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Election 2000 Results

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2000 West Virginia governor election

Robert Ellsworth Wise (Democrat) beat Cecil H. Underwood (Republican) in West Virginia in 2000, 50.1% to 47.2%, a margin of 2.9 points and 18,896 votes.

West Virginia changed party: in 1996 it went Republican, for Cecil H. Underwood.

Democrats led in 31 of the 55 counties and Republicans in 24. The largest, Kanawha, cast 76,609 votes and went to the Democrat by 16.6 points. The closest was Putnam, where 22 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
Robert Ellsworth Wise won Democratic 324,822 50.1%
Cecil H. Underwood Republican 305,926 47.2%
All other candidates 17,299 2.7%
Total648,047

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Kanawha 43,312 56.5% 30,571 39.9% 2,726 76,609 D+16.6
Wood 13,673 40.4% 19,474 57.6% 666 33,813 R+17.2
Cabell 15,190 47.1% 15,661 48.6% 1,375 32,226 R+1.5
Monongalia 13,089 48.1% 12,673 46.6% 1,458 27,220 D+1.5
Harrison 14,417 54.2% 11,606 43.7% 562 26,585 D+10.6
Raleigh 11,435 47.4% 12,072 50.1% 595 24,102 R+2.6
Berkeley 10,045 43.8% 12,221 53.3% 667 22,933 R+9.5
Marion 13,078 57.6% 9,207 40.5% 423 22,708 D+17.0
Putnam 9,991 48.5% 9,969 48.4% 625 20,585 D+0.1
Mercer 8,728 46.3% 9,786 51.9% 344 18,858 R+5.6
Ohio 7,833 43.5% 9,690 53.8% 473 17,996 R+10.3
Wayne 8,787 54.2% 7,103 43.8% 314 16,204 D+10.4
Logan 8,692 59.0% 5,889 40.0% 144 14,725 D+19.0
Fayette 8,746 59.6% 5,520 37.6% 408 14,674 D+22.0
Jefferson 6,772 47.6% 6,598 46.4% 851 14,221 D+1.2
Marshall 6,832 50.4% 6,406 47.3% 306 13,544 D+3.1
Hancock 6,926 54.0% 5,660 44.1% 245 12,831 D+9.9
Greenbrier 5,896 46.0% 6,443 50.3% 467 12,806 R+4.3
Jackson 6,155 53.3% 5,157 44.7% 230 11,542 D+8.6
Mason 6,569 58.2% 4,512 40.0% 209 11,290 D+18.2
Preston 3,920 37.5% 6,231 59.7% 294 10,445 R+22.1
Mingo 5,737 56.7% 4,286 42.3% 101 10,124 D+14.3
Mineral 4,022 41.2% 5,525 56.6% 215 9,762 R+15.4
Randolph 5,219 54.6% 4,071 42.6% 272 9,562 D+12.0
Brooke 4,908 52.0% 4,317 45.8% 207 9,432 D+6.3
Boone 6,193 67.4% 2,865 31.2% 136 9,194 D+36.2
Nicholas 5,144 59.5% 3,366 38.9% 142 8,652 D+20.6
Upshur 3,669 44.8% 4,333 52.9% 185 8,187 R+8.1
Wyoming 4,390 55.8% 3,385 43.0% 91 7,866 D+12.8
Lincoln 4,498 60.0% 2,841 37.9% 156 7,495 D+22.1
McDowell 3,723 50.6% 3,570 48.5% 61 7,354 D+2.1
Wetzel 2,962 46.6% 3,292 51.8% 99 6,353 R+5.2
Lewis 3,368 54.6% 2,686 43.6% 113 6,167 D+11.1
Hampshire 2,245 37.0% 3,648 60.1% 179 6,072 R+23.1
Barbour 3,052 50.3% 2,900 47.8% 119 6,071 D+2.5
Taylor 2,991 51.0% 2,690 45.9% 182 5,863 D+5.1
Roane 2,988 52.7% 2,505 44.1% 181 5,674 D+8.5
Morgan 2,219 39.4% 3,240 57.5% 176 5,635 R+18.1
Braxton 3,419 64.2% 1,848 34.7% 55 5,322 D+29.5
Monroe 2,301 44.7% 2,721 52.9% 126 5,148 R+8.2
Summers 2,145 45.3% 2,459 52.0% 126 4,730 R+6.6
Grant 957 21.4% 3,453 77.2% 60 4,470 R+55.8
Hardy 1,377 31.0% 2,991 67.3% 76 4,444 R+36.3
Tyler 960 24.3% 2,921 73.9% 69 3,950 R+49.6
Ritchie 1,210 31.6% 2,524 65.9% 97 3,831 R+34.3
Clay 2,115 58.4% 1,420 39.2% 84 3,619 D+19.2
Pocahontas 1,654 47.8% 1,692 48.9% 114 3,460 R+1.1
Tucker 1,661 49.2% 1,630 48.3% 84 3,375 D+0.9
Webster 2,204 66.1% 1,084 32.5% 46 3,334 D+33.6
Pleasants 1,286 40.0% 1,886 58.6% 44 3,216 R+18.7
Pendleton 1,285 40.7% 1,834 58.0% 41 3,160 R+17.4
Doddridge 906 31.8% 1,878 66.0% 61 2,845 R+34.2
Gilmer 1,418 51.7% 1,231 44.9% 95 2,744 D+6.8
Calhoun 1,411 53.6% 1,124 42.7% 97 2,632 D+10.9
Wirt 1,099 46.0% 1,261 52.8% 27 2,387 R+6.8

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