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Virginia gubernatorial election, 1957

Virginia gubernatorial election, 1957
Virginia
← 1953 November 5, 1957 1961 →
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Nominee James Lindsay Almond, Jr. Theodore Roosevelt Dalton
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 326,921 188,628
Percentage 63.16% 36.44%

Governor before election

Thomas B. Stanley
Democratic

Elected Governor

James Lindsay Almond, Jr.
Democratic


Thomas B. Stanley
Democratic

James Lindsay Almond, Jr.
Democratic

In the 1957 Virginia gubernatorial election, incumbent Governor Thomas B. Stanley, a Democrat, was unable to seek re-election due to term limits. Virginia State Senator Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was once again nominated by the Republican Party to run against former Democratic Attorney General of Virginia James Lindsay Almond, Jr..



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