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Virginia Question 1

Reproductive freedom. 2026 results by county or city, from Virginia's official results file: Yes 62.9%, No 37.1% statewide.

Statewide

Would add a fundamental right to make and carry out decisions about a person's own reproductive care to the state's Bill of Rights, protect doctors, nurses and patients from being punished for those decisions, and allow restrictions on abortion in the third trimester, except when the patient's health is at risk or the pregnancy cannot survive.

A yes vote
Adds the right to the Virginia Constitution, with the third-trimester exception.
A no vote
Leaves the Constitution as it is, which doesn't explicitly provide a right to reproductive freedom.
Yes 62.9% No 37.1%

2,260,062 yes and 1,334,911 no.

Official explanation · Ballot question

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By county or city

133 counties and cities: Yes has the most votes in 63, No has the most votes in 70. The figures for each county or city are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

County or cityYesNoVotes
Accomack County52.4%47.6%13,931
Albemarle County73.5%26.5%59,716
Alexandria City84.2%15.8%67,838
Alleghany County42.0%58.0%5,830
Amelia County38.2%61.8%6,391
Amherst County41.4%58.6%13,982
Appomattox County27.9%72.1%7,889
Arlington County84.8%15.2%106,051
Augusta County35.4%64.6%34,754
Bath County33.2%66.8%1,868
Bedford County31.6%68.4%40,350
Bland County24.0%76.0%2,483
Botetourt County38.6%61.4%17,313
Bristol City46.7%53.3%4,919
Brunswick County60.3%39.7%5,978
Buchanan County21.9%78.1%5,386
Buckingham County46.5%53.5%6,215
Buena Vista City40.1%59.9%1,960
Campbell County30.2%69.8%24,567
Caroline County59.1%40.9%13,669
Carroll County32.2%67.8%11,648
Charles City County60.5%39.5%3,353
Charlotte County37.3%62.7%4,784
Charlottesville City87.4%12.6%21,396
Chesapeake City61.8%38.2%101,710
Chesterfield County64.2%35.8%177,465
Clarke County54.3%45.7%7,799
Colonial Heights City47.9%52.1%6,434
Covington City48.1%51.9%1,729
Craig County26.5%73.5%2,334
Culpeper County49.5%50.5%22,495
Cumberland County46.9%53.1%4,396
Danville City62.8%37.2%13,965
Dickenson County30.8%69.2%4,911
Dinwiddie County48.4%51.6%11,454
Emporia City59.7%40.3%1,736
Essex County53.7%46.3%4,936
Fairfax City74.4%25.6%11,143
Fairfax County75.1%24.9%451,583
Falls Church City83.8%16.2%8,158
Fauquier County49.3%50.7%35,157
Floyd County42.7%57.3%7,526
Fluvanna County58.8%41.2%13,901
Franklin City63.7%36.3%3,318
Franklin County37.0%63.0%23,705
Frederick County51.0%49.0%40,676
Fredericksburg City75.7%24.3%10,911
Galax City42.0%58.0%1,922
Giles County39.9%60.1%6,581
Gloucester County46.2%53.8%17,948
Goochland County52.5%47.5%17,632
Grayson County32.9%67.1%5,982
Greene County49.9%50.1%9,955
Greensville County52.3%47.7%3,225
Halifax County46.3%53.7%13,733
Hampton City75.5%24.5%50,108
Hanover County49.8%50.2%61,274
Harrisonburg City74.9%25.1%14,597
Henrico County73.3%26.7%154,571
Henry County41.8%58.2%18,067
Highland County37.2%62.8%1,203
Hopewell City65.7%34.3%6,659
Isle of Wight County52.4%47.6%20,653
James City County62.2%37.8%44,009
King and Queen County49.3%50.7%3,329
King George County50.2%49.8%11,881
King William County44.3%55.7%9,055
Lancaster County56.3%43.7%6,209
Lee County26.9%73.1%6,345
Lexington City69.5%30.5%2,221
Loudoun County70.6%29.4%184,721
Louisa County49.0%51.0%19,292
Lunenburg County43.2%56.8%4,598
Lynchburg City48.6%51.4%31,065
Madison County41.9%58.1%6,615
Manassas City68.9%31.1%12,809
Manassas Park City75.2%24.8%4,569
Martinsville City62.8%37.2%4,171
Mathews County41.8%58.2%4,731
Mecklenburg County47.4%52.6%12,693
Middlesex County49.7%50.3%5,888
Montgomery County64.1%35.9%38,615
Nelson County56.1%43.9%7,791
New Kent County48.1%51.9%14,066
Newport News City69.9%30.1%59,024
Norfolk City78.2%21.8%68,851
Northampton County62.0%38.0%5,948
Northumberland County49.2%50.8%6,913
Norton City44.6%55.4%1,049
Nottoway County45.7%54.3%5,173
Orange County50.4%49.6%17,563
Page County33.1%66.9%9,476
Patrick County32.7%67.3%6,918
Petersburg City81.1%18.9%10,113
Pittsylvania County34.5%65.5%26,240
Poquoson City47.5%52.5%6,341
Portsmouth City73.6%26.4%31,650
Powhatan County41.5%58.5%17,027
Prince Edward County55.2%44.8%7,851
Prince George County49.8%50.2%13,140
Prince William County70.4%29.6%183,400
Pulaski County42.2%57.8%12,874
Radford City64.1%35.9%5,112
Rappahannock County51.1%48.9%4,097
Richmond City86.8%13.2%95,669
Richmond County46.8%53.2%3,276
Roanoke City71.0%29.0%32,461
Roanoke County49.9%50.1%44,429
Rockbridge County43.4%56.6%10,214
Rockingham County38.1%61.9%37,718
Russell County24.9%75.1%8,984
Salem City52.7%47.3%9,791
Scott County28.5%71.5%7,407
Shenandoah County40.8%59.2%18,606
Smyth County34.1%65.9%10,053
Southampton County47.7%52.3%7,585
Spotsylvania County59.3%40.7%62,768
Stafford County62.1%37.9%67,787
Staunton City66.8%33.2%11,194
Suffolk City66.3%33.7%45,577
Surry County53.5%46.5%3,539
Sussex County52.8%47.2%3,717
Tazewell County28.8%71.2%13,120
Virginia Beach City65.3%34.7%186,172
Warren County43.0%57.0%16,930
Washington County35.6%64.4%20,948
Waynesboro City59.2%40.8%9,053
Westmoreland County53.3%46.7%8,767
Williamsburg City79.3%20.7%7,403
Winchester City68.5%31.5%9,371
Wise County30.5%69.5%10,964
Wythe County35.3%64.7%11,004
York County58.2%41.8%33,210

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

Virginia's official results, file posted Nov 13, 5:56 PM. Unofficial until certified. Virginia's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.