpeper
73.1%
5,750
26.2%
2,063
0.6%
50
0.0%
1
Cumberland
63.6%
1,677
35.4%
932
1.0%
26
0.0%
0
Danville
60.4%
8,844
38.9%
5,694
0.7%
103
0.0%
2
Dickenson
59.2%
2,935
37.5%
1,861
3.2%
161
0.0%
2
Dinwiddie
58.8%
3,798
40.0%
2,587
1.2%
78
0.0%
0
Emporia
58.9%
1,079
40.1%
734
1.0%
18
0.0%
0
Essex
59.3%
1,716
40.0%
1,158
0.7%
21
0.0%
1
Fairfax
53.5%
3,390
46.1%
2,920
0.4%
23
0.1%
5
Fairfax County
51.5%
124,270
48.0%
115,800
0.4%
882
0.1%
190
Falls Church
39.3%
1,613
60.3%
2,472
0.3%
13
0.0%
2
Fauquier
68.3%
9,923
31.3%
4,545
0.4%
62
0.0%
1
Floyd
62.8%
2,710
36.7%
1,584
0.5%
23
0.0%
1
Fluvanna
67.7%
3,289
31.5%
1,533
0.8%
38
0.0%
0
Franklin
52.0%
1,418
46.7%
1,273
1.3%
35
0.0%
0
Franklin County
58.4%
7,555
40.7%
5,267
0.8%
102
0.0%
4
Frederick
74.8%
9,510
24.7%
3,139
0.5%
66
0.0%
0
Fredericksburg
50.7%
2,488
48.2%
2,367
0.9%
45
0.1%
7
Galax
60.1%
1,021
39.3%
667
0.6%
10
0.0%
0
Giles
64.3%
3,579
34.7%
1,928
1.0%
56
0.0%
1
Gloucester
65.5%
6,480
33.3%
3,299
1.2%
115
0.0%
3
Goochland
65.7%
4,063
33.7%
2,088
0.6%
35
0.0%
1
Grayson
65.3%
3,323
34.0%
1,733
0.7%
35
0.0%
0
Greene
76.3%
2,592
22.9%
779
0.8%
28
0.0%
0
Greensville
47.0%
1,297
51.8%
1,429
1.3%
35
0.0%
0
Halifax
61.6%
5,024
37.4%
3,052
1.0%
84
0.0%
1
Hampton
50.4%
17,780
48.4%
17,055
1.2%
413
0.0%
6
Hanover
74.2%
19,817
25.2%
6,728
0.6%
153
0.0%
7
Harrisonburg
68.3%
4,715
31.0%
2,141
0.6%
42
0.1%
5
Henrico
64.4%
51,550
34.8%
27,808
0.8%
601
0.1%
45
Henry
50.5%
9,048
48.5%
8,702
1.0%
176
0.0%
1
Highland
69.0%
795
29.9%
345
1.0%
11
0.1%
1
Hopewell
64.5%
4,104
34.3%
2,181
1.2%
77
0.0%
3
Isle of Wight
59.1%
5,158
40.1%
3,499
0.8%
70
0.0%
0
James City
58.7%
8,032
40.6%
5,560
0.7%
91
0.0%
3
King and Queen
52.9%
1,151
46.3%
1,007
0.9%
19
0.0%
0
King George
65.6%
2,573
33.8%
1,328
0.6%
24
0.0%
0
King William
64.5%
2,512
34.8%
1,355
0.7%
26
0.0%
0
Lancaster
65.8%
2,877
33.1%
1,446
1.1%
47
0.0%
2
Lee
59.5%
4,471
39.1%
2,935
1.4%
104
0.0%
0
Lexington
50.1%
853
49.1%
835
0.8%
13
0.0%
0
Loudoun
58.6%
16,088
40.3%
11,057
1.1%
298
0.0%
9
Louisa
62.7%
4,290
36.3%
2,484
0.9%
63
0.0%
3
Lunenburg
59.3%
2,330
39.5%
1,553
1.1%
45
0.0%
0
Lynchburg
57.9%
11,067
41.6%
7,938
0.5%
99
0.0%
0
Madison
71.0%
2,763
28.2%
1,098
0.8%
30
0.0%
0
Manassas
64.2%
4,250
35.3%
2,341
0.5%
31
0.0%
2
Manassas Park
65.3%
584
33.4%
299
1.2%
11
0.0%
0
Martinsville
41.5%
2,244
57.8%
3,124
0.7%
38
0.0%
1
Mathews
65.7%
2,392
33.0%
1,201
1.3%
49
0.0%
0
Mecklenburg
65.9%
5,695
33.0%
2,856
1.1%
93
0.0%
0
Middlesex
62.1%
2,233
36.9%
1,326
0.9%
34
0.0%
0
Montgomery
56.2%
11,110
43.0%
8,505
0.8%
164
0.0%
6
Nelson
59.1%
2,715
40.2%
1,846
0.7%
34
