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The 2001 Virginia Gubernatorial Election Virginia a contest between 1996 Senate Runner up, NoVA Businessman Mark Warner, and incumbent Attorney General Mark Earley Saw the NoVA businessman win, and begin a political career that would see him become a Titan in Virginia Politics
I discussed the election in greater depth here, including the county and Legislative maps.
the 2001 Virginia Lieutenant Gubernatorial election, a contest that resulted in Richmond Mayor Tim Kaine beating Delegate Jay Katzen was the closest statewide election in 2001, and one that set Kaine up to run for Governor four years later in 2005.
Here, Kaine—despite not being Democrat's first choice (with the first choice, Emily Couric, withdrawing due to pancreatic cancer)—won due to a mixture of Warner Coattails, and his reputation as a man who bridged the racial and political divide in the city of Richmond as mayor; improving the business climate and crime rate in the city.
By contrast, Katzen, a Delegate for Fauquier, Warren, and Rappahannock counties was a stanunch conservative and close ally of Governors Jim Gilmore and George Allen—herein, Katzen tried to portray Kaine as a liberal who cosplayed as a centrist to get elected.
Attacking Kaine for supporting Gay Marriage, prohibit boy scouts from meeting on public property, and opposing the death penalty—of these, at the time, Kaine only opposed the death penalty.
But in the end, Kaine's reputation and Warner's coattails won out, handing him a term as Lieutenant Governor which he would later convert to an election to the Governorship and to the Senate.
the 2001 Virginia Attorney General Election, a contest between Incumbent appointed AG Jerry Kilgore, and State Delegate Don McEachin resulted in a victory where the Southwest Virginia Denizen Kilgore ecliped McEachin.
In the wake of the September 11 attacks the nation was on edge, and Kilgore capitalized on that fully, running a tough on crime campaign that exploited McEachin's broad Criminal Justice Reformist mindset.
Here, Kilgore argued public safety needs should be a budget priority, that ethics laws should be revamped, and that McEachin was wrong on the death penalty, Gun control, and on his call to end the importing of prisoners to use underused prisons.
This combined with a significant financial advantage for Gilmore, and brusing Primary for McEachin allowed Gilmore the largest Statewide victory in 2001, and the only statewide republican victory in Virginia that year.
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