The 2013 General Election results for Governor are now official. The certified results from the Virginia State Board of Elections are Terry McAuliffe (D) with 1,069,789 (47.75%), Ken Cuccinelli II (R) with 1,013,354 (45.23%), Robert Sarvis (L) with 146,084 (6.52%), and 11,087 write-in votes (0.49%).  This is a Democratic pickup resulting from a popular vote swing of almost 20% relative to the 2009 Gubernatorial Election.  Cuccinelli’s best county was Scott (75.6%) and best city was Poquoson (67.7%) – he also carried the populous Virginia Beach City with 47.6%.  McAuliff’s best county was Charles City County with 61.3% and best city was Petersburg with 77.8%.  McAuliffe’s overall margin of 56,435 votes is less than his margin in the single county of Fairfax, where he won 58.4% to 36.2% (a 68,065 vote margin).  Robert Sarvis had his best showing in Alleghany County (11.8%) and the city of Covington (12.6%).