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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 J. Lindsay Almond.

Candidates

Results

Virginia gubernatorial election, 1957[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic J. Lindsay Almond 326,921 63.16% +8.33%
Republican Theodore Roosevelt Dalton 188,628 36.44% -7.84%
Independent C. Gilmer Brooks 2,089 0.40%
Majority 138,293 26.72% +16.17%
Turnout 517,638
Democratic hold Swing

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