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Virginia</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/50px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/75px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/100px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2006 United States Senate election in Virginia">2006</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>November 6, 2012</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2018 United States Senate election in Virginia">2018</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">66.4% (voting eligible)<sup id="cite_ref-VEP12_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VEP12-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tim_Kaine,_official_113th_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Tim_Kaine%2C_official_113th_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg/118px-Tim_Kaine%2C_official_113th_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="118" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Tim_Kaine%2C_official_113th_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg/178px-Tim_Kaine%2C_official_113th_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Tim_Kaine%2C_official_113th_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg/237px-Tim_Kaine%2C_official_113th_Congress_photo_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3040" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Allen_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/George_Allen_official_portrait.jpg/120px-George_Allen_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/George_Allen_official_portrait.jpg/180px-George_Allen_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/George_Allen_official_portrait.jpg/240px-George_Allen_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1875" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Kaine" title="Tim Kaine">Tim Kaine</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(American_politician)" title="George Allen (American politician)">George Allen</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>2,010,067</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1,785,542 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>52.83%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">46.92% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><div class="switcher-container"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia_results_map_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/File:2012_VA_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/2012_VA_Senate.svg/300px-2012_VA_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/2012_VA_Senate.svg/450px-2012_VA_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/2012_VA_Senate.svg/600px-2012_VA_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="358" /></a></span> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Precinct results</span></div></div><div><b>Kaine</b>: <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#7996e2; color:#7996e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#6674de; color:#6674de;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#584cde; color:#584cde;">    </span> 70–80%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#3933e5; color:#3933e5;">    </span> 80–90%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#0d0596; color:#0d0596;">    </span> >90%</span><br /><b>Allen</b>: <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#e27f7f; color:#e27f7f;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#d75d5d; color:#d75d5d;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#d72f30; color:#d72f30;">    </span> 70–80%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#c21b18; color:#c21b18;">    </span> 80–90%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#a80000; color:#a80000;">    </span> >90%</span><br /><b>Tie:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#ae8bb1; color:#ae8bb1;">    </span> 50%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Virginia" title="List of United States senators from Virginia">U.S. senator</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Jim_Webb" title="Jim Webb">Jim Webb</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Senator</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Tim_Kaine" title="Tim Kaine">Tim Kaine</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> 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presidential election in Virginia">1792</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1796_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1796 United States presidential election in Virginia">1796</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1800 United States presidential election in Virginia">1800</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1804_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1804 United States presidential election in Virginia">1804</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1808_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1808 United States presidential election in Virginia">1808</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1812_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1812 United States presidential election in Virginia">1812</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1816_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1816 United States presidential election in Virginia">1816</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1820 United States presidential election in Virginia">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1824 United States presidential election in Virginia">1824</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1828_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1828 United States presidential election in Virginia">1828</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1832 United States presidential election in Virginia">1832</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1836 United States presidential election in Virginia">1836</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1840 United States presidential election in Virginia">1840</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1844_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1844 United States presidential election in Virginia">1844</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1848 United States presidential election in Virginia">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1852 United States presidential election in Virginia">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1856 United States presidential election in Virginia">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1860 United States presidential election in Virginia">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1872 United States presidential election in Virginia">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1876 United States presidential election in Virginia">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1880 United States presidential election in Virginia">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1884 United States presidential election in Virginia">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1888 United States presidential election in Virginia">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1892 United States presidential election in Virginia">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1896 United States presidential election in Virginia">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1900 United States presidential election in Virginia">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1904 United States presidential election in Virginia">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1908 United States presidential election in Virginia">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1912 United States presidential election in Virginia">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1916 United States presidential election in Virginia">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1920 United States presidential election in Virginia">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1924 United States presidential election in Virginia">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1928 United States presidential election in Virginia">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1932 United States presidential election in Virginia">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1936 United States presidential election in Virginia">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1940 United States presidential election in Virginia">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1944 United States presidential election in Virginia">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1948 United States presidential election in Virginia">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1952 United States presidential election in Virginia">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1956 United States presidential election in Virginia">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1960 United States presidential election in Virginia">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1964 United States presidential election in Virginia">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1968 United States presidential election in Virginia">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1972 United States presidential election in Virginia">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1976 United States presidential election in Virginia">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1980 United States presidential election in Virginia">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1984 United States presidential election in Virginia">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1988 United States presidential election in Virginia">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1992 United States presidential election in Virginia">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1996 United States presidential election in Virginia">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2000 United States presidential election in Virginia">2000</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Virginia_Democratic_presidential_caucuses" title="2000 Virginia Democratic presidential caucuses">Dem</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2004 United States presidential election in Virginia">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2008 United States presidential election in Virginia">2008</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Virginia_Democratic_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Virginia Democratic primary">Dem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Virginia_Republican_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Virginia Republican primary">GOP</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2012 United States presidential election in Virginia">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2016 United States presidential election in Virginia">2016</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Virginia_Democratic_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Virginia Democratic primary">Dem</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2020 United States presidential election in Virginia">2020</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Virginia_Democratic_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Virginia Democratic primary">Dem</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2024 United States presidential election in Virginia">2024</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Virginia_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2024 Virginia Democratic presidential primary">Dem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Virginia_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2024 Virginia Republican presidential primary">GOP</a></li></ul></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Virginia" title="List of United States senators from Virginia">U.S. Senate</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1788_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1788 United States Senate elections in Virginia">1788</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1790_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1790 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1790 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1791_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1791 United States Senate election in Virginia">1791</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1792_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1792 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1792 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1793_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1793 United States Senate election in Virginia">1793</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1794_United_States_Senate_special_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1794 United States Senate special elections in Virginia">1794 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1796_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1796 United States Senate election in Virginia">1796</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1798_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 United States Senate election in Virginia">1798</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1799_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1799 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1799 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1803_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1803 United States Senate election in Virginia">1803</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1803_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1803 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1803 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1804_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1804 United States Senate election in Virginia">1804</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1804_United_States_Senate_special_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1804 United States Senate special elections in Virginia">1804 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1808_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1808 United States Senate election in Virginia">1808</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1809_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1809 United States Senate election in Virginia">1809</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1811_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1811 United States Senate election in Virginia">1811</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1814_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1814 United States Senate election in Virginia">1814</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1814_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1814 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1814 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1815_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1815 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1815 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1816_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1816 United States Senate election in Virginia">1816</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1816_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1816 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1816 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1819_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1819 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1819 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1821_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1821 United States Senate election in Virginia">1821</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1822 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1822 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1823_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1823 United States Senate election in Virginia">1823</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1824 United States Senate election in Virginia">1824</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1824 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1824 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1827_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1827 United States Senate election in Virginia">1827</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1829_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1829 United States Senate election in Virginia">1829</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1832 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1832 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1833_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1833 United States Senate election in Virginia">1833</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1834 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1834 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States Senate election in Virginia">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1836 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1836 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1837_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1837 United States Senate election in Virginia">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1837_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1837 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1837 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1839_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1839 United States Senate election in Virginia">1839</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1840 United States Senate election in Virginia">1840</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1841_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1841 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1841 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1845_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1845 United States Senate elections in Virginia">1845</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1845_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1845 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1845 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1846 United States Senate election in Virginia">1846</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1847_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1847 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1847 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1850 United States Senate election in Virginia">1850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1852 United States Senate election in Virginia">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1856 United States Senate election in Virginia">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1858 United States Senate election in Virginia">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_United_States_Senate_special_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1861 United States Senate special elections in Virginia">1861 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1863 United States Senate election in Virginia">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1865 United States Senate election in Virginia">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1865 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1865 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1870 United States Senate elections in Virginia">1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1871 United States Senate election in Virginia">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1875 United States Senate election in Virginia">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1877 United States Senate election in Virginia">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1881 United States Senate election in Virginia">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1883 United States Senate election in Virginia">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1887 United States Senate elections in Virginia">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1889 United States Senate election in Virginia">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1893 United States Senate election in Virginia">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1893 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1893 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1894 