760,357 659,398 Start date November 3, 1981 | 53.52% 46.42% | |
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Turnout 64.8% (voting eligible) Winner Chuck Robb | ||
In the 1981 Virginia gubernatorial election, Republican incumbent Governor John N. Dalton was unable to seek re-election due to term limits. Chuck Robb, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, was nominated by the Democratic Party to run against the Republican nominee, state Attorney General J. Marshall Coleman.
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Virginia gubernatorial election, 1981 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA