1997 Virginia Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1997 Virginia Gubernatorial Election?
Jim Gilmore won the 1997 Virginia Gubernatorial Election. Jim Gilmore received 969,062 popular votes (55.81%). The main challenger was Don Beyer (42.56%).
See the full head-to-head between Gilmore and Beyer
Gilmore +13.3 pts · won by 230,091 votes
969,062 votes
738,971 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.6% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.