United States Senate election in Virginia">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1899 United States Senate election in Virginia">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1899 United States Senate elections in Virginia">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1904 United States Senate election in Virginia">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1906 United States Senate election in Virginia">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1910 United States Senate election in Virginia">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1911 United States Senate election in Virginia">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1912 United States Senate election in Virginia">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1912 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1912 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1916 United States Senate election in Virginia">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 United States Senate election in Virginia">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" title="1920 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1920 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1922 United States Senate election in Virginia">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1924 United States Senate election in Virginia">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1928 United States Senate election in Virginia">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1930 United States Senate election in Virginia">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" title="1933 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1933 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1934 United States Senate election in Virginia">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1936 United States Senate election in Virginia">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1940 United States Senate election in Virginia">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1942 United States Senate election in Virginia">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1946 United States Senate election in Virginia">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" title="1946 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1946 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1948 United States Senate election in Virginia">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1952 United States Senate election in Virginia">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1954 United States Senate election in Virginia">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1958 United States Senate election in Virginia">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1960 United States Senate election in Virginia">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1964 United States Senate election in Virginia">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1966 United States Senate election in Virginia">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Virginia" title="1966 United States Senate special election in Virginia">1966 (sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1970 United States Senate election in Virginia">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1972 United States Senate election in Virginia">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1976 United States Senate election in Virginia">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1978 United States Senate election in Virginia">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1982 United States Senate election in Virginia">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1984 United States Senate election in Virginia">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1988 United States Senate election in Virginia">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1990 United States Senate election in Virginia">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1994 United States Senate election in Virginia">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="1996 United States Senate election in Virginia">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2000 United States Senate election in Virginia">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2002 United States Senate election in Virginia">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2006 United States Senate election in Virginia">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2008 United States Senate election in Virginia">2008</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2014 United States Senate election in Virginia">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2018 United States Senate election in Virginia">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2020 United States Senate election in Virginia">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2024 United States Senate election in Virginia"><i>2024</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="2026 United States Senate election in Virginia"><i>2026</i></a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Virginia" title="List of United States representatives from Virginia">U.S. House</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1789_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1789 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1789</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1790_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1790 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1790</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1790_Virginia%27s_9th_congressional_district_special_election" title="1790 Virginia's 9th congressional district special election">9th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1793_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1793 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1793</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1795_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1795 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1795</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1797_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1797 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1797</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1798_Virginia%27s_9th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1798 Virginia's 9th congressional district special election">1798 (9th sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1799_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1799 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1799</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1800_Virginia%27s_13th_congressional_district_special_election" title="1800 Virginia's 13th congressional district special election">1800 (13th sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1801_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1801 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1801</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1803_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1803 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1803</a></li> <li>1804 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1804_Virginia%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1804 Virginia's 5th congressional district special election">5th sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1804_Virginia%27s_13th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1804 Virginia's 13th congressional district special election">13th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1805_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1805 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1805</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1806_Virginia%27s_13th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1806 Virginia's 13th congressional district special election">13th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1807_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1807 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1807</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1808_Virginia%27s_17th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1808 Virginia's 17th congressional district special election">17th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1809_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1809 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1809</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1809_Virginia%27s_21st_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1809 Virginia's 21st congressional district special election">21st sp</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1810_Virginia%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1810 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election">1st sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1811_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1811 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1811</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1813_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1813 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1813</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1814_Virginia%27s_11th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1814 Virginia's 11th congressional district special election">1814 (11th sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1815_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1815 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1815</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1815_Virginia%27s_15th_congressional_district_special_election" title="1815 Virginia's 15th congressional district special election">15th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li>1816 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1816_Virginia%27s_18th_congressional_district_special_election" title="1816 Virginia's 18th congressional district special election">18th sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1816_Virginia%27s_23rd_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1816 Virginia's 23rd congressional district special election">23rd sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1817_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1817 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1817</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1818_Virginia%27s_19th_congressional_district_special_election" title="1818 Virginia's 19th congressional district special election">1818 (19th sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1819_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1819 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1819</a></li> <li>1820 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1820_Virginia%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" title="1820 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election">1st sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1820_Virginia%27s_10th_congressional_district_special_election" title="1820 Virginia's 10th congressional district special election">10th sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1820_Virginia%27s_17th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1820 Virginia's 17th congressional district special election">17th sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1820_Virginia%27s_20th_congressional_district_special_election" title="1820 Virginia's 20th congressional district special election">20th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1821_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1821 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1821</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822_Virginia%27s_2nd_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1822 Virginia's 2nd congressional district special election">1822 (2nd sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1823_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1823 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1823</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824_Virginia%27s_13th_congressional_district_special_election" title="1824 Virginia's 13th congressional district special election">1824 (13th sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1825_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1825 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1825</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1826_Virginia%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" title="1826 Virginia's 5th congressional district special election">1826 (5th sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1827_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1827 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1827</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1829_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1829 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1829</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1829_Virginia%27s_10th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1829 Virginia's 10th congressional district special election">10th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1831_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1831 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1833_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1833 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1833</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1837_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1837 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1839_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1839 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1839</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1841_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1841 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1843 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1843</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1845_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1845 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1845</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1847_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1847 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1849_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1849 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1849</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1851_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1851 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1853_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1853 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1853</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1855_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1855 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1857_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1857 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1859 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1859</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1859_Virginia%27s_4th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1859 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election">4th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1861 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1861</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1861_Virginia%27s_11th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1861 Virginia's 11th congressional district special election">11th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_Virginia%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1862 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election">1862 (1st sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1869 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1870 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1872 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1874 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1876 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1880 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1882 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1884 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1884</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1884_Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1884 Virginia's 7th congressional district special election">7th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1886 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1888 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1890 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1892 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1894 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1894</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1894_Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1894 Virginia's 7th congressional district special election">7th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1896 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1898 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1900 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1902 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1904 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1906 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1908 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1910 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1914 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1916 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1918</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1918_Virginia%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election">1st sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1920 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1920</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_Virginia%27s_4th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1920 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election">4th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1922 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1924 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1926 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1928 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1930 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1932 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1934 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1936 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1938 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1940 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1942 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1944 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1944</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1944_Virginia%27s_2nd_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1944 Virginia's 2nd congressional district special election">2nd sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1946 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1946</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1946_Virginia%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1946 Virginia's 5th congressional district special election">5th sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Virginia%27s_6th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1946 Virginia's 6th congressional district special election">6th sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1946 Virginia's 7th congressional district special election">7th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1948</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1948_Virginia%27s_4th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election">4th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1950 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1952 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1954 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1956 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1958 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1960 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1962 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1964 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1966 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1972</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1972_Virginia%27s_6th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 Virginia's 6th congressional district special election">6th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1974 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1976 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1978 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1980 