226,998 183,328 Start date November 3, 1953 | 54.83% 44.28% | |
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Winner Thomas B Stanley |
In the 1953 Virginia gubernatorial election, incumbent Governor John S. Battle, a Democrat, was unable to seek re-election due to term limits. Virginia State Senator Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was nominated by the Republican Party to run against former Democratic U.S. Representative Thomas B. Stanley.
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Virginia gubernatorial election, 1953 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA