100% reportingPresident
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Pct. | Change from ’04 | Electoral votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Winner: Barack ObamaBarack Obama | Dem. | 1,958,370 | 52.7% | +7.2% | 13 |
| John McCain | Rep. | 1,726,053 | 46.4 | -7.2 | 0 | |
| Ralph Nader | Ind. | 11,467 | 0.3 | N.A. | 0 | |
| Bob Barr | Lib | 11,055 | 0.3 | N.A. | 0 | |
| Chuck Baldwin | IGr | 7,466 | 0.2 | N.A. | 0 | |
| Cynthia McKinney | Grn | 2,352 | 0.1 | N.A. | 0 | |
100% reportingSenate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Pct. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Winner: Mark WarnerMark Warner | Dem. | 2,367,716 | 65.0% | |
| James S. Gilmore III | Rep. | 1,232,480 | 33.8 | ||
| Gail Parker | IGr | 22,077 | 0.6 | ||
| William Redpath | Lib | 20,271 | 0.6 | ||
House of Representatives
State Highlights
Barack Obama won Virginia, the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry the Old Dominion since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
In the race for an open Senate seat, the Democratic candidate, Mark R. Warner, trounced his Republican opponent, James S. Gilmore III. Both men are former governors.
Mr. Warner will take the seat being vacated by Senator John W. Warner, a Republican who has served in the Senate for 30 years. The men are not related.
As governor from 2002 to 2006, Mark Warner won high marks for a pragmatic, business-oriented approach to issues. He says he made difficult budget cuts and modestly raised taxes to “dig Virginia out of a fiscal ditch.”
A former high-tech entrepreneur, Mr. Warner would join the ranks of moderate Democratic senators eager to reduce the federal budget deficit. He says he hopes to create a group of “radical centrists” to overcome partisan stalemates.
Representative Eric Cantor, the chief deputy whip for House Republicans, won a fifth term in the solidly Republican Seventh District, which includes part of Richmond and its suburbs.
In a wealthy suburban district in northern Virginia, Gerry Connolly, a Democrat who is chairman of the Fairfax County board of supervisors, defeated Keith Fimian, a Republican businessman, for the seat being vacated by Thomas M. Davis III, a moderate Republican.
In another northern Virginia district, Representative Frank R. Wolf, a Republican known for his interest in global human rights, prevailed over Judy Feder, a Democratic expert on health policy, in a rematch of their 2006 race.
In the Norfolk area, Representative Thelma Drake, a two-term Republican, faced an unexpectedly strong challenge from Glenn Nye, a former Foreign Service officer who has served in Afghanistan, Kosovo and Iraq.
Mr. Nye portrayed Ms. Drake as a partisan who sided with President Bush over the interests of her constituents. She emphasized that she had voted against the $700 billion financial bailout proposed by Mr. Bush. ROBERT PEAR
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