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1988 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1988</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988_Virginia%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 Virginia's 5th congressional district special election">5th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 Virginia's 7th congressional district special election">1991 (7th sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1992 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1994 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1996 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Virginia%27s_4th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election">2001 (4th sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2002</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2002_Virginia%27s_8th_congressional_district_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 Virginia's 8th congressional district election">8th</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Virginia%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" title="2007 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election">2007 (1st sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2018</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Virginia%27s_10th_congressional_district_election" title="2018 Virginia's 10th congressional district election">10th</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Virginia%27s_4th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2023 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election">2023 (4th sp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2024</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Virginia" title="Government of Virginia">State government</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Governor</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1776_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1776 Virginia gubernatorial election">1776</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1851_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1851 Virginia gubernatorial election">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1855_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1855 Virginia gubernatorial election">1855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1859 Virginia gubernatorial election">1859</a></li> <li>1863 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1863_Virginia_gubernatorial_election_(Confederate)" class="mw-redirect" title="1863 Virginia gubernatorial election (Confederate)">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Virginia_gubernatorial_election_(Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="1863 Virginia gubernatorial election (Union)">U</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1869 Virginia gubernatorial election">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1873 Virginia gubernatorial election">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1877 Virginia gubernatorial election">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1881 Virginia gubernatorial election">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1885 Virginia gubernatorial election">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1889 Virginia gubernatorial election">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1893 Virginia gubernatorial election">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1897 Virginia gubernatorial election">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1901 Virginia gubernatorial election">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1905 Virginia gubernatorial election">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1909 Virginia gubernatorial election">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1913 Virginia gubernatorial election">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1917 Virginia gubernatorial election">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1921 Virginia gubernatorial election">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1925 Virginia gubernatorial election">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1929 Virginia gubernatorial election">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1933 Virginia gubernatorial election">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1937 Virginia gubernatorial election">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1941 Virginia gubernatorial election">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1945 Virginia gubernatorial election">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1949 Virginia gubernatorial election">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1953 Virginia gubernatorial election">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1957 Virginia gubernatorial election">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1961 Virginia gubernatorial election">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1965 Virginia gubernatorial election">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1969 Virginia gubernatorial election">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1973 Virginia gubernatorial election">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1977 Virginia gubernatorial election">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1981 Virginia gubernatorial election">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1985 Virginia gubernatorial election">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1989 Virginia gubernatorial election">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1993 Virginia gubernatorial election">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="1997 Virginia gubernatorial election">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2001 Virginia gubernatorial election">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2005 Virginia gubernatorial election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2009 Virginia gubernatorial election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2013 Virginia gubernatorial election">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2017 Virginia gubernatorial election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2021 Virginia gubernatorial election">2021</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2025 Virginia gubernatorial election">2025</a></i></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Lieutenant Governor</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1973_Virginia_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1973 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Virginia_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1977 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Virginia_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1981 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Virginia_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1985 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Virginia_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1989 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Virginia_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1993 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Virginia_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1997 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Virginia_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2001 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Virginia_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2005 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Virginia_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2009 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Virginia_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2013 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Virginia_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2017 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Virginia_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2021 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election">2021</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_Virginia_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2025 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election">2025</a></i></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Attorney General</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1993_Virginia_Attorney_General_election" title="1993 Virginia Attorney General election">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Virginia_Attorney_General_election" title="1997 Virginia Attorney General election">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Virginia_Attorney_General_election" title="2001 Virginia Attorney General election">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Virginia_Attorney_General_election" title="2005 Virginia Attorney General election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Virginia_Attorney_General_election" title="2009 Virginia Attorney General election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Virginia_Attorney_General_election" title="2013 Virginia Attorney General election">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Virginia_Attorney_General_election" title="2017 Virginia Attorney General election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Virginia_Attorney_General_election" title="2021 Virginia Attorney General election">2021</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_Virginia_Attorney_General_election" title="2025 Virginia Attorney General election">2025</a></i></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Senate</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_Virginia_Senate_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 Virginia Senate election (page does not exist)">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Virginia_Senate_election" title="1971 Virginia Senate election">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Virginia_Senate_election" title="1975 Virginia Senate election">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Virginia_Senate_election" title="1979 Virginia Senate election">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Virginia_Senate_election" title="1983 Virginia Senate election">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Virginia_Senate_election" title="1987 Virginia Senate election">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Virginia_Senate_election" title="1991 Virginia Senate election">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Virginia_Senate_election" title="1995 Virginia Senate election">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Virginia_Senate_election" title="1999 Virginia Senate election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Virginia_Senate_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2003 Virginia Senate election (page does not exist)">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_Virginia_Senate_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 Virginia Senate election (page does not exist)">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Virginia_Senate_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Virginia Senate election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Virginia_Senate_election" title="2015 Virginia Senate election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Virginia_Senate_election" title="2019 Virginia Senate election">2019</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2023_Virginia_Senate_election" title="2023 Virginia Senate election">2023</a></i></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> House of Delegates</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975 Virginia House of Delegates election (page does not exist)">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1977 Virginia House of Delegates election (page does not exist)">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 Virginia House of Delegates election (page does not exist)">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="1981 Virginia House of Delegates election">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 Virginia House of Delegates election (page does not exist)">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 Virginia House of Delegates election (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="1985 Virginia House of Delegates election">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="1987 Virginia House of Delegates election">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="1989 Virginia House of Delegates election">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="1991 Virginia House of Delegates election">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="1993 Virginia House of Delegates election">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="1995 Virginia House of Delegates election">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="1997 Virginia House of Delegates election">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="1999 Virginia House of Delegates election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="2001 Virginia House of Delegates election">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="2003 Virginia House of Delegates election">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="2005 Virginia House of Delegates election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="2007 Virginia House of Delegates election">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="2009 Virginia House of Delegates election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="2011 Virginia House of Delegates election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="2013 Virginia House of Delegates election">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="2015 Virginia House of Delegates election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="2017 Virginia House of Delegates election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="2019 Virginia House of Delegates election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="2021 Virginia House of Delegates election">2021</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2023_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="2023 Virginia House of Delegates election">2023</a></i></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> State elections</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1989_Virginia_elections" title="1989 Virginia elections">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Virginia_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Virginia elections (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Virginia_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1993 Virginia elections (page does not exist)">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Virginia_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Virginia elections (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Virginia_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1997 Virginia elections (page does not exist)">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Virginia_state_elections" title="1999 Virginia state elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Virginia_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2000 Virginia elections (page does not exist)">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2001_Virginia_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2001 Virginia elections (page does not exist)">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2002_Virginia_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2002 Virginia elections (page does not exist)">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Virginia_elections" title="2003 Virginia elections">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Virginia_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Virginia elections (page does not exist)">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2005_Virginia_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2005 Virginia elections (page does not exist)">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Virginia_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2006 Virginia elections (page does not exist)">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Virginia_elections" title="2007 Virginia elections">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Virginia_elections" title="2008 Virginia elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Virginia_elections" title="2009 Virginia elections">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Virginia_elections" title="2010 Virginia elections">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Virginia_elections" title="2011 Virginia elections">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Virginia_elections" title="2012 Virginia elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Virginia_elections" title="2013 Virginia elections">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Virginia_elections" title="2014 Virginia elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Virginia_elections" title="2015 Virginia elections">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Virginia_elections" title="2016 Virginia elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Virginia_elections" title="2017 Virginia elections">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Virginia_elections" title="2018 Virginia elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Virginia_elections" title="2019 Virginia elections">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Virginia_elections" title="2020 Virginia elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Virginia_elections" title="2021 Virginia elections">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Virginia_elections" title="2023 Virginia elections">2023</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">Ballot measures</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Statewide</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="1970 Virginia ballot measures">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="1972 Virginia ballot measures">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="1974 Virginia ballot measures">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="1976 Virginia ballot measures">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="1977 Virginia ballot measures">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="1978 Virginia ballot measures">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="1980 Virginia ballot measures">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="1982 Virginia ballot measures">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="1984 Virginia ballot measures">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="1986 Virginia ballot measures">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="1987 Virginia ballot measures">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="1988 Virginia ballot measures">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="1990 Virginia ballot measures">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="1992 Virginia ballot measures">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="1994 Virginia ballot measures">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="1996 Virginia ballot measures">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="1998 Virginia ballot measures">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="2000 Virginia ballot measures">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="2002 Virginia ballot measures">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="2004 Virginia ballot measures">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="2006 Virginia ballot measures">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="2010 Virginia ballot measures">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="2012 Virginia ballot measures">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="2014 Virginia ballot measures">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="2016 Virginia ballot measures">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Virginia_ballot_measures" title="2018 Virginia ballot measures">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Virginia_ballot_measures" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Virginia ballot measures">2020</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Fairfax County</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <a href="/wiki/2016_Fairfax_County_meals_tax_referendum" title="2016 Fairfax County meals tax referendum">2016</a></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia#Government" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; 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Commonwealth's Attorney election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Henrico_County_Commonwealth%27s_Attorney_election" title="2015 Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Henrico_County_Commonwealth%27s_Attorney_election" title="2019 Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney election">2019</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia#Government_and_politics" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th 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election">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Richmond,_Virginia_mayoral_election" title="2024 Richmond, Virginia mayoral election">2024</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia#Government_and_politics" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Virginia_Beach" title="Mayor of Virginia Beach">Mayor</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a 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Kaine">Tenure</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">Chair of the DNC</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Kaine#Democratic_National_Committee_chair_(2009–2011)" title="Tim Kaine">Tenure</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">Governor of Virginia</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Kaine#Governor_of_Virginia_(2006–2010)" title="Tim Kaine">Tenure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_shooting" title="Virginia Tech shooting">Virginia Tech shooting</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">U.S. Senator from Virginia</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Kaine#United_States_Senate" title="Tim Kaine">Tenure</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">Vice presidential campaign</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_2016_presidential_campaign" title="Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign">2016</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection" title="2016 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection">selection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2016 Democratic National Convention">convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">election</a></li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tim_Kaine_Signature.