0.0%
0
New Kent
66.3%
2,903
32.6%
1,428
1.0%
42
0.1%
4
Newport News
53.9%
22,242
45.1%
18,596
1.0%
417
0.0%
5
Norfolk
42.4%
20,499
56.3%
27,242
1.3%
618
0.1%
29
Northampton
50.6%
2,032
48.4%
1,943
0.9%
38
0.0%
1
Northumberland
64.3%
2,731
34.7%
1,475
1.0%
43
0.0%
0
Norton
57.0%
554
41.8%
406
1.2%
12
0.0%
0
Nottoway
60.9%
2,851
38.4%
1,799
0.7%
31
0.0%
0
Orange
66.8%
4,409
32.3%
2,133
0.9%
59
0.0%
2
Page
75.5%
4,690
23.9%
1,485
0.5%
32
0.0%
1
Patrick
53.4%
3,120
45.9%
2,681
0.8%
44
0.0%
0
Petersburg
34.0%
2,939
64.6%
5,585
1.4%
119
0.0%
0
Pittsylvania
66.5%
11,172
32.4%
5,439
1.0%
176
0.0%
2
Poquoson
71.2%
2,931
28.1%
1,158
0.7%
28
0.0%
1
Portsmouth
43.8%
11,593
55.2%
14,626
1.0%
271
0.0%
5
Powhatan
71.9%
3,904
27.4%
1,485
0.7%
38
0.0%
0
Prince Edward
58.8%
2,984
40.1%
2,035
1.0%
53
0.0%
0
Prince George
67.7%
4,671
31.6%
2,179
0.8%
53
0.0%
1
Prince William
62.6%
28,606
36.8%
16,823
0.5%
233
0.0%
8
Pulaski
64.0%
6,804
35.2%
3,747
0.8%
82
0.0%
3
Radford
54.2%
1,942
45.0%
1,610
0.7%
25
0.1%
3
Rappahannock
63.9%
1,527
35.3%
842
0.7%
16
0.1%
3
Richmond
39.8%
21,935
59.1%
32,610
1.1%
602
0.0%
23
Richmond County
68.8%
1,615
30.5%
715
0.7%
16
0.0%
0
Roanoke
48.1%
12,378
51.0%
13,106
0.9%
230
0.0%
9
Roanoke County
61.2%
19,612
38.1%
12,216
0.6%
191
0.0%
9
Rockbridge
63.6%
3,825
35.4%
2,126
0.9%
54
0.1%
5
Rockingham
79.0%
13,555
20.3%
3,485
0.7%
118
0.0%
4
Russell
59.5%
4,190
37.5%
2,644
3.0%
209
0.0%
0
South Boston
61.3%
1,240
38.3%
776
0.4%
8
0.0%
0
Salem
59.4%
5,062
39.7%
3,384
0.9%
80
0.0%
2
Scott
69.9%
5,421
28.8%
2,234
1.3%
97
0.0%
0
Shenandoah
76.1%
8,046
23.3%
2,463
0.6%
59
0.0%
2
Smyth
71.6%
6,782
27.1%
2,566
1.4%
130
0.0%
0
Southampton
56.7%
2,999
42.5%
2,250
0.8%
44
0.0%
0
Spotsylvania
67.9%
11,543
31.6%
5,368
0.5%
91
0.0%
2
Stafford
67.9%
11,631
31.4%
5,382
0.7%
125
0.0%
3
Staunton
72.5%
5,263
26.6%
1,932
0.8%
57
0.0%
3
Suffolk
55.4%
8,551
43.6%
6,728
0.9%
144
0.0%
1
Surry
47.0%
1,138
52.1%
1,263
0.9%
22
0.0%
0
Sussex
47.5%
1,536
51.6%
1,671
0.9%
28
0.0%
1
Tazewell
70.1%
7,214
28.1%
2,894
1.7%
180
0.0%
2
Virginia Beach
59.9%
53,700
39.1%
35,088
0.9%
829
0.0%
38
Warren
69.5%
4,767
30.0%
2,059
0.5%
31
0.0%
0
Washington
70.2%
9,579
28.6%
3,904
1.2%
164
0.0%
3
Waynesboro
70.7%
3,777
28.2%
1,505
1.1%
57
0.1%
3
Westmoreland
59.0%
2,504
40.0%
1,698
0.9%
39
0.0%
0
Williamsburg
43.9%
1,168
55.2%
1,469
0.9%
23
0.1%
3
Winchester
66.9%
3,708
32.4%
1,798
0.6%
35
0.0%
0
Wise
61.5%
5,829
36.3%
3,438
2.3%
217
0.0%
0
Wythe
69.2%
5,606
29.7%
2,410
1.0%
85
0.0%
3
York
62.8%
9,183
36.4%
5,324
0.8%
116
0.0%
3
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