2021 Virginia gubernatorial election

The 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election happened on November 2, 2021, to elect the next governor of Virginia. Incumbent Governor Ralph Northam is unable to run, as the Constitution of Virginia does not allow terms to be served in a row.

2021 Virginia gubernatorial election

November 2, 2021
Turnout	55.3% 7.7
Nominee Glenn Youngkin Terry McAuliffe Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,663,596 1,600,116 Percentage 50.6% 48.6%
County and independent city results Youngkin:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% McAuliffe:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Governor before election Ralph Northam Democratic Elected Governor Glenn Youngkin Republican

Elections in Virginia
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State government Governor 1776 1851 1855 1859 1863 C U 1869 1873 1877 1881 1885 1889 1893 1897 1901 1905 1909 1913 1917 1921 1925 1929 1933 1937 1941 1945 1949 1953 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Lieutenant Governor 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 Attorney General 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 Senate 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 House of Delegates 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 State elections 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Alexandria Mayor 2015 2018 2021
Hampton Mayor 2016
Norfolk Mayor 2006 2010 2014 2016
Richmond Mayor 2016 2020 City Council 2016
Virginia Beach Mayor 2008 2012 2016 2018 2020 City Council 2020

The Democratic Party chose previous Governor Terry McAuliffe, and the Republican Party chose Glenn Youngkin. Teacher Princess Blanding ran under the new Liberation Party.

In the general election on November 2, Republican Glenn Youngkin won the election over Democrat and former Governor Terry McAuliffe, making him the first Republican to win a statewide election in Virginia since 2009.

Chosen

• Terry McAuliffe, previous governor of Virginia (2014-2018).

Lost in primary election

• Jennifer Carroll Foy, previous state delegate for the 2nd house district (2018-2020).
• Lee J. Carter, state delegate for the 50th house district.
• Justin Fairfax, Lieutenant governor of Virginia.
• Jennifer McClellan, state senator for the 9th senate district, previous state delegate for the 71st district (2006-2017).

Withdrew

• Mark Herring, attorney general of Virginia and previous state senator for the 33rd district (2006-2014).

