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Election 1992 Results

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1992 West Virginia governor election

Gaston Caperton (Democrat) beat Cleve Benedict (Republican) in West Virginia in 1992, 56.0% to 36.6%, a margin of 19.5 points and 127,912 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1988, when Gaston Caperton also won.

Democrats led in 48 of the 55 counties and Republicans in 7. The largest, Kanawha, cast 78,748 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.3 points. The closest was Putnam, where 29 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
Gaston Caperton won Democratic 368,302 56.0%
Cleve Benedict Republican 240,390 36.6%
Charlotte Pritt Independent (write-in) 48,873 7.4%
Total657,565

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Kanawha 40,285 51.2% 29,802 37.8% 8,661 78,748 D+13.3
Wood 17,781 51.5% 14,834 43.0% 1,888 34,503 D+8.5
Cabell 18,674 57.6% 10,746 33.2% 2,984 32,404 D+24.5
Harrison 18,335 62.5% 8,195 28.0% 2,784 29,314 D+34.6
Monongalia 17,365 62.2% 8,535 30.6% 2,011 27,911 D+31.6
Marion 15,989 64.8% 6,098 24.7% 2,572 24,659 D+40.1
Raleigh 12,840 54.4% 8,281 35.1% 2,484 23,605 D+19.3
Ohio 12,148 60.4% 7,196 35.8% 777 20,121 D+24.6
Mercer 10,925 56.8% 6,952 36.1% 1,354 19,231 D+20.7
Berkeley 9,969 52.7% 8,605 45.5% 338 18,912 D+7.2
Putnam 7,567 44.7% 7,538 44.5% 1,827 16,932 D+0.2
Wayne 8,959 58.5% 5,256 34.3% 1,097 15,312 D+24.2
Logan 10,460 68.7% 3,378 22.2% 1,382 15,220 D+46.5
Fayette 8,908 59.0% 4,395 29.1% 1,797 15,100 D+29.9
Marshall 8,299 57.3% 5,459 37.7% 720 14,478 D+19.6
Hancock 8,700 61.9% 4,927 35.1% 420 14,047 D+26.9
Greenbrier 5,159 44.3% 5,683 48.8% 804 11,646 R+4.5
Jefferson 6,391 55.7% 4,887 42.6% 197 11,475 D+13.1
Jackson 5,307 48.6% 4,559 41.7% 1,062 10,928 D+6.8
Mason 6,040 55.5% 3,445 31.7% 1,393 10,878 D+23.9
Mineral 5,278 50.0% 5,241 49.6% 41 10,560 D+0.4
Mingo 7,823 75.5% 2,257 21.8% 275 10,355 D+53.8
Preston 4,995 48.8% 4,866 47.6% 371 10,232 D+1.3
Brooke 6,322 63.7% 3,190 32.2% 405 9,917 D+31.6
Randolph 5,908 60.0% 3,583 36.4% 357 9,848 D+23.6
Wyoming 5,436 58.2% 2,688 28.8% 1,210 9,334 D+29.4
McDowell 7,227 77.8% 1,685 18.1% 374 9,286 D+59.7
Boone 6,543 70.6% 2,069 22.3% 661 9,273 D+48.2
Nicholas 4,812 52.6% 3,271 35.8% 1,064 9,147 D+16.8
Upshur 3,904 48.5% 3,677 45.6% 475 8,056 D+2.8
Lincoln 4,158 54.0% 2,857 37.1% 691 7,706 D+16.9
Wetzel 4,622 62.8% 2,489 33.8% 248 7,359 D+29.0
Barbour 3,805 55.7% 2,699 39.5% 326 6,830 D+16.2
Lewis 4,009 62.2% 2,175 33.7% 263 6,447 D+28.4
Taylor 3,477 57.2% 2,275 37.5% 322 6,074 D+19.8
Hampshire 2,850 47.8% 2,990 50.1% 123 5,963 R+2.3
Braxton 3,316 59.2% 1,872 33.4% 416 5,604 D+25.8
Roane 2,568 46.1% 2,305 41.4% 696 5,569 D+4.7
Monroe 2,590 48.9% 2,456 46.4% 247 5,293 D+2.5
Morgan 2,166 42.0% 2,867 55.5% 130 5,163 R+13.6
Hardy 2,456 54.2% 2,032 44.8% 45 4,533 D+9.4
Ritchie 1,784 41.7% 2,122 49.6% 374 4,280 R+7.9
Summers 2,504 59.2% 1,727 40.8% 4,231 D+18.4
Grant 1,356 32.7% 2,739 66.0% 53 4,148 R+33.3
Tyler 2,108 51.3% 1,735 42.2% 268 4,111 D+9.1
Pocahontas 1,535 41.5% 1,806 48.9% 355 3,696 R+7.3
Clay 1,814 51.1% 1,386 39.0% 350 3,550 D+12.1
Tucker 1,959 55.3% 1,460 41.2% 123 3,542 D+14.1
Webster 2,081 59.5% 1,005 28.7% 410 3,496 D+30.8
Pendleton 1,834 52.7% 1,610 46.3% 33 3,477 D+6.4
Pleasants 1,580 48.4% 1,481 45.4% 203 3,264 D+3.0
Calhoun 1,464 46.8% 1,333 42.6% 331 3,128 D+4.2
Gilmer 1,554 50.5% 1,250 40.6% 272 3,076 D+9.9
Doddridge 1,161 39.8% 1,512 51.8% 245 2,918 R+12.0
Wirt 1,202 52.2% 909 39.5% 192 2,303 D+12.7

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