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Election 1980 Results

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1980 West Virginia governor election

Jay Rockefeller (Democrat) beat Arch A. Moore Jr. (Republican) in West Virginia in 1980, 54.1% to 45.4%, a margin of 8.7 points and 64,623 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1976, when Jay Rockefeller also won.

Democrats led in 34 of the 55 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 21. The largest, Kanawha, cast 91,818 votes and went to the Democrat by 0.1 points. The closest was Hardy, where 58 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
Jay Rockefeller won Democratic 401,863 54.1%
Arch A. Moore Jr. Republican 337,240 45.4%
All other candidates 3,047 0.4%
Total742,150

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Kanawha 45,707 49.8% 45,627 49.7% 484 91,818 D+0.1
Cabell 21,018 53.0% 18,421 46.5% 191 39,630 D+6.6
Wood 17,044 46.2% 19,537 52.9% 329 36,910 R+6.8
Harrison 19,017 54.4% 15,850 45.4% 69 34,936 D+9.1
Raleigh 20,860 72.5% 7,812 27.2% 88 28,760 D+45.4
Monongalia 15,694 56.1% 12,096 43.2% 199 27,989 D+12.9
Marion 14,582 54.2% 12,283 45.6% 55 26,920 D+8.5
Mercer 13,544 54.8% 11,125 45.0% 60 24,729 D+9.8
Ohio 13,244 55.3% 10,568 44.1% 132 23,944 D+11.2
Fayette 13,281 67.4% 6,359 32.3% 61 19,701 D+35.1
Logan 12,594 71.2% 5,048 28.5% 40 17,682 D+42.7
Berkeley 8,842 50.3% 8,729 49.6% 20 17,591 D+0.6
Wayne 8,977 53.8% 7,674 46.0% 28 16,679 D+7.8
Hancock 11,167 68.3% 5,100 31.2% 80 16,347 D+37.1
Marshall 7,281 46.6% 8,286 53.0% 62 15,629 R+6.4
Putnam 6,840 46.7% 7,749 52.9% 67 14,656 R+6.2
McDowell 10,248 73.3% 3,700 26.5% 29 13,977 D+46.8
Greenbrier 7,191 51.5% 6,654 47.7% 111 13,956 D+3.8
Mingo 10,232 76.8% 3,065 23.0% 21 13,318 D+53.8
Mason 6,355 52.0% 5,846 47.8% 24 12,225 D+4.2
Boone 7,480 62.3% 4,500 37.5% 31 12,011 D+24.8
Brooke 7,911 66.9% 3,839 32.5% 70 11,820 D+34.5
Wyoming 7,104 61.1% 4,496 38.7% 22 11,622 D+22.4
Mineral 5,422 47.9% 5,909 52.1% 11,331 R+4.3
Jackson 4,540 40.6% 6,640 59.4% 11,180 R+18.8
Randolph 5,921 54.3% 4,880 44.8% 98 10,899 D+9.6
Preston 4,682 43.4% 6,066 56.2% 45 10,793 R+12.8
Jefferson 5,652 57.7% 4,067 41.5% 81 9,800 D+16.2
Lincoln 5,298 55.1% 4,298 44.7% 19 9,615 D+10.4
Nicholas 5,382 56.8% 4,066 42.9% 28 9,476 D+13.9
Upshur 3,140 38.7% 4,916 60.6% 53 8,109 R+21.9
Wetzel 4,605 57.2% 3,385 42.1% 55 8,045 D+15.2
Lewis 3,279 42.7% 4,400 57.3% 7,679 R+14.6
Barbour 3,378 47.1% 3,768 52.5% 25 7,171 R+5.4
Taylor 3,163 48.2% 3,383 51.5% 19 6,565 R+3.4
Braxton 3,462 54.0% 2,919 45.6% 25 6,406 D+8.5
Roane 2,513 40.0% 3,733 59.4% 42 6,288 R+19.4
Monroe 3,203 52.1% 2,926 47.6% 13 6,142 D+4.5
Summers 3,101 53.5% 2,663 46.0% 28 5,792 D+7.6
Hampshire 3,168 55.9% 2,474 43.7% 22 5,664 D+12.3
Ritchie 1,481 31.4% 3,199 67.8% 35 4,715 R+36.4
Morgan 2,213 47.8% 2,409 52.0% 12 4,634 R+4.2
Grant 1,141 24.7% 3,466 75.1% 10 4,617 R+50.4
Hardy 2,284 50.6% 2,226 49.3% 2 4,512 D+1.3
Tyler 1,686 38.1% 2,712 61.3% 27 4,425 R+23.2
Pocahontas 2,301 52.2% 2,090 47.4% 15 4,406 D+4.8
Webster 2,441 61.3% 1,526 38.3% 15 3,982 D+23.0
Tucker 1,579 40.6% 2,297 59.0% 15 3,891 R+18.5
Clay 2,124 55.7% 1,683 44.1% 9 3,816 D+11.6
Pendleton 1,896 53.8% 1,617 45.9% 9 3,522 D+7.9
Gilmer 1,544 44.1% 1,934 55.3% 20 3,498 R+11.1
Calhoun 1,437 41.6% 1,994 57.7% 23 3,454 R+16.1
Pleasants 1,642 47.6% 1,798 52.1% 13 3,453 R+4.5
Doddridge 906 29.1% 2,191 70.4% 16 3,113 R+41.3
Wirt 1,066 46.2% 1,241 53.8% 2,307 R+7.6

Counties as they stood in 1980; 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