Ralph Shearer Northam
Last held office: Governor of Virginia (2017–2021). Ran in 3 elections between 2007 and 2017, winning 3.
- Last margin
- +8.9
- Won 2017
- Elections
- 3
- 2007–2017
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Northam was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Northam has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Northam won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Governor of Virginia | General | Won | Edward Walter Gillespie (R), Clifford Daniel Hyra (L) | 53.9% | D+8.9 | D+5.7 | |
| 2011 | Virginia State Senate, District 6 | General | Won | Ben Loyola Jr. (R) | 56.8% | D+13.6 | — | |
| 2007 | Virginia State Senate, District 6 | General | Won | D. Nick Rerras (R) | 54.4% | D+8.8 | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Northam has held
- Governor of Virginia · 2017–2021
- Virginia State Senate, District 6 · 2007–2015
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Northam has run against
- Edward Walter Gillespie (R) · 2017 election, won
- Ben Loyola Jr. (R) · 2011 election, won
- D. Nick Rerras (R) · 2007 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
In the polls
Included in 41 polls; Northam’s best result was 53% (Virginia Governor, 2017).
Northam’s polls in the database →