Polling

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Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Terry McAuliffe (D)	Glenn Youngkin (R)	Princess Blanding (Lib.)	Other	Undecided
Research Co.	October 31 – November 1, 2021	450 (LV)	± 4.6%	47%	48%	2%	–	3%
Targoz Market Research	October 26 – November 1, 2021	747 (LV)	± 3.6%	50%	47%	–	–	3%
The Trafalgar Group (R)	October 29–31, 2021	1,081 (LV)	± 3.0%	47%	49%	–	2%	2%
InsiderAdvantage (R) Archived 2022-04-17 at the Wayback Machine	October 27–30, 2021	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	45%	47%	2%	–	6%
Echelon Insights Archived 2021-10-29 at the Wayback Machine	October 27–29, 2021	611 (LV)	± 4.0%	46%	49%	2%	–	4%
Roanoke College	October 14–28, 2021	571 (LV)	± 4.7%	48%	47%	1%	0%	4%
Fox News	October 24–27, 2021	1,212 (RV)	± 2.5%	47%	48%	–	2%	3%
		1,015 (LV)	± 3.0%	45%	53%	–	1%	1%
Washington Post/Schar School	October 20–26, 2021	1,107 (RV)	± 3.5%	47%	44%	3%	2%	3%
				49%	45%	–	3%	4%
		918 (LV)	± 4.0%	49%	48%	1%	0%	2%
				49%	48%	–	0%	2%
Christopher Newport University	October 17–25, 2021	944 (LV)	± 3.5%	49%	48%	1%	–	1%
Suffolk University	October 21–24, 2021	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	46%	45%	2%	–	7%
Emerson College	October 22–23, 2021	875 (LV)	± 3.2%	48%	48%	1%	–	3%
co/efficient (R)	October 20–21, 2021	785 (LV)	± 3.5%	43%	47%	5%	–	5%
Cygnal (R)	October 19–21, 2021	816 (LV)	± 3.4%	48%	48%	1%	–	3%
KAConsulting LLC (R)	October 18–21, 2021	661 (LV)	± 3.8%	41%	43%	–	1%	15%
Virginia Commonwealth University	October 9–21, 2021	722 (LV)	± 6.4%	41%	38%	–	10%	11%
Monmouth University	October 16–19, 2021	1,005 (RV)	± 3.1%	46%	46%	–	2%	7%
		1,005 (LV)		45%	48%	–	–	–
		1,005 (LV)		48%	45%	–	–	–
Data for Progress (D)	October 4–15, 2021	1,589 (LV)	± 2.0%	50%	45%	–	2%	3%
The Trafalgar Group (R)	October 11–13, 2021	1,095 (LV)	± 3.0%	48%	48%	–	1%	3%
Fox News	October 10–13, 2021	1,004 (RV)	± 3.0%	52%	41%	–	2%	5%
		726 (LV)	± 3.5%	51%	46%	–	1%	2%
Schoen Cooperman Research (D)	October 9–12, 2021	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	47%	43%	–	0%	10%
YouGov/CBS News	October 4–11, 2021	1,040 (LV)	± 4.1%	50%	47%	–	2%	0%
Christopher Newport University	September 27 – October 6, 2021	802 (LV)	± 4.2%	49%	45%	1%	–	5%
Emerson College	October 1–3, 2021	620 (LV)	± 3.9%	49%	48%	–	1%	2%
Fox News	September 26–29, 2021	901 (RV)	± 3.0%	48%	44%	–	1%	7%
Roanoke College	September 12–26, 2021	603 (LV)	± 4.6%	48%	41%	1%	1%	9%
Monmouth University	September 22–26, 2021	801 (RV)	± 3.5%	48%	43%	–	2%	8%
		801 (LV)		48%	45%	–	–	–
		801 (LV)		50%	43%	–	–	–
Global Strategy Group (D) Archived 2022-03-16 at the Wayback Machine	September 16–20, 2021	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	48%	45%	–	–	7%
KAConsulting LLC (R)	September 17–19, 2021	700 (LV)	± 3.7%	46%	42%	–	1%	10%
Public Policy Polling (D)	September 17–18, 2021	875 (V)	± 3.3%	45%	42%	–	–	13%
Virginia Commonwealth University	September 7–15, 2021	731 (LV)	± 6.9%	43%	34%	–	10%	13%
Emerson College	September 13–14, 2021	778 (LV)	± 3.4%	49%	45%	–	2%	5%
University of Mary Washington	September 7–13, 2021	1,000 (A)	± 3.1%	43%	38%	2%	6%	11%
		885 (RV)	± 3.3%	46%	41%	2%	–	–
		528 (LV)	± 4.1%	43%	48%	2%	2%	6%
Washington Post/Schar School	September 7–13, 2021	907 (RV)	± 4.0%	49%	43%	–	3%	4%
		728 (LV)	± 4.5%	50%	47%	–	1%	2%
WPA Intelligence (R)	August 30 – September 2, 2021	734 (LV)	± 3.6%	46%	48%	3%	–	4%
				48%	48%	–	–	4%
The Trafalgar Group (R)	August 26–29, 2021	1,074 (LV)	± 3.0%	47%	46%	–	2%	5%
Monmouth University	August 24–29, 2021	802 (RV)	± 3.5%	47%	42%	–	2%	9%
		802 (LV)		47%	45%	–	–	–
		802 (LV)		49%	42%	–	–	–
Christopher Newport University	August 15–23, 2021	800 (LV)	± 3.6%	50%	41%	3%	–	6%
Change Research (D)	August 17–21, 2021	1,653 (LV)	± 3.6%	49%	43%	3%	–	5%
Change Research (D)	August 14–18, 2021	1,334 (LV)	± 2.7%	47%	44%	–	–	9%
Roanoke College	August 3–17, 2021	558 (LV)	± 4.2%	46%	38%	2%	1%	13%
Virginia Commonwealth University	August 4–15, 2021	770 (RV)	± 5.4%	40%	37%	–	15%	9%
		~747 (LV)	± 5.5%	40%	37%	–	14%	9%
co/efficient (R)	August 8–9, 2021	1,200 (LV)	± 2.8%	47%	45%	–	–	8%
WPA Intelligence (R)	August 3–5, 2021	734 (LV)	± 3.6%	50%	43%	3%	–	4%
				51%	45%	–	–	4%
co/efficient (R)	July 25–27, 2021	762 (LV)	± 3.5%	45%	40%	2%	–	13%
The Trafalgar Group (R)	July 8–10, 2021	1,104 (LV)	± 2.9%	47%	45%	–	4%	4%
Spry Strategies (R)	July 6–9, 2021	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	46%	41%	–	2%	10%
JMC Analytics and Polling (R)	June 9–12, 2021	550 (LV)	± 4.2%	46%	42%	–	–	12%
WPA Intelligence (R)	June 2–6, 2021	506 (LV)	± 4.4%	48%	46%	–	–	5%

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Results

2021 Virginia gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Glenn Youngkin	1,663,596	50.57	+5.60
	Democratic	Terry McAuliffe	1,600,116	48.64	-5.26
	Liberation	Princess Blanding	23,125	0.70	New party
	Write-in		2,593	0.08	+0.03
Total votes			3,289,403	100.00	N/A
Turnout
Registered electors			5,951,368
	Republican gain from Democrat

Republican convention election

A convention is a different way to choose a person for an election. This Republican convention used a method of voting called instant-runoff voting to choose a person for the general election.

The Republican Party of Virginia chose a convention on December 5, 2020 with a vote. The vote was 41 to 28. This decision started debates internally. At first, state senator Amanda Chase was going to run as an independent, but decided to run in the convention.

Chosen at convention

• Glenn Youngkin, former co-CEO of The Carlyle Group.

Lost at convention

• Amanda Chase, state senator for the 11th senate district.
• Kirk Cox, state delegate for the 66th house district, and previous Speaker of Virginia House of Delegates (2018-2020).
• Sergio de la Peña, previous U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs.
• Peter Doran, previous CEO.
• Octavia Johnson, previous sheriff of Roanoke City (2006-2013).
• Pete Snyder, previous candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 2013.

Primary polling

Source	Date(s)	Participants	Possible % of error	Amanda Chase	Kirk Cox	Sergio de la Peña	Peter Doran	Octavia Johnson	Pete Snyder	Glenn Youngkin	Other	Undecided
Change Research (D)	May 5–6, 2021	605 (LV)	± 4.4%	29%	7%	2%	0%	1%	13%	25%	–	25%
Public Policy Polling (D)	April 2021	695 (LV)	± 3.7%	22%	7%	3%	1%	0%	16%	21%	–	30%
Christopher Newport University	January 31 – February 14, 2021	370 (RV)	± 5.6%	17%	10%	–	–	–	–	3%	–	55%
YouGov Blue (D)	February 6–11, 2021	170 (RV)	± 8.6%	24%	7%	1%	–	–	13%	5%	0%	54%

Convention polling

Source	Date(s)	Participants	Possible % of error	Amanda Chase	Kirk Cox	Pete Snyder	Glenn Youngkin	Other	Undecided
The Trafalgar Group (R)	April 29 – May 3, 2021	3,896 (LV)	± 1.6%	10%	10%	26%	38%	13%	3%

Final results by county and independent city:

Youngkin

     Youngkin—80–90%
     Youngkin—70–80%
     Youngkin—60–70%
     Youngkin—50–60%

Tie

     Tie—50%

Snyder

     Snyder—50–60%
     Snyder—60–70%
     Snyder—70–80%
     Snyder—>90%

Predictions

Aggregate polls

Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Dates updated	Terry McAuliffe (D)	Glenn Youngkin (R)	Other/Undecided	Margin
Real Clear Politics	October 20–31, 2021	November 1, 2021	46.8%	48.5%	4.8%	Youngkin +1.7%
FiveThirtyEight	August 1 – November 1, 2021	November 1, 2021	47.0%	47.9%	5.1%	Youngkin +1.0%
Average			46.9%	48.2%	5.0%	Youngkin +1.4%

2021 Virginia Gubernatorial Election Media

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  2021 Virginia gubernatorial election results map by congressional district

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  This image shows the precinct results for the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election.

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  Election turnout by county:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

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  Virginia counties shift 2017-2021 gubernatorial

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  Virginia counties trend 2017-2021 gubernatorial

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  Results by region

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