The Green Papers: Virginia 2009 General Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 9 June 2009
General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2009
Electoral Votes:13(2.42% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:11(2.53% of 435)
2000 Census:7,100,702 (2.52% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):5,263,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):3,770,273
Capital:Richmond
Tuesday 9 June 2009 polling hours 6:00a EDT (1000 UTC) to 7:00p EDT (2300 UTC).
Tuesday 3 November 2009 polling hours 6:00a EST (1100 UTC) to 7:00p EST (0000 UTC).
 

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Virginia State and Local Government


Parties may decide to select their Senatorial candidate by convention rather than by primary.

Virginia law states that there will be no primary in races "when less than two candidates declare".

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator James H. "Jim" Webb, Jr.
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 2 Democratic Senator Mark Robert Warner
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2005, 2009. Term Limit: ineligble to immediately succeed after a given 4-year term, All Governors

Chair up for election
Open
Democratic Governor Timothy M. "Tim" Kaine
First elected: 2005
Chair up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2009
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 1,163,523 58.62% former Attorney General Robert F. "Bob" McDonnell
30 May 2009: Nominated by Convention
  Candidate Democratic 818,909 41.26% state Senator R. Creigh Deeds
  Candidate Write-in 2,502 0.13% Write in
Total 1,984,934 100.00%  

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2005, 2009

Seat up for election Republican Lieutenant Governor William T. "Bill" Bolling
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2009
First elected: 2005
Seat up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2009
Renominated - 30 May 2009 by Convention
  Elected Republican 1,106,668 56.51% Lieutenant Governor William T. "Bill" Bolling
30 May 2009: Nominated by Convention
  Candidate Democratic 850,066 43.41% former Treasurer and former Secretary of Finance Jody M. Wagner
  Candidate Write-in 1,569 0.08% Write in
Total 1,958,303 100.00%  

111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
5 Republican (5 Undetermined);
6 Democratic (6 Undetermined)

CD 1
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Republican Congressman Robert J. "Rob" Wittman
First elected in a special election (re: the death of Congressman Jo Ann S. Davis): 11 December 2007
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 2
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Democratic Congressman Glenn Carlyle Nye, III
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3
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Democratic Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 4
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Republican Congressman J. Randy Forbes
2001 June 19: Elected in a special election to replace the seat vacated by the death of Norman Sisisky.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 5
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Democratic Congressman Thomas Stuart Price "Tom" Perriello
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 6
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Republican Congressman Robert W. "Bob" Goodlatte
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 7
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Republican Congressman Eric I. Cantor
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 8
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Democratic Congressman James P. "Jim" Moran, Jr.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 9
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Democratic Congressman Frederick C. "Rick" Boucher
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 10
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Republican Congressman Frank R. Wolf
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 11
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Democratic Congressman Gerald E. "Gerry" Connolly
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2005, 2009

Seat up for election
Open
Republican Attorney General Bill Mims
Bill Mims was unanimously confirmed as Attorney General of Virginia by the General Assembly on 26 February 2009. His term will end in January 2010.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 3 November 2009
Open Seat
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 1,124,012 57.51% state Senator Ken Cuccinelli, II
30 May 2009: Nominated by Convention
  Candidate Democratic 828,643 42.40% state Delegate Stephen C. "Steve" Shannon
  Candidate Write-in 1,772 0.09% Write in
Total 1,954,427 100.00%  
 

Attorney General Robert F. "Bob" McDonnell (Republican), who was first elected in 2005 resigned effective 20 February 2009 to focus his time on his campaign for Governor.


Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 9 incumbents, 3 candidates
  Republican: 7 incumbents, 3 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 3 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

 


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2009 Primaries and Runoffs for Statewide offices/Congress
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