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Tim_Kaine_Signature.svg/100px-Tim_Kaine_Signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Tim_Kaine_Signature.svg/150px-Tim_Kaine_Signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Tim_Kaine_Signature.svg/200px-Tim_Kaine_Signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="163" data-file-height="74" /></a></span> </p> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar" style="text-align:center;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Tim_Kaine_series" title="Template:Tim Kaine series"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Tim_Kaine_series" title="Template talk:Tim Kaine series"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Tim_Kaine_series" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Tim Kaine series"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2012 United States Senate election in Virginia</b> took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">2012 U.S. presidential election</a> as well as other elections to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Jim_Webb" title="Jim Webb">Jim Webb</a> retired instead of running for reelection to a second term, and former Democratic <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">governor of Virginia</a> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Kaine" title="Tim Kaine">Tim Kaine</a> won the open seat over Republican former senator and governor <a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(American_politician)" title="George Allen (American politician)">George Allen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rc01_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rc01-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kaine was unopposed for the Democratic nomination, and the Republicans nominated Allen through a primary on June 12, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allen had previously held this seat for one term before narrowly losing reelection to Webb in <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2006 United States Senate election in Virginia">2006</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Republican_primary">Republican primary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Virginia, parties have the option of whether to hold a primary or to nominate their candidate through a party convention. In November 2010, the Virginia GOP announced that it had chosen to hold a primary.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Candidates">Candidates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declared">Declared</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Declared"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(American_politician)" title="George Allen (American politician)">George Allen</a>, former <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senator">U.S. Senator</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a><sup id="cite_ref-Politico-Allen-emails_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Politico-Allen-emails-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._W._Jackson" title="E. W. Jackson">E. W. Jackson</a>, minister and conservative activist<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_G._Marshall" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert G. Marshall">Bob Marshall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">State Delegate</a> and candidate in <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2008 United States Senate election in Virginia">2008</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Jamie Radtke, conservative activist<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Withdrawn">Withdrawn</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Withdrawn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Tim Donner, founder of Horizons Television and LibertyNation.com<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>David McCormick, attorney<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declined">Declined</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Declined"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Cheney_Perry" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth Cheney Perry">Liz Cheney</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Principal_Deputy_Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_Near_Eastern_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs">Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Cuccinelli" title="Ken Cuccinelli">Ken Cuccinelli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Attorney General">Virginia Attorney General</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_M._Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas M. Davis">Tom Davis</a>, former U.S. Representative<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corey_Stewart_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Corey Stewart (politician)">Corey Stewart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prince_William_County,_Virginia" title="Prince William County, Virginia">Prince William County</a> Board of Supervisors Chairman<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Debates">Debates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Debates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three debates between Republican candidates were announced before the primary on June 12, 2012. The debates took place in Richmond, Northern Virginia, and Hampton Roads.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Polling">Polling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Date(s)<br />administered</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Sample<br />size</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Margin of<br />error</span> </th> <th style="width:100px;">George<br />Allen </th> <th style="width:100px;">Other<br />candidates </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>February 24–27, 2011 </td> <td>400 </td> <td>±4.9% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>52%</b> </td> <td>25% </td> <td>23% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-Public_Policy_Polling_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Public_Policy_Polling-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>July 21–24, 2011 </td> <td>400 </td> <td>±4.9% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58%</b> </td> <td>23% </td> <td>19% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-publicpolicypolling.com_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-publicpolicypolling.com-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>December 11–13, 2011 </td> <td>350 </td> <td>±5.2% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53%</b> </td> <td>25% </td> <td>22% </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Date(s)<br />administered</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Sample<br />size</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Margin of<br />error</span> </th> <th style="width:75px;">George<br />Allen </th> <th style="width:75px;">E. W.<br />Jackson </th> <th style="width:75px;">Bob<br />Marshall </th> <th style="width:75px;">David<br />McCormick </th> <th style="width:75px;">Jamie<br />Radtke </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-Public_Policy_Polling_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Public_Policy_Polling-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </td> <td>July 21–24, 2011 </td> <td>400 </td> <td>±4.9% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>68%</b> </td> <td>2% </td> <td>2% </td> <td>0% </td> <td>6% </td> <td>22% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-publicpolicypolling.com_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-publicpolicypolling.com-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span class="nowrap">December 11–13, 2011</span> </td> <td>350 </td> <td>±5.2% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>67%</b> </td> <td>2% </td> <td>3% </td> <td>2% </td> <td>5% </td> <td>21% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>April 26–29, 2012 </td> <td>400 </td> <td>±4.9% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>66%</b> </td> <td>2% </td> <td>8% </td> <td>— </td> <td>3% </td> <td>20% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span class="nowrap">April 28 – May 2, 2012</span> </td> <td>1,101 </td> <td>±3.5% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62%</b> </td> <td>3% </td> <td>12% </td> <td>— </td> <td>5% </td> <td>18% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Endorsements">Endorsements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237488509">.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box{overflow-x:hidden;margin-top:0.2em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);text-align:left;border:solid 1px silver}.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-title{border-bottom:solid 1px silver;background:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);font-weight:bold;padding:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list{padding:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:20em}.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns dl,.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns ol,.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns li,.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible"><div class="endorsements-box-title">George Allen</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Bolling" title="Bill Bolling">Bill Bolling</a>, Lt. Governor of Virginia and President of the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia State Senate">Virginia State Senate</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Johnson" title="Ron Johnson">Ron Johnson</a>, U.S. Senator from <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_McDonnell" title="Bob McDonnell">Bob McDonnell</a>, governor of Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">Marco Rubio</a>, U.S. Senator from <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corey_Stewart_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Corey Stewart (politician)">Corey Stewart</a>, Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chairman<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Jamie Radtke</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li>Bob Arment, <a href="/wiki/Louisa_County,_Virginia" title="Louisa County, Virginia">Louisa County</a> Republican Party Chairman</li> <li>Steve Arrington, <a href="/wiki/Bedford_County,_Virginia" title="Bedford County, Virginia">Bedford County</a> Supervisor</li> <li>James Fisher, <a href="/wiki/Fauquier_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Fauquier County">Fauquier County</a> Commonwealth’s Attorney</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Frederick" title="Jeff Frederick">Jeff Frederick</a>, former Virginia House of Delegates member</li> <li>Joe Glover, Family Policy Network president</li> <li>Jack Reid, former Virginia House of Delegates member</li> <li>Eva Scott, Former Virginia state senator</li> <li>John Sharp, Bedford County Supervisor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Viguerie" title="Richard Viguerie">Richard Viguerie</a>, conservative activist</li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Results">Results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(American_politician)" title="George Allen (American politician)">George Allen</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>167,607 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>65.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jamie Radtke </td> <td style="text-align:right">59,005 </td> <td style="text-align:right">23.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Marshall_(Virginia_politician)" title="Bob Marshall (Virginia politician)">Bob Marshall</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">17,302 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/E._W._Jackson" title="E. W. Jackson">E. W. Jackson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">12,083 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>255,997 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hank_the_Cat">Hank the Cat</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Hank the Cat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 27, 2012, a <a href="/wiki/Maine_Coon" title="Maine Coon">Maine Coon</a> cat named <a href="/wiki/Hank_the_Cat" title="Hank the Cat">Hank the Cat</a> was announced to be running a <a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">write-in</a> campaign as a <a href="/wiki/Joke_candidate" class="mw-redirect" title="Joke candidate">joke candidate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hank's campaign raised $16,000 for animal charities throughout the world.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="General_election">General election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Candidates_2">Candidates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(American_politician)" title="George Allen (American politician)">George Allen</a> (Republican), former <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senator">U.S. Senator</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a><sup id="cite_ref-Politico-Allen-emails_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Politico-Allen-emails-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Kaine" title="Tim Kaine">Tim Kaine</a> (Democratic), former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee" title="Democratic National Committee">Democratic National Committee</a> chairman<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Only Allen and Kaine qualified for the ballot. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Debates_2">Debates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Debates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>David Gregory moderated a debate between Kaine and Allen on September 20, 2012. Topics included partisan gridlock in Washington policy making, job creation, tax policy, and Middle East unrest.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>External links</b> </p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?308207-1/virginia-senate-debate">Complete video of debate</a>, September 20, 2012 - <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?308624-1/virginia-senate-debate">Complete video of debate</a>, October 8, 2012 - <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?308845-1/virginia-senate-debate">Complete video of debate</a>, October 18, 2012 - <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campaign">Campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Once incumbent U.S. Senator Jim Webb decided to retire, many Democratic candidates were speculated. These included U.S. Congressmen <a href="/wiki/Rick_Boucher" title="Rick Boucher">Rick Boucher</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Connolly" title="Gerry Connolly">Gerry Connolly</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Nye" title="Glenn Nye">Glenn Nye</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Perriello" title="Tom Perriello">Tom Perriello</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Scott_(U.S._politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bobby Scott (U.S. politician)">Bobby Scott</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, they all declined and encouraged Kaine to run for the seat, believing he would be by far the most electable candidate. Courtney Lynch, former Marine Corps Officer and Fairfax business consultant<sup id="cite_ref-rtd_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rtd-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Julien Modica, former CEO of the Brain Trauma Recovery & Policy Institute,<sup id="cite_ref-rtd_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rtd-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> eventually withdrew from the election, allowing Kaine to be unopposed in the Democratic primary. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fundraising">Fundraising</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Fundraising"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Candidate (party) </th> <th>Receipts </th> <th>Disbursements </th> <th>Cash on hand </th> <th>Debt </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Tim Kaine (D) </td> <td>$10,390,929 </td> <td>$7,666,452 </td> <td>$2,724,476 </td> <td>$0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">George Allen (R) </td> <td>$8,015,948 </td> <td>$4,678,004 </td> <td>$3,337,942 </td> <td>$0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Kevin Chisholm (I) </td> <td>$24,165 </td> <td>$24,162 </td> <td>$0 </td> <td>$0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC">Terrence Modglin (I) </td> <td>$5,655 </td> <td>$5,389 </td> <td>$266 </td> <td>$0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5">Source: <a href="/wiki/Federal_Election_Commission" title="Federal Election Commission">Federal Election Commission</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Top_contributors">Top contributors</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Top contributors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Tim Kaine </th> <th>Contribution </th> <th>George Allen </th> <th>Contribution </th> <th>Kevin Chisholm </th> <th>Contribution </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/League_of_Conservation_Voters" title="League of Conservation Voters">League of Conservation Voters</a> </td> <td>$76,568 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McGuireWoods_LLP" class="mw-redirect" title="McGuireWoods LLP">McGuireWoods LLP</a> </td> <td>$76,950 </td> <td>Valu Net </td> <td>$2,475 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Akin_Gump_Strauss_Hauer_%26_Feld" title="Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld">Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld</a> </td> <td>$51,650 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Altria_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Altria Group">Altria Group</a> </td> <td>$64,749 </td> <td>Geolq Inc </td> <td>$1,500 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a> </td> <td>$42,075 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Natural_Resources" title="Alpha Natural Resources">Alpha Natural Resources</a> </td> <td>$38,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>McGuireWoods LLP </td> <td>$38,550 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elliott_Management_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Elliott Management Corporation">Elliott Management Corporation</a> </td> <td>$35,913 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Covington_%26_Burling" title="Covington & Burling">Covington & Burling</a> </td> <td>$36,700 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Koch_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="Koch Industries">Koch Industries</a> </td> <td>$35,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/DLA_Piper" title="DLA Piper">DLA Piper</a> </td> <td>$31,750 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lorillard_Tobacco_Company" title="Lorillard Tobacco Company">Lorillard Tobacco Company</a> </td> <td>$34,715 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bain_Capital" title="Bain Capital">Bain Capital</a> </td> <td>$30,000 </td> <td>Alliance Resource Partners </td> <td>$33,500 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Skadden,_Arps,_Slate,_Meagher_%26_Flom" title="Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom">Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom</a> </td> <td>$28,250 </td> <td>Dominion Resources </td> <td>$31,800 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Patton_Boggs_LLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Patton Boggs LLP">Patton Boggs LLP</a> </td> <td>$26,750 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk Southern">Norfolk Southern</a> </td> <td>$31,550 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Norfolk Southern </td> <td>$26,000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a> </td> <td>$23,750 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Top_industries">Top industries</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Top industries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Tim Kaine </th> <th>Contribution </th> <th>George Allen </th> <th>Contribution </th> <th>Kevin Chisholm </th> <th>Contribution </th> <th>Terrence Modglin </th> <th>Contribution </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawyers" class="mw-redirect" title="Lawyers">Lawyers</a>/<a href="/wiki/Law_firm" title="Law firm">Law Firms</a> </td> <td>$1,297,792 </td> <td>Retired </td> <td>$709,693 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Energy_industry" title="Energy industry">Misc Energy</a> </td> <td>$250 </td> <td>Lawyers/Law Firms </td> <td>$200 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Retired </td> <td>$762,722 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Real_Estate" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Estate">Real Estate</a> </td> <td>$384,038 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Financial_Institutions" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial Institutions">Financial Institutions</a> </td> <td>$477,700 </td> <td>Lawyers/Law Firms </td> <td>$348,459 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Business Services </td> <td>$373,900 </td> <td>Financial Institutions </td> <td>$299,115 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Real Estate </td> <td>$372,829 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Political_action_committee#Leadership" title="Political action committee">Leadership PACs</a> </td> <td>$277,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lobbyists" class="mw-redirect" title="Lobbyists">Lobbyists</a> </td> <td>$287,545 </td> <td>Lobbyists </td> <td>$275,600 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Education </td> <td>$282,475 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">Mining</a> </td> <td>$197,206 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Misc Finance </td> <td>$218,600 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Petroleum_industry" title="Petroleum industry">Oil & Gas</a> </td> <td>$196,400 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Leadership PACs </td> <td>$201,500 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Insurance" title="Insurance">Insurance</a> </td> <td>$159,065 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Entertainment" title="Entertainment">Entertainment</a> industry </td> <td>$156,279 </td> <td>Misc Finance </td> <td>$157,963 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Independent_expenditures">Independent expenditures</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Independent expenditures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In early October 2012, <a href="/wiki/Crossroads_GPS" class="mw-redirect" title="Crossroads GPS">Crossroads GPS</a> announced it would launch a $16 million advertising buy in national races, of which four were this and three other Senate elections.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Predictions">Predictions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Predictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Source </th> <th>Ranking </th> <th>As of </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Cook_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cook Political Report">The Cook Political Report</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 1, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sabato%27s_Crystal_Ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabato's Crystal Ball">Sabato's Crystal Ball</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#ccf" data-sort-value="-2">Lean D </td> <td>November 5, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Rothenberg" title="Stuart Rothenberg">Rothenberg Political Report</a><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 2, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Real_Clear_Politics" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Clear Politics">Real Clear Politics</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 5, 2012 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Polling_2">Polling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Date(s)<br />administered</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Sample<br />size</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Margin of<br />error</span> </th> <th style="width:100px;">Tim<br />Kaine (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">George<br />Allen (R) </th> <th>Other </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-web.archive.org_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-web.archive.org-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>November 10–13, 2010 </td> <td>551 </td> <td>±4.2% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50%</b> </td> <td>44% </td> <td>— </td> <td>6% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>February 24–27, 2011 </td> <td>524 </td> <td>±3.5% </td> <td><b>47%</b> </td> <td><b>47%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>6% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a><sup id="cite_ref-Washington_Post_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Washington_Post-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>April 28 – May 4, 2011 </td> <td>1,040 </td> <td>±3.5% </td> <td><b>46%</b> </td> <td><b>46%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>6% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceC_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceC-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>May 5–8, 2011 </td> <td>547 </td> <td>±4.2% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>46%</b> </td> <td>44% </td> <td>— </td> <td>10% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_University_Polling_Institute" title="Quinnipiac University Polling Institute">Quinnipiac</a><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>June 21–27, 2011 </td> <td>1,434 </td> <td>±2.6% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>43%</b> </td> <td>42% </td> <td>2% </td> <td>11% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceD_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceD-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>July 21–24, 2011 </td> <td>500 </td> <td>±4.4% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>46%</b> </td> <td>43% </td> <td>— </td> <td>11% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_University_Polling_Institute" title="Quinnipiac University Polling Institute">Quinnipiac</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>September 7–12, 2011 </td> <td>1,368 </td> <td>±4.0% </td> <td>44% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>45%</b> </td> <td>1% </td> <td>9% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen Reports</a><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>September 28, 2011 </td> <td>500 </td> <td>±4.5% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>46%</b> </td> <td>45% </td> <td>3% </td> <td>7% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Newport_University" title="Christopher Newport University">CNU</a>/<a href="/w/index.php?title=Times-Dispatch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Times-Dispatch (page does not exist)">Times-Dispatch</a><sup id="cite_ref-CNU/Times-Dispatch_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNU/Times-Dispatch-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 3–8, 2011 </td> <td>1,027 </td> <td>±3.1% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>44%</b> </td> <td>42% </td> <td>3% </td> <td>12% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_University_Polling_Institute" title="Quinnipiac University Polling Institute">Quinnipiac</a><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 3–9, 2011 </td> <td>1,459 </td> <td>±2.6% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>45%</b> </td> <td>44% </td> <td>1% </td> <td>9% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceE_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceE-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>December 10–12, 2011 </td> <td>600 </td> <td>±4.0% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>47%</b> </td> <td>42% </td> <td>— </td> <td>11% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_University_Polling_Institute" title="Quinnipiac University Polling Institute">Quinnipiac</a><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>December 13–19, 2011 </td> <td>1,135 </td> <td>±2.9% </td> <td>42% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>44%</b> </td> <td>1% </td> <td>12% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mason-Dixon_Polling_%26_Research_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc.">Mason-Dixon</a><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>January 16–18, 2012 </td> <td>625 </td> <td>±3.9% </td> <td><b>46%</b> </td> <td><b>46%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>8% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_University_Polling_Institute" title="Quinnipiac University Polling Institute">Quinnipiac</a><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>February 1–6, 2012 </td> <td>1,544 </td> <td>±2.5% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>45%</b> </td> <td>44% </td> <td>1% </td> <td>9% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Newport_University" title="Christopher Newport University">CNU</a>/<a href="/w/index.php?title=Times-Dispatch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Times-Dispatch (page does not exist)">Times-Dispatch</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceF_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceF-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>February 4–13, 2012 </td> <td>1,018 </td> <td>±3.1% </td> <td>40% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>42%</b> </td> <td>2% </td> <td>16% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen Reports</a><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>February 21, 2012 </td> <td>500 </td> <td>±4.5% </td> <td><b>46%</b> </td> <td><b>46%</b> </td> <td>3% </td> <td>5% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_College" title="Roanoke College">Roanoke College</a><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>February 13–26, 2012 </td> <td>607 </td> <td>±4.0% </td> <td>37% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>45%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>19% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/NBC_News" title="NBC News">NBC News</a>/<a href="/wiki/Marist_Poll" title="Marist Poll">Marist</a><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>February 29 – March 2, 2012 </td> <td>2,518 </td> <td>±2% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>48%</b> </td> <td>39% </td> <td>— </td> <td>14% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_University_Polling_Institute" title="Quinnipiac University Polling Institute">Quinnipiac</a><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>March 13–18, 2012 </td> <td>1,034 </td> <td>±3.1% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>47%</b> </td> <td>44% </td> <td>1% </td> <td>8% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen Reports</a><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>March 20, 2012 </td> <td>500 </td> <td>±4.5% </td> <td>44% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>46%</b> </td> <td>3% </td> <td>7% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_College" title="Roanoke College">Roanoke College</a><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>March 26 – April 5, 2012 </td> <td>537 </td> <td>±4.2% </td> <td>39% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>46%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>15% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen Reports</a><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>April 23, 2012 </td> <td>500 </td> <td>±4.5% </td> <td>45% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>46%</b> </td> <td>4% </td> <td>5% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>April 26–29, 2012 </td> <td>680 </td> <td>±3.8% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>46%</b> </td> <td>45% </td> <td>— </td> <td>9% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>April 28 – May 2, 2012 </td> <td>964 </td> <td>±4% </td> <td><b>46%</b> </td> <td><b>46%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>8% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Marist_Poll" title="Marist Poll">Marist</a><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>May 17–20, 2012 </td> <td>1,076 </td> <td>±3% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49%</b> </td> <td>43% </td> <td>— </td> <td>9% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen Reports</a><sup id="cite_ref-Rasmussen_Reports_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rasmussen_Reports-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>June 3, 2012 </td> <td>500 </td> <td>±4.5% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>46%</b> </td> <td>44% </td> <td>3% </td> <td>6% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_University_Polling_Institute" title="Quinnipiac University Polling Institute">Quinnipiac</a><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>May 30 – June 4, 2012 </td> <td>1,282 </td> <td>±2.7% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>44%</b> </td> <td>43% </td> <td>2% </td> <td>10% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/We_Ask_America" class="mw-redirect" title="We Ask America">We Ask America</a><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>June 25, 2012 </td> <td>1,106 </td> <td>±2.95% </td> <td>35% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>44%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>21% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>July 5–8, 2012 </td> <td>647 </td> <td>±3.9% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>46%</b> </td> <td>44% </td> <td>— </td> <td>11% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_University_Polling_Institute" title="Quinnipiac University Polling Institute">Quinnipiac</a><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>July 10–16, 2012 </td> <td>1,673 </td> <td>±2.4% </td> <td>44% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>46%</b> </td> <td>1% </td> <td>10% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen Reports</a><sup id="cite_ref-Rasmussen_Reports_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rasmussen_Reports-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>July 16–17, 2012 </td> <td>500 </td> <td>±4.5% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>46%</b> </td> <td>45% </td> <td>5% </td> <td>5% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_University_Polling_Institute" title="Quinnipiac University Polling Institute">Quinnipiac</a><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>July 31 – August 6, 2012 </td> <td>1,412 </td> <td>±2.6% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>48%</b> </td> <td>46% </td> <td>— </td> <td>6% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen Reports</a><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>August 7, 2012 </td> <td>500 </td> <td>±4.5% </td> <td><b>46%</b> </td> <td><b>46%</b> </td> <td>2% </td> <td>6% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>August 16–19, 2012 </td> <td>855 </td> <td>±3.4% </td> <td><b>46%</b> </td> <td><b>46%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>9% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen Reports</a><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>August 23, 2012 </td> <td>500 </td> <td>±4.5% </td> <td><b>45%</b> </td> <td><b>45%</b> </td> <td>2% </td> <td>8% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gravis_Marketing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gravis Marketing (page does not exist)">Gravis Marketing</a><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>September 8–9, 2012 </td> <td>2,238 </td> <td>±2.2% </td> <td>43% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>48%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>10% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>/<a href="/wiki/WSJ" class="mw-redirect" title="WSJ">WSJ</a>/<a href="/wiki/Marist_Poll" title="Marist Poll">Marist Poll</a><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>September 9–11, 2012 </td> <td>996 </td> <td>±3.1% </td> <td><b>46%</b> </td> <td><b>46%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>8% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen Reports</a><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>September 13, 2012 </td> <td>500 </td> <td>±4.5% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>47%</b> </td> <td>45% </td> <td>2% </td> <td>6% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>September 12–16, 2012 </td> <td>847 </td> <td>±4% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51%</b> </td> <td>43% </td> <td>3% </td> <td>4% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>September 13–16, 2012 </td> <td>1,021 </td> <td>±3.1% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>47%</b> </td> <td>46% </td> <td>— </td> <td>7% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>/<a href="/wiki/NYT" class="mw-redirect" title="NYT">NYT</a>/<a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_University_Polling_Institute" title="Quinnipiac University Polling Institute">Quinnipiac</a><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>September 11–17, 2012 </td> <td>1,485 </td> <td>±2.5% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51%</b> </td> <td>44% </td> <td>— </td> <td>5% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=FOX_NEWS_Poll&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FOX NEWS Poll (page does not exist)">FOX NEWS Poll</a><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>September 16–18, 2012 </td> <td>1,006 </td> <td>±3% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>47%</b> </td> <td>43% </td> <td>1% </td> <td>9% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gravis_Marketing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gravis Marketing (page does not exist)">Gravis Marketing</a><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>September 17, 2012 </td> <td>2,238 </td> <td>±2.2% </td> <td>43% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>48%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>9% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Huffpost_Politics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Huffpost Politics (page does not exist)">Huffpost Politics</a><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>September 20, 2012 </td> <td>1,000 </td> <td>±3% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>46%</b> </td> <td>45% </td> <td>— </td> <td>9% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Suffolk_University" title="Suffolk University">Suffolk University</a><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>September 24–26, 2012 </td> <td>600 </td> <td>±4% </td> <td><b>44%</b> </td> <td><b>44%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>12% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>/<a