Virginia 2009 General Election

The Green Papers: Virginia 2009 General Election

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Virginia
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. 111^th 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

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)

		Republican	1,163,523	58.62%	former Attorney General Robert F. "Bob" McDonnell • 30 May 2009: Nominated by Convention

		Democratic	818,909	41.26%	state Senator R. Creigh Deeds

		Write-in	2,502	0.13%	Write in
Total			1,984,934	100.00%

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

		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

		Republican	1,106,668	56.51%	Lieutenant Governor William T. "Bill" Bolling • 30 May 2009: Nominated by Convention

		Democratic	850,066	43.41%	former Treasurer and former Secretary of Finance Jody M. Wagner

		Write-in	1,569	0.08%	Write in
Total			1,958,303	100.00%

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

CD 1 {map}		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 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Glenn Carlyle Nye, III • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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

CD 4 {map}		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 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Thomas Stuart Price "Tom" Perriello • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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

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

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

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

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

CD 11 {map}		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

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)

		Republican	1,124,012	57.51%	state Senator Ken Cuccinelli, II • 30 May 2009: Nominated by Convention

		Democratic	828,643	42.40%	state Delegate Stephen C. "Steve" Shannon

		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.