1953 Virginia gubernatorial election

1953 Virginia gubernatorial election

← 1949 November 3, 1953 1957 →
 
Nominee Thomas B. Stanley Ted Dalton
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 226,998 183,328
Percentage 54.8% 44.3%

County and independent city results
Stanley:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Dalton:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

John S. Battle
Democratic

Elected Governor

Thomas B. Stanley
Democratic

In the 1953 Virginia gubernatorial election, incumbent Governor John S. Battle, a Democrat, was unable to seek re-election due to term limits. Virginia State Senator Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was nominated by the Republican Party to run against former Democratic U.S. Representative Thomas B. Stanley.

As of 2021, this is the last time that the city of Norfolk voted Republican for Governor of Virginia.