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Election 1996 Results

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1996 West Virginia governor election

Cecil H. Underwood (Republican) beat Charlotte Pritt (Democrat) in West Virginia in 1996, 51.6% to 45.8%, a margin of 5.8 points and 36,648 votes.

West Virginia changed party: in 1992 it went Democratic, for Gaston Caperton.

Republicans led in 38 of the 55 counties and Democrats in 17. The largest, Kanawha, cast 74,457 votes and went to the Republican by 14.7 points. The closest was Clay, where 50 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
Cecil H. Underwood won Republican 324,518 51.6%
Charlotte Pritt Democratic 287,870 45.8%
All other candidates 16,171 2.6%
Total628,559

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Kanawha 30,795 41.4% 41,776 56.1% 1,886 74,457 R+14.7
Wood 12,319 38.6% 18,679 58.5% 927 31,925 R+19.9
Cabell 12,524 39.3% 18,480 58.0% 860 31,864 R+18.7
Harrison 12,303 46.1% 13,744 51.5% 653 26,700 R+5.4
Monongalia 12,089 45.4% 13,808 51.8% 743 26,640 R+6.5
Raleigh 10,841 46.2% 11,638 49.6% 987 23,466 R+3.4
Marion 11,544 52.9% 9,818 45.0% 479 21,841 D+7.9
Berkeley 8,851 44.3% 10,666 53.3% 479 19,996 R+9.1
Mercer 8,373 45.1% 9,748 52.5% 434 18,555 R+7.4
Putnam 6,052 33.2% 11,582 63.5% 618 18,252 R+30.3
Ohio 7,482 42.1% 9,853 55.5% 418 17,753 R+13.4
Wayne 7,601 49.5% 7,390 48.1% 362 15,353 D+1.4
Logan 11,010 71.8% 4,164 27.1% 167 15,341 D+44.6
Fayette 8,558 59.0% 5,427 37.4% 511 14,496 D+21.6
Marshall 6,630 48.8% 6,481 47.7% 485 13,596 D+1.1
Hancock 7,610 56.2% 5,701 42.1% 220 13,531 D+14.1
Jefferson 6,370 50.3% 5,986 47.3% 299 12,655 D+3.0
Greenbrier 5,129 42.0% 6,705 54.9% 369 12,203 R+12.9
Mingo 7,466 69.0% 3,210 29.7% 141 10,817 D+39.3
Mason 4,602 44.0% 5,539 53.0% 310 10,451 R+9.0
Preston 3,939 38.1% 6,115 59.2% 279 10,333 R+21.1
Jackson 4,046 40.0% 5,814 57.5% 259 10,119 R+17.5
Randolph 4,389 43.6% 5,300 52.7% 371 10,060 R+9.1
Brooke 4,942 52.7% 4,158 44.4% 271 9,371 D+8.4
Mineral 3,684 40.6% 5,134 56.6% 250 9,068 R+16.0
Boone 5,787 65.6% 2,846 32.3% 189 8,822 D+33.3
Wyoming 5,118 60.3% 3,166 37.3% 209 8,493 D+23.0
Nicholas 4,252 50.5% 3,901 46.4% 261 8,414 D+4.2
Lincoln 4,815 58.1% 3,281 39.6% 187 8,283 D+18.5
McDowell 5,653 68.3% 2,502 30.2% 126 8,281 D+38.1
Upshur 2,351 32.7% 4,682 65.1% 164 7,197 R+32.4
Lewis 2,355 38.2% 3,604 58.4% 213 6,172 R+20.2
Wetzel 2,799 45.5% 3,194 52.0% 154 6,147 R+6.4
Barbour 2,596 43.4% 3,214 53.8% 169 5,979 R+10.3
Hampshire 2,335 40.4% 3,339 57.7% 112 5,786 R+17.4
Taylor 2,186 39.6% 3,173 57.5% 163 5,522 R+17.9
Roane 2,225 42.8% 2,862 55.1% 111 5,198 R+12.3
Morgan 2,237 44.4% 2,758 54.7% 47 5,042 R+10.3
Monroe 2,109 41.9% 2,821 56.1% 101 5,031 R+14.2
Braxton 2,569 52.0% 2,276 46.1% 92 4,937 D+5.9
Summers 2,073 47.8% 2,137 49.3% 127 4,337 R+1.5
Grant 973 22.8% 3,233 75.7% 67 4,273 R+52.9
Hardy 1,214 29.0% 2,909 69.5% 63 4,186 R+40.5
Ritchie 1,207 31.4% 2,553 66.5% 81 3,841 R+35.0
Tyler 1,006 26.3% 2,750 71.8% 72 3,828 R+45.6
Clay 1,760 49.4% 1,710 48.0% 95 3,565 D+1.4
Webster 2,090 62.4% 1,183 35.3% 74 3,347 D+27.1
Pocahontas 1,474 44.2% 1,800 54.0% 60 3,334 R+9.8
Tucker 1,323 40.7% 1,814 55.8% 113 3,250 R+15.1
Pendleton 1,266 39.3% 1,911 59.3% 46 3,223 R+20.0
Pleasants 1,164 36.9% 1,899 60.2% 89 3,152 R+23.3
Calhoun 1,191 43.4% 1,508 55.0% 44 2,743 R+11.6
Gilmer 1,026 39.0% 1,560 59.4% 42 2,628 R+20.3
Doddridge 735 28.4% 1,797 69.4% 59 2,591 R+41.0
Wirt 832 39.4% 1,219 57.7% 63 2,114 R+18.3

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