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Election 1948 Results

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1948 West Virginia governor election

Okey L. Patteson (Democrat) beat Herbert S. Boreman (Republican) in West Virginia in 1948, 57.1% to 42.9%, a margin of 14.2 points and 109,443 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1944, when Clarence W. Meadows won.

Democrats led in 38 of the 55 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 17. The largest, Kanawha, cast 96,604 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.8 points. The closest was Pleasants, where 70 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Okey L. Patteson won Democratic 438,752 57.1%
Herbert S. Boreman Republican 329,309 42.9%
Total768,061

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Kanawha 53,523 55.4% 43,081 44.6% 96,604 D+10.8
Cabell 25,408 57.7% 18,639 42.3% 44,047 D+15.4
Harrison 20,864 57.2% 15,618 42.8% 36,482 D+14.4
Ohio 16,482 49.6% 16,732 50.4% 33,214 R+0.8
McDowell 21,898 68.9% 9,882 31.1% 31,780 D+37.8
Raleigh 21,094 66.9% 10,423 33.1% 31,517 D+33.9
Marion 19,554 62.7% 11,645 37.3% 31,199 D+25.4
Fayette 22,788 76.6% 6,979 23.4% 29,767 D+53.1
Wood 13,387 45.7% 15,905 54.3% 29,292 R+8.6
Mercer 15,690 60.3% 10,323 39.7% 26,013 D+20.6
Logan 16,519 68.1% 7,731 31.9% 24,250 D+36.2
Monongalia 12,394 56.4% 9,574 43.6% 21,968 D+12.8
Mingo 11,046 68.5% 5,070 31.5% 16,116 D+37.1
Marshall 8,283 52.9% 7,381 47.1% 15,664 D+5.8
Hancock 8,281 62.7% 4,935 37.3% 13,216 D+25.3
Berkeley 6,998 53.9% 5,980 46.1% 12,978 D+7.8
Greenbrier 7,707 59.9% 5,151 40.1% 12,858 D+19.9
Wayne 7,779 62.6% 4,649 37.4% 12,428 D+25.2
Wyoming 6,909 62.4% 4,156 37.6% 11,065 D+24.9
Randolph 6,511 59.7% 4,397 40.3% 10,908 D+19.4
Brooke 6,784 62.6% 4,048 37.4% 10,832 D+25.3
Mason 4,616 45.3% 5,569 54.7% 10,185 R+9.4
Boone 6,977 69.4% 3,081 30.6% 10,058 D+38.7
Preston 3,926 39.1% 6,124 60.9% 10,050 R+21.9
Mineral 4,790 52.9% 4,272 47.1% 9,062 D+5.7
Lewis 3,493 39.3% 5,386 60.7% 8,879 R+21.3
Lincoln 4,525 52.3% 4,133 47.7% 8,658 D+4.5
Nicholas 5,105 59.5% 3,475 40.5% 8,580 D+19.0
Wetzel 4,620 55.7% 3,672 44.3% 8,292 D+11.4
Barbour 4,349 52.8% 3,882 47.2% 8,231 D+5.7
Putnam 4,424 53.8% 3,798 46.2% 8,222 D+7.6
Roane 3,762 46.6% 4,308 53.4% 8,070 R+6.8
Taylor 3,931 49.4% 4,026 50.6% 7,957 R+1.2
Summers 4,639 61.1% 2,949 38.9% 7,588 D+22.3
Braxton 4,387 58.2% 3,150 41.8% 7,537 D+16.4
Upshur 2,379 32.0% 5,051 68.0% 7,430 R+36.0
Jackson 2,605 37.2% 4,402 62.8% 7,007 R+25.6
Jefferson 3,998 65.1% 2,139 34.9% 6,137 D+30.3
Monroe 2,664 47.1% 2,989 52.9% 5,653 R+5.7
Ritchie 1,756 31.3% 3,854 68.7% 5,610 R+37.4
Webster 3,805 70.3% 1,609 29.7% 5,414 D+40.6
Clay 2,893 53.9% 2,476 46.1% 5,369 D+7.8
Pocahontas 2,854 53.6% 2,472 46.4% 5,326 D+7.2
Tyler 1,534 31.6% 3,314 68.4% 4,848 R+36.7
Tucker 2,698 55.8% 2,140 44.2% 4,838 D+11.5
Hampshire 2,901 68.3% 1,349 31.7% 4,250 D+36.5
Gilmer 2,373 57.2% 1,776 42.8% 4,149 D+14.4
Hardy 2,580 63.9% 1,459 36.1% 4,039 D+27.8
Calhoun 2,076 52.7% 1,864 47.3% 3,940 D+5.4
Pendleton 2,123 55.3% 1,717 44.7% 3,840 D+10.6
Doddridge 1,254 33.6% 2,483 66.4% 3,737 R+32.9
Grant 803 21.9% 2,870 78.1% 3,673 R+56.3
Morgan 1,252 35.8% 2,245 64.2% 3,497 R+28.4
Pleasants 1,538 48.9% 1,608 51.1% 3,146 R+2.2
Wirt 1,223 47.2% 1,368 52.8% 2,591 R+5.6

Counties as they stood in 1948; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

West Virginia governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Patrick Morrisey (R) R+30.4
2020 Jim Justice (R) R+33.3
2016 Jim Justice (D) D+6.8
2012 Earl Ray Tomblin (D) D+4.8
2011 Earl Ray Tomblin (D) D+2.5
2008 Joe Manchin (D) D+44.1
2004 Joe Manchin (D) D+29.5
2000 Robert Ellsworth Wise (D) D+2.9
1996 Cecil H. Underwood (R) R+5.8
1992 Gaston Caperton (D) D+19.5
1988 Gaston Caperton (D) D+17.7
1984 Arch A. Moore Jr. (R) R+6.5
1980 Jay Rockefeller (D) D+8.7
1976 Jay Rockefeller (D) D+32.3
1972 Arch A. Moore Jr. (R) R+9.5
1968 Arch A. Moore Jr. (R) R+1.7
1964 Hulett Smith (D) D+9.8
1960 W. W. Barron (D) D+8.0
1956 Cecil H. Underwood (R) R+7.8
1952 William C. Marland (D) D+3.1
1948 Okey L. Patteson (D) D+14.2
1944 Clarence W. Meadows (D) D+8.9
1940 Matthew M. Neely (D) D+12.8
1936 Homer A. Holt (D) D+18.3
1932 Herman G. Kump (D) D+8.0
1928 William G. Conley (R) R+7.6
1924 Howard M. Gore (R) R+7.2
1920 Ephraim F. Morgan (R) R+11.1
1916 John J. Cornwell (D) D+1.0
1912 Henry D. Hatfield (R) R+3.3
1908 William E. Glasscock (R) R+4.6
1904 William M.O. Dawson (R) R+3.8
1900 Albert B. White (R) R+8.4
1896 George W. Atkinson (R) R+6.0
1892 William A. MacCorkle (D) D+2.3
1888 A. Brooks Fleming (D) R+0.1
1884 E. Willis Wilson (D) D+3.9
1880 Jacob B. Jackson (D) D+13.6
1876 Henry M. Mathews (D) D+12.7
1872 John J. Jacob (other)
1870 John J. Jacob (D) D+3.9
1868 William E. Stevenson (R) R+9.3
1866 Arthur I. Boreman (R) R+16.2