href="/wiki/WSJ" class="mw-redirect" title="WSJ">WSJ</a>/<a href="/wiki/Marist_Poll" title="Marist Poll">Marist Poll</a><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>September 30 – October 1, 2012 </td> <td>969 </td> <td>±3.1% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49%</b> </td> <td>44% </td> <td>1% </td> <td>7% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen Reports</a><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 4, 2012 </td> <td>500 </td> <td>±4.5% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52%</b> </td> <td>45% </td> <td>— </td> <td>3% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 4–7, 2012 </td> <td>725 </td> <td>±3.6% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51%</b> </td> <td>44% </td> <td>— </td> <td>5% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>/<a href="/wiki/NYT" class="mw-redirect" title="NYT">NYT</a>/<a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_University_Polling_Institute" title="Quinnipiac University Polling Institute">Quinnipiac</a><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 4–9, 2012 </td> <td>1,288 </td> <td>±2.7% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51%</b> </td> <td>44% </td> <td>— </td> <td>5% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/We_Ask_America" class="mw-redirect" title="We Ask America">We Ask America</a><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 7–9, 2012 </td> <td>1,296 </td> <td>±2.9% </td> <td>41% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>46%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>13% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>/<a href="/wiki/WSJ" class="mw-redirect" title="WSJ">WSJ</a>/<a href="/wiki/Marist_Poll" title="Marist Poll">Marist Poll</a><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 7–9, 2012 </td> <td>981 </td> <td>±3.1% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>47%</b> </td> <td>46% </td> <td>— </td> <td>7% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen Reports</a><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 11, 2012 </td> <td>750 </td> <td>±4.0% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>48%</b> </td> <td>47% </td> <td>1% </td> <td>4% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Old_Dominion_University" title="Old Dominion University">Old Dominion University</a><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>September 19 – October 17, 2012 </td> <td>465 </td> <td>±3.4% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50%</b> </td> <td>43% </td> <td>— </td> <td>6% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen Reports</a><sup id="cite_ref-rasmussenreports.com_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rasmussenreports.com-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 18, 2012 </td> <td>500 </td> <td>±4.0% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49%</b> </td> <td>48% </td> <td>3% </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen Reports</a><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 24, 2012 </td> <td>750 </td> <td>±4.0% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49%</b> </td> <td>48% </td> <td>3% </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 22–26, 2012 </td> <td>1,228 </td> <td>±3.5% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51%</b> </td> <td>44% </td> <td>— </td> <td>5% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_College" title="Roanoke College">Roanoke College</a><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 23–26, 2012 </td> <td>638 </td> <td>±4.0% </td> <td>42% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>47%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>10% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gravis_Marketing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gravis Marketing (page does not exist)">Gravis Marketing</a><sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 26, 2012 </td> <td>645 </td> <td>±3.9% </td> <td>46% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>48%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>5% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>/<a href="/wiki/NYT" class="mw-redirect" title="NYT">NYT</a>/<a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_University_Polling_Institute" title="Quinnipiac University Polling Institute">Quinnipiac</a><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 23–28, 2012 </td> <td>1,074 </td> <td>±3% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50%</b> </td> <td>46% </td> <td>— </td> <td>4% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a>/<a href="/wiki/Ipsos" title="Ipsos">Ipsos</a><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2">October 29–31, 2012 </td> <td>703 </td> <td>±4.2% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>47%</b> </td> <td>45% </td> <td>1% </td> <td>7% </td></tr> <tr> <td>855 </td> <td>±3.8% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50%</b> </td> <td>38% </td> <td>1% </td> <td>11% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=WeAskAmerica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WeAskAmerica (page does not exist)">WeAskAmerica</a><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 30 – November 1, 2012 </td> <td>1,069 </td> <td>±3% </td> <td><b>50%</b> </td> <td><b>50%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>/<a href="/wiki/WSJ" class="mw-redirect" title="WSJ">WSJ</a>/<a href="/wiki/Marist_Poll" title="Marist Poll">Marist</a><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>November 1–2, 2012 </td> <td>1,165 </td> <td>±2.9% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49%</b> </td> <td>46% </td> <td>— </td> <td>4% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>November 3–4, 2012 </td> <td>975 </td> <td>±3.1% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52%</b> </td> <td>46% </td> <td>— </td> <td>2% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen Reports</a><sup id="cite_ref-rasmussenreports.com_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rasmussenreports.com-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td> <td>750 </td> <td>±4% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49%</b> </td> <td>47% </td> <td>1% </td> <td>4% </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="background:#cff">Hypothetical polling</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="border:solid 1px silver; padding:8px; background:white;"> <p><b>Democratic primary</b><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Date(s)<br />administered</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Sample<br />size</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Margin of<br />error</span> </th> <th style="width:75px;">Rick<br />Boucher </th> <th style="width:75px;">Tim<br />Kaine </th> <th style="width:75px;">Tom<br />Perriello </th> <th style="width:75px;">Gerry<br />Connolly </th> <th style="width:75px;">Glenn<br />Nye </th> <th style="width:75px;">Bobby<br />Scott </th> <th style="width:75px;">Doug<br />Wilder </th> <th>Other/<br />Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2">February 24–27, 2011 </td> <td rowspan="2">400 </td> <td rowspan="2">±4.9% </td> <td>9% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>53%</b> </td> <td>9% </td> <td>3% </td> <td>1% </td> <td>9% </td> <td>8% </td> <td>9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>11% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>65%</b> </td> <td>15% </td> <td colspan="4"><span style="font-size:85%;">N/A</span> </td> <td>9% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>General election</b><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Date(s)<br />administered</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Sample<br />size</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Margin of<br />error</span> </th> <th style="width:100px;">Tim<br />Kaine (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Bob<br />Marshall (R) </th> <th>Other </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>February 24–27, 2011 </td> <td>524 </td> <td>±3.5% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49%</b> </td> <td>35% </td> <td>— </td> <td>16% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Newport_University" title="Christopher Newport University">CNU</a>/<a href="/w/index.php?title=Times-Dispatch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Times-Dispatch (page does not exist)">Times-Dispatch</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceF_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceF-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>February 4–13, 2012 </td> <td>1,018 </td> <td>±3.1% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>39%</b> </td> <td>28% </td> <td>4% </td> <td>29% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>April 26–29, 2012 </td> <td>680 </td> <td>±3.8% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49%</b> </td> <td>36% </td> <td>— </td> <td>15% </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Date(s)<br />administered</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Sample<br />size</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Margin of<br />error</span> </th> <th style="width:100px;">Tim<br />Kaine (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Jamie<br />Radtke (R) </th> <th>Other </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_51-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>February 24–27, 2011 </td> <td>524 </td> <td>±3.5% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49%</b> </td> <td>33% </td> <td>— </td> <td>17% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a><sup id="cite_ref-Washington_Post_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Washington_Post-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>April 28 – May 4, 2011 </td> <td>1,040 </td> <td>±3.5% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>57%</b> </td> <td>31% </td> <td>1% </td> <td>9% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceC_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceC-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>May 5–8, 2011 </td> <td>547 </td> <td>±4.2% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49%</b> </td> <td>33% </td> <td>— </td> <td>18% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceD_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceD-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>July 21–24, 2011 </td> <td>500 </td> <td>±4.4% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>47%</b> </td> <td>31% </td> <td>— </td> <td>22% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Newport_University" title="Christopher Newport University">CNU</a>/<a href="/w/index.php?title=Times-Dispatch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Times-Dispatch (page does not exist)">Times-Dispatch</a><sup id="cite_ref-CNU/Times-Dispatch_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNU/Times-Dispatch-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>October 3–8, 2011 </td> <td>1,027 </td> <td>±3.1% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>46%</b> </td> <td>32% </td> <td>3% </td> <td>19% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceE_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceE-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>December 10–12, 2011 </td> <td>600 </td> <td>±4.0% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49%</b> </td> <td>33% </td> <td>— </td> <td>19% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Newport_University" title="Christopher Newport University">CNU</a>/<a href="/w/index.php?title=Times-Dispatch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Times-Dispatch (page does not exist)">Times-Dispatch</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceF_64-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceF-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>February 4–13, 2012 </td> <td>1,018 </td> <td>±3.1% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>40%</b> </td> <td>26% </td> <td>3% </td> <td>31% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>April 26–29, 2012 </td> <td>680 </td> <td>±3.8% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50%</b> </td> <td>35% </td> <td>— </td> <td>15% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>with Rick Boucher</b><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Date(s)<br />administered</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Sample<br />size</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Margin of<br />error</span> </th> <th style="width:100px;">Rick<br />Boucher (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">George<br />Allen (R) </th> <th>Other </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_51-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>February 24–27, 2011 </td> <td>524 </td> <td>±3.5 </td> <td>42% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>47%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>11% </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Date(s)<br />administered</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Sample<br />size</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Margin of<br />error</span> </th> <th style="width:100px;">Rick<br />Boucher (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Bob<br />Marshall (R) </th> <th>Other </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_51-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>February 24–27, 2011 </td> <td>524 </td> <td>±3.5% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>40%</b> </td> <td>32% </td> <td>— </td> <td>28% </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Date(s)<br />administered</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Sample<br />size</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Margin of<br />error</span> </th> <th style="width:100px;">Rick<br />Boucher (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Jamie<br />Radtke (R) </th> <th>Other </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_51-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>February 24–27, 2011 </td> <td>524 </td> <td>±3.5% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>40%</b> </td> <td>29% </td> <td>— </td> <td>31% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>with Tom Perriello</b><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Date(s)<br />administered</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Sample<br />size</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Margin of<br />error</span> </th> <th style="width:100px;">Tom<br />Perriello (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">George<br />Allen (R) </th> <th>Other </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-web.archive.org_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-web.archive.org-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>November 10–13, 2010 </td> <td>551 </td> <td>±4.2% </td> <td>42% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>47%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>11% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_51-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>February 24–27, 2011 </td> <td>524 </td> <td>±3.5% </td> <td>41% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>48%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>11% </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Date(s)<br />administered</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Sample<br />size</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Margin of<br />error</span> </th> <th style="width:100px;">Tom<br />Perriello (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Bob<br />Marshall (R) </th> <th>Other </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_51-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>February 24–27, 2011 </td> <td>524 </td> <td>±3.5% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>39%</b> </td> <td>35% </td> <td>— </td> <td>26% </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Date(s)<br />administered</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Sample<br />size</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Margin of<br />error</span> </th> <th style="width:100px;">Tom<br />Periello (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Jamie<br />Radtke (R) </th> <th>Other </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_51-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>February 24–27, 2011 </td> <td>524 </td> <td>±3.5% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>40%</b> </td> <td>32% </td> <td>— </td> <td>28% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>with Bobby Scott</b><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Date(s)<br />administered</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Sample<br />size</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Margin of<br />error</span> </th> <th style="width:100px;">Bobby<br />Scott (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">George<br />Allen (R) </th> <th>Other </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceC_53-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceC-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>May 5–8, 2011 </td> <td>547 </td> <td>±4.2% </td> <td>39% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>44%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>17% </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Date(s)<br />administered</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Sample<br />size</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Margin of<br />error</span> </th> <th style="width:100px;">Bobby<br />Scott (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Jamie<br />Radtke (R) </th> <th>Other </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceC_53-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceC-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>May 5–8, 2011 </td> <td>547 </td> <td>±4.2% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>39%</b> </td> <td>34% </td> <td>— </td> <td>27% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>with Jim Webb</b><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Date(s)<br />administered</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Sample<br />size</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Margin of<br />error</span> </th> <th style="width:100px;">Jim<br />Webb (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">George<br />Allen (R) </th> <th>Other </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>July 31 – August 3, 2009 </td> <td>579 </td> <td>— </td> <td>43% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>44%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>13% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-web.archive.org_50-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-web.archive.org-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>November 10–13, 2010 </td> <td>551 </td> <td>±4.2% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49%</b> </td> <td>45% </td> <td>— </td> <td>6% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clarus_Research_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clarus Research Group (page does not exist)">Clarus Research Group</a><sup id="cite_ref-Clarus_Research_Group_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clarus_Research_Group-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>December 7–9, 2010 </td> <td>600 </td> <td>±4.0% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>41%</b> </td> <td>40% </td> <td>— </td> <td>19% </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Date(s)<br />administered</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Sample<br />size</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Margin of<br />error</span> </th> <th style="width:100px;">Jim<br />Webb (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Bill<br />Bolling (R) </th> <th>Other </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a><sup id="cite_ref-web.archive.org_50-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-web.archive.org-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>November 10–13, 2010 </td> <td>551 </td> <td>±4.2% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>48%</b> </td> <td>39% </td> <td>— </td> <td>12% </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Date(s)<br />administered</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Sample<br />size</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Margin of<br />error</span> </th> <th style="width:100px;">Jim<br />Webb (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Bob<br />McDonnell (R) </th> <th>Other </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clarus_Research_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clarus Research Group (page does not exist)">Clarus Research Group</a><sup id="cite_ref-Clarus_Research_Group_113-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clarus_Research_Group-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>December 7–9, 2010 </td> <td>600 </td> <td>±4.0% </td> <td>39% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>42%</b> </td> <td>— </td> <td>19% </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Results_2">Results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>United States Senate election in Virginia, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Kaine" title="Tim Kaine">Tim Kaine</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,010,067 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.83% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+3.24% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(American_politician)" title="George Allen (American politician)">George Allen</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,785,542 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.92% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.28% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: white; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">9,410 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.25% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.15% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>3,805,019 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #3333FF;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Counties_and_independent_cities_that_flipped_from_Democratic_to_Republican">Counties and independent cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Counties and independent cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buchanan_County,_Virginia" title="Buchanan County, Virginia">Buchanan</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Grundy,_Virginia" title="Grundy, Virginia">Grundy</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickenson_County,_Virginia" title="Dickenson County, Virginia">Dickenson</a> (largest borough: <a href="/wiki/Clintwood,_Virginia" title="Clintwood, Virginia">Clintwood</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alleghany_County,_Virginia" title="Alleghany County, Virginia">Alleghany</a> (largest borough: <a href="/wiki/Clifton_Forge,_Virginia" title="Clifton Forge, Virginia">Clinfton Forge</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_County,_Virginia" title="Russell County, Virginia">Russell</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_Virginia" title="Lebanon, Virginia">Lebanon</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norton,_Virginia" title="Norton, Virginia">Norton</a> (Independent city)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Counties_and_independent_cities_that_flipped_from_Republican_to_Democratic">Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buckingham_County,_Virginia" title="Buckingham County, Virginia">Buckingham</a> (largest borough: <a href="/wiki/Buckingham,_Virginia" title="Buckingham, Virginia">Buckingham</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia">Chesapeake</a> (independent city)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_Virginia" title="Essex County, Virginia">Essex</a> (largest borough: <a href="/wiki/Tappahannock,_Virginia" title="Tappahannock, Virginia">Tappahannock</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisonburg,_Virginia" title="Harrisonburg, Virginia">Harrisonburg</a> (independent city)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henrico_County,_Virginia" title="Henrico County, Virginia">Henrico</a> (largest borough: <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopewell,_Virginia" title="Hopewell, Virginia">Hopewell</a> (independent city)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manassas,_Virginia" title="Manassas, Virginia">Manassas</a> (independent city)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staunton,_Virginia" title="Staunton, Virginia">Staunton</a> (independent city)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_Virginia" title="Winchester, Virginia">Winchester</a> (independent city)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach</a> (Independent city)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_County,_Virginia" title="Prince Edward County, Virginia">Prince Edward</a> (largest municipality: <a href="/wiki/Farmville,_Virginia" title="Farmville, Virginia">Farmville</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Virginia" title="Danville, Virginia">Danville</a> (independent city)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_congressional_district">By congressional district</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: By congressional district"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kaine won 6 of 11 congressional districts, including three held by Republicans.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>District </th> <th>Allen </th> <th>Kaine </th> <th>Representative </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <th style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><span data-sort-value="Virginia01 !"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 1st congressional district">1st</a></span> </th> <td><b>52.75%</b> </td> <td>47.25% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Rob_Wittman" title="Rob Wittman">Rob Wittman</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><span data-sort-value="Virginia02 !"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a></span> </th> <td>47.94% </td> <td><b>52.06%</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Rigell" title="Scott Rigell">Scott Rigell</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><span data-sort-value="Virginia03 !"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 3rd congressional district">3rd</a></span> </th> <td>20.65% </td> <td><b>79.35%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Scott" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert C. Scott">Robert C. Scott</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><span data-sort-value="Virginia04 !"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 4th congressional district">4th</a></span> </th> <td>49.92% </td> <td><b>50.08%</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Randy_Forbes" title="Randy Forbes">Randy Forbes</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><span data-sort-value="Virginia05 !"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 5th congressional district">5th</a></span> </th> <td><b>52.96%</b> </td> <td>47.04% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hurt_(politician)" title="Robert Hurt (politician)">Robert Hurt</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><span data-sort-value="Virginia06 !"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 6th congressional district">6th</a></span> </th> <td><b>59.04%</b> </td> <td>40.96% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Goodlatte" title="Bob Goodlatte">Bob Goodlatte</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><span data-sort-value="Virginia07 !"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 7th congressional district">7th</a></span> </th> <td><b>55.17%</b> </td> <td>44.83% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Cantor" title="Eric Cantor">Eric Cantor</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><span data-sort-value="Virginia08 !"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 8th congressional district">8th</a></span> </th> <td>30.54% </td> <td><b>69.46%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Moran" title="Jim Moran">Jim Moran</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><span data-sort-value="Virginia09 !"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 9th congressional district">9th</a></span> </th> <td><b>61.86%</b> </td> <td>38.14% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Griffith" title="Morgan Griffith">Morgan Griffith</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><span data-sort-value="Virginia10 !"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 10th congressional district">10th</a></span> </th> <td>49.55% </td> <td><b>50.45%</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Wolf_(politician)" title="Frank Wolf (politician)">Frank Wolf</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><span data-sort-value="Virginia11 !"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 11th congressional district">11th</a></span> </th> <td>36.24% </td> <td><b>63.76%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Connolly" title="Gerry Connolly">Gerry Connolly</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hank_the_Cat" title="Hank the Cat">Hank the Cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2012 United States Senate elections">2012 United States Senate elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">2012 United States House of Representatives elections in 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href="#cite_ref-66">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://roanoke.edu/Documents/rcpoll/frequencies.Politics.Feb2012.pdf">Roanoke College</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120304202826/http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/04/10571792-nbc-newsmarist-poll-santorum-romney-neck-and-neck-in-ohio">NBC News/Marist</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/virginia/release-detail?ReleaseID=1721">Quinnipiac</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120320202114/http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/virginia/release-detail?ReleaseID=1721">Archived</a> March 20, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/archive/election_2012_archive/virginia/virginia_senate_allen_r_46_kaine_d_44">Rasmussen Reports</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120411192700/http://roanoke.edu/News_and_Events/Campus_News/April_Roanoke_College_Poll.htm">Roanoke College</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/archive/election_2012_archive/virginia/virginia_senate_allen_r_46_kaine_d_45">Rasmussen Reports</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-72">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/virginia-voters-all-knotted-up-in-us-senate-race/2012/05/08/gIQAxJpFBU_graphic.html">Washington Post</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120525045925/http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A_Politics/_Today_Stories_Teases/NBC%20News-Marist_Poll_Virginia.pdf">Marist</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rasmussen_Reports-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Rasmussen_Reports_74-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rasmussen_Reports_74-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/archive/election_2012_archive/virginia/virginia_senate_kaine_d_46_allen_r_44">Rasmussen Reports</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-75">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/virginia/release-detail?ReleaseID=1759">Quinnipiac</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120606204332/http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/virginia/release-detail?ReleaseID=1759">Archived</a> June 6, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120626142156/http://weaskamerica.com/2012/06/26/va-co/">We Ask America</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-77">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_VA_071112.pdf">Public Policy Polling</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-78">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/virginia/release-detail?ReleaseID=1778">Quinnipiac</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120925070326/http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/virginia/release-detail?ReleaseID=1778">Archived</a> September 25, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/presidential-swing-states-%28co-va-and-wi%29/release-detail?ReleaseID=1786">Quinnipiac</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120913072521/http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/presidential-swing-states-%28co-va-and-wi%29/release-detail?ReleaseID=1786">Archived</a> September 13, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/archive/election_2012_archive/virginia/virginia_senate_allen_r_46_kaine_d_46">Rasmussen Reports</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_VA_82312.pdf">Public Policy Polling</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/archive/election_2012_archive/virginia/virginia_senate_allen_r_45_kaine_d_45">Rasmussen Reports</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/2012/Gravis_VA_0911.pdf">Gravis Marketing</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120914220220/http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A_Politics/_Today_Stories_Teases/virginia_poll_september.pdf">NBC/WSJ/Marist Poll</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/archive/election_2012_archive/virginia/virginia_senate_kaine_d_47_allen_r_45">Rasmussen Reports</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postVApoll_20120916.html">Washington Post</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_VA_917.pdf">Public Policy Polling</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-88"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-88">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/presidential-swing-states-(co-va-and-wi)/release-detail?ReleaseID=1799">CBS/NYT/Quinnipiac</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120927031655/http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/presidential-swing-states-%28co-va-and-wi%29/release-detail?ReleaseID=1799">Archived</a> September 27, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-89"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-89">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120920080531/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2012/09/19/likely-voters-in-virginia-favor-obama-over-romney/">FOX NEWS Poll</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-90"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-90">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/105595307/Virginia-Polling-Gravis-Marketing-9-11-12/">Gravis Marketing</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-91"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-91">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2012-virginia-senate-allen-vs-kaine/">Huffpost Politics</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120904110105/http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2012-virginia-senate-allen-vs-kaine">Archived</a> September 4, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-92"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-92">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/2012/Suffolk_VA_0927.pdf">Suffolk University</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-93"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-93">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021021629/http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A_Politics/_Today_Stories_Teases/Marist-VA-10-3.pdf">NBC/WSJ/Marist Poll</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-94"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-94">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/archive/election_2012_archive/virginia/virginia_senate_kaine_d_52_allen_r_45">Rasmussen Reports</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-95"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-95">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_VAWI_1008.pdf">Public Policy Polling</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-96"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-96">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/10/11/us/politics/qunnipiac-new-york-times-cbs-poll-results.html">CBS/NYT/Quinnipiac</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-97"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-97">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121014011831/http://weaskamerica.com/2012/10/11/lane-changers/">We Ask America</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-98"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-98">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021010041/http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/news/Marist%20VA%2010-12.pdf">NBC/WSJ/Marist Poll</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-99"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-99">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/archive/election_2012_archive/virginia/virginia_senate_kaine_d_48_allen_r_47">Rasmussen Reports</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-100"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-100">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hamptonroads.com/2012/10/obamas-still-virginia-romneys-closing-gap">Old Dominion University</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rasmussenreports.com-101"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-rasmussenreports.com_101-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rasmussenreports.com_101-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_senate_elections/virginia/election_2012_virginia_senate">Rasmussen Reports</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-102"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-102">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/archive/election_2012_archive/virginia/virginia_senate_kaine_d_49_allen_r_482">Rasmussen Reports</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-103"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-103">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postVApoll_20121026.html">Washington Post</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-104"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-104">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121031202001/http://roanoke.edu/News_and_Events/Campus_News/RC_Poll_October_31_2012.htm">Roanoke College</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-105"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-105">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gravispolls.com/2012/10/virginia-presidential-and-senate-poll.html">Gravis Marketing</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121030000442/http://www.gravispolls.com/2012/10/virginia-presidential-and-senate-poll.html">Archived</a> October 30, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-106"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-106">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/111619086/Quinn-10-31-FL-OH-VA?secret_password=2l8php1ck5l2c2wr8j6x">CBS/NYT/Quinnipiac</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-107"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-107">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/ipsosstate103112.pdf">Reuters/Ipsos</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-108"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-108">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103235512/http://weaskamerica.com/2012/11/02/hot-off-the-presses-2/">WeAskAmerica</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-109"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-109">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121119074327/http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A_Politics/_Today_Stories_Teases/Nov_Virginia_poll.pdf">NBC/WSJ/Marist</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-110"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-110">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_ReleaseOHVA_1104.pdf">Public Policy Polling</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-111"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-111">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110504105322/http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_VA_0307.pdf">Public Policy Polling</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-112"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-112">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/surveys/2009_Archives/allenwebbtoplines.pdf">Public Policy Polling</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged May 2019">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li 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States House of Representatives elections in Idaho">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">Illinois</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois%27s_2nd_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Illinois's 2nd congressional district special election">2nd sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Indiana" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Iowa" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Kansas" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Kentucky" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky">Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Kentucky%27s_4th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Kentucky's 4th congressional district special election">4th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Maine" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Maryland" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Michigan" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan">Michigan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Michigan%27s_11th_congressional_district_election" title="2012 Michigan's 11th congressional district election">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Michigan%27s_11th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2012 Michigan's 11th congressional district special election">11th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Mississippi" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Missouri" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Montana" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Nebraska" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Nevada" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_Hampshire" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_Jersey" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey">New Jersey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_New_Jersey%27s_10th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2012 New Jersey's 10th congressional district special election">10th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_Mexico" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_York" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_North_Carolina" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_North_Dakota" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Oklahoma" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Oregon" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon">Oregon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Oregon%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" title="2012 Oregon's 1st congressional district special election">1st sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Pennsylvania" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Puerto_Rican_general_election" title="2012 Puerto Rican general election">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Rhode_Island" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_South_Carolina" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Tennessee" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Texas" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Utah" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Vermont" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_United_States_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in United States Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Washington" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington">Washington</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Washington%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Washington's 1st congressional district special election">1st sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_West_Virginia" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia">West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Wyoming" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming">Wyoming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_gubernatorial_elections" title="2012 United States gubernatorial elections">Governors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_American_Samoa_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 American Samoa gubernatorial election">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Delaware_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Delaware gubernatorial election">Delaware</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Delaware_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election">Lt. Gov</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Indiana_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Indiana gubernatorial election">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Missouri_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Missouri gubernatorial election">Missouri</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Missouri_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election">Lt. Gov</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Montana_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Montana gubernatorial election">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_New_Hampshire_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 New Hampshire gubernatorial election">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 North Carolina gubernatorial election">North Carolina</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_North_Carolina_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election">Lt. Gov</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_North_Dakota_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 North Dakota gubernatorial election">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Puerto_Rican_general_election" title="2012 Puerto Rican general election">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Utah_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Utah gubernatorial election">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Vermont_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Vermont gubernatorial election">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Washington_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Washington gubernatorial election">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_West_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 West Virginia gubernatorial election">West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_recall_election" title="2012 Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election">Wisconsin (recall)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:2012_United_States_Attorney_General_elections" title="Category:2012 United States Attorney General elections">Attorneys<br />general</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Missouri_Attorney_General_election" title="2012 Missouri Attorney General election">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2012 North Carolina Attorney General election">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Pennsylvania_Attorney_General_election" title="2012 Pennsylvania Attorney General election">Pennsylvania</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other<br />statewide<br />elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Wisconsin <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_lieutenant_gubernatorial_recall_election" title="2012 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial recall election">Lieutenant Governor (recall)</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2012 United States state legislative elections">State<br />legislatures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Arizona <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Arizona_Senate_election" title="2012 Arizona Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>California <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_California_State_Assembly_election" title="2012 California State Assembly election">Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_California_State_Senate_election" title="2012 California State Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Connecticut <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Connecticut_Senate_election" title="2012 Connecticut Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Delaware <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Delaware_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Delaware House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Delaware_Senate_election" title="2012 Delaware Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Florida <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Florida_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Florida House of Representatives election">House</a></li></ul></li> <li>Hawaii <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Hawaii_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Hawaii House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Hawaii_Senate_election" title="2012 Hawaii Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Illinois <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Illinois House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2012 Illinois Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Iowa <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Iowa_Senate_election" title="2012 Iowa Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Michigan <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Michigan_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Michigan House of Representatives election">House</a></li></ul></li> <li>Minnesota <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Minnesota House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2012 Minnesota Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Montana <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Montana_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Montana House of Representatives election">House</a></li></ul></li> <li>New Mexico <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_New_Mexico_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 New Mexico House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_New_Mexico_Senate_election" title="2012 New Mexico Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>New York <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_New_York_State_Senate_election" title="2012 New York State Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>North Carolina <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 North Carolina House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_North_Carolina_Senate_election" title="2012 North Carolina Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Oregon <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Oregon_legislative_election" title="2012 Oregon legislative election">Legislative Assembly</a></li></ul></li> <li>Pennsylvania <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Pennsylvania_Senate_election" title="2012 Pennsylvania Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Texas <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Texas_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Texas House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Texas_State_Senate_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Texas State Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Washington <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Washington_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Washington House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Washington_State_Senate_election" title="2012 Washington State Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Wisconsin <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_State_Assembly_election" title="2012 Wisconsin State Assembly election">Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_Senate_election" title="2012 Wisconsin Senate election">Senate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections" title="2012 Wisconsin Senate recall elections">recalls</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Wyoming <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wyoming_Senate_election" title="2012 Wyoming Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mayoral</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Alexandria,_Virginia_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Alexandria, Virginia mayoral election">Alexandria, VA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Anchorage_mayoral_election" title="2012 Anchorage mayoral election">Anchorage, AK</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Augusta_mayoral_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Augusta mayoral election (page does not exist)">Augusta, GA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Austin_mayoral_election" title="2012 Austin mayoral election">Austin, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Bakersfield,_California_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Bakersfield, California mayoral election">Bakersfield, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Baton_Rouge_mayoral_election" title="2012 Baton Rouge mayoral election">Baton Rouge, LA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Cheyenne_mayoral_election" title="2012 Cheyenne mayoral election">Cheyenne, WY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Corpus_Christi_mayoral_election" title="2012 Corpus Christi mayoral election">Corpus Christi, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Fort_Lauderdale_mayoral_election" title="2012 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election">Fort Lauderdale, FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Fresno_mayoral_election" title="2012 Fresno mayoral election">Fresno, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Glendale,_Arizona_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Glendale, Arizona mayoral election">Glendale, AZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Honolulu_mayoral_election" title="2012 Honolulu mayoral election">Honolulu, HI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Huntsville_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Huntsville mayoral election">Huntsville, AL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Irvine_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Irvine mayoral election">Irvine, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Juneau_mayoral_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Juneau mayoral election (page does not exist)">Juneau, AK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Lubbock_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Lubbock mayoral election">Lubbock, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Mesa_mayoral_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Mesa mayoral election (page does not exist)">Mesa, AZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Miami-Dade_County_mayoral_election" title="2012 Miami-Dade County mayoral election">Miami-Dade County, FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Milwaukee_mayoral_election" title="2012 Milwaukee mayoral election">Milwaukee, WI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Orlando_mayoral_election" title="2012 Orlando mayoral election">Orlando, FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Portland,_Oregon_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Portland, Oregon mayoral election">Portland, OR</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Richmond_mayoral_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Richmond mayoral election (page does not exist)">Richmond, VA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Riverside,_California_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Riverside, California mayoral election">Riverside, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Sacramento_mayoral_election" title="2012 Sacramento mayoral election">Sacramento, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_San_Diego_mayoral_election" title="2012 San Diego mayoral election">San Diego, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 San Juan, Puerto Rico mayoral election">San Juan, PR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayoral_elections_in_Santa_Ana,_California#2012" title="Mayoral elections in Santa Ana, California">Santa Ana, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Stockton,_California_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Stockton, California mayoral election">Stockton, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Virginia_Beach_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Virginia Beach mayoral election">Virginia Beach, VA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wilmington_mayoral_election" title="2012 Wilmington mayoral election">Wilmington, DE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">States and<br />territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Alabama_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Alabama elections (page does not exist)">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Alaska_elections" title="2012 Alaska elections">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2012 American Samoan general election">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Arizona_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Arizona elections (page does not exist)">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Arkansas_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Arkansas elections (page does not exist)">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2012_California_elections" title="November 2012 California elections">California</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Colorado_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Colorado elections (page does not exist)">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Connecticut_elections" title="2012 Connecticut elections">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Delaware_elections" title="2012 Delaware elections">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Florida_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Florida elections (page does not exist)">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Georgia_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Georgia elections (page does not exist)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Guamanian_legislative_election" title="2012 Guamanian legislative election">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Hawaii_elections" title="2012 Hawaii elections">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Idaho_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Idaho elections (page does not exist)">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois_elections" title="2012 Illinois elections">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Indiana_elections" title="2012 Indiana elections">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Iowa_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Iowa elections (page does not exist)">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Kansas_elections" title="2012 Kansas elections">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Kentucky_elections" title="2012 Kentucky elections">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Louisiana_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Louisiana elections (page does not exist)">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Maine_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Maine elections (page does not exist)">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Maryland_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Maryland elections (page does not exist)">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Massachusetts_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Massachusetts general election">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Michigan_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Michigan elections (page does not exist)">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Minnesota_elections" title="2012 Minnesota elections">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Mississippi_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Mississippi elections (page does not exist)">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Missouri_elections" title="2012 Missouri elections">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Montana_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Montana elections (page does not exist)">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Nebraska_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Nebraska elections (page does not exist)">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Nevada_elections" title="2012 Nevada elections">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Hampshire_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 New Hampshire elections (page does not exist)">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Jersey_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 New Jersey 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