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Turnout | 53.0% (voting eligible) | ||||||||||||||||
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Virginia gubernatorial election results map.
Blue denotes counties/districts won by Baliles. Red denotes those won by Durrette. |
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In the 1985 Virginia gubernatorial election, incumbent Governor Chuck Robb, a Democrat, was unable to seek re-election due to term limits. Jerry Baliles, the Attorney General of Virginia, was nominated by the Democratic Party to run against the Republican nominee, Wyatt B. Durrette.