2001Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2001 election for Virginia Governor
Governor · Virginia
Mark Warner (D) won with 52.6% of the vote, defeating Mark Earley (R) by 5.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Mark WarnerDemocrat · winner
52.6%984,177
Mark EarleyRepublican
47.4%887,234
1,871,411 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2001
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET