2009 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election

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2009 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election

November 3, 2009 (2009-11-03)

Nominee Bill Bolling Jody Wagner Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,106,793 850,111 Percentage 56.5% 43.4%

County and independent city results Bolling:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Wagner:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Lieutenant-Governor before election Bill Bolling Republican Elected Lieutenant-Governor Bill Bolling Republican

The 2009 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election resulted in Republican Bill Bolling defeating Democrat Jody Wagner.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jody Wagner, Virginia Secretary of Finance (2006–2008) and Treasurer of Virginia (2002–2006)

Defeated in primary

• Michael Signer, national security expert and advisor to Tom Perriello and John Edwards

Withdrawn

• Jon Bowerbank, member of the Russell County Board of Supervisors (withdrew and endorsed Wagner but appeared on ballot)

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jody Wagner	213,059	74.3%
	Democratic	Michael Signer	60,979	21.3%
	Democratic	Jon Bowerbank	12,739	4.4%
Total votes			286,777	100.00%

General election

Candidates

• Bill Bolling (Republican), incumbent lieutenant governor (2006–2014)
• Jody Wagner (Democratic), Virginia Secretary of Finance (2006–2008) and Treasurer of Virginia (2002–2006)

Results

Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bill Bolling	1,106,793	56.5%
	Democratic	Jody Wagner	850,111	43.4%
	Write-ins		1,569	0.1%
Turnout			1,958,473
	Republican hold		Swing	11.9%