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Election 2004 Results

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2004 West Virginia governor election

Joe Manchin (Democrat) beat Monty Warner (Republican) in West Virginia in 2004, 63.5% to 34.0%, a margin of 29.5 points and 219,627 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2000, when Robert Ellsworth Wise won.

Democrats led in 52 of the 55 counties and Republicans in 3. The largest, Kanawha, cast 86,590 votes and went to the Democrat by 29.8 points. The closest was Morgan, where 92 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
Joe Manchin won Democratic 472,758 63.5%
Monty Warner Republican 253,131 34.0%
All other candidates 18,544 2.5%
Total744,433

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Kanawha 54,620 63.1% 28,817 33.3% 3,153 86,590 D+29.8
Wood 24,904 64.0% 13,383 34.4% 622 38,909 D+29.6
Cabell 22,589 60.2% 13,829 36.9% 1,079 37,497 D+23.4
Monongalia 20,512 61.1% 11,220 33.4% 1,829 33,561 D+27.7
Berkeley 16,044 48.2% 16,630 49.9% 634 33,308 R+1.8
Harrison 20,365 66.9% 9,373 30.8% 699 30,437 D+36.1
Raleigh 17,363 57.2% 12,359 40.7% 607 30,329 D+16.5
Marion 17,911 71.9% 6,496 26.1% 517 24,924 D+45.8
Putnam 14,373 57.7% 9,998 40.1% 550 24,921 D+17.6
Mercer 13,997 62.6% 7,980 35.7% 366 22,343 D+26.9
Ohio 13,470 67.1% 6,263 31.2% 334 20,067 D+35.9
Jefferson 10,561 54.1% 8,295 42.5% 677 19,533 D+11.6
Wayne 11,479 65.2% 5,903 33.5% 236 17,618 D+31.6
Fayette 11,448 67.8% 4,979 29.5% 468 16,895 D+38.3
Marshall 10,256 68.1% 4,535 30.1% 262 15,053 D+38.0
Greenbrier 8,461 58.8% 5,439 37.8% 496 14,396 D+21.0
Logan 10,505 73.1% 3,592 25.0% 270 14,367 D+48.1
Jackson 8,374 63.9% 4,426 33.8% 306 13,106 D+30.1
Hancock 8,586 66.6% 4,115 31.9% 194 12,895 D+34.7
Mason 8,504 71.3% 3,159 26.5% 267 11,930 D+44.8
Preston 5,889 49.6% 5,610 47.3% 370 11,869 D+2.4
Randolph 7,952 69.5% 3,160 27.6% 334 11,446 D+41.9
Mineral 6,206 55.1% 4,840 43.0% 209 11,255 D+12.1
Brooke 7,591 70.6% 2,961 27.5% 200 10,752 D+43.1
Mingo 8,730 82.3% 1,734 16.4% 140 10,604 D+66.0
Nicholas 7,153 69.4% 2,909 28.2% 241 10,303 D+41.2
Boone 8,070 79.1% 1,934 19.0% 196 10,200 D+60.2
Upshur 5,992 64.5% 3,130 33.7% 166 9,288 D+30.8
Wyoming 6,019 70.6% 2,426 28.4% 84 8,529 D+42.1
Lincoln 5,590 68.1% 2,364 28.8% 260 8,214 D+39.3
Hampshire 4,241 54.6% 3,323 42.8% 200 7,764 D+11.8
McDowell 5,731 79.3% 1,320 18.3% 177 7,228 D+61.0
Wetzel 5,228 74.1% 1,752 24.8% 80 7,060 D+49.2
Lewis 4,806 68.5% 2,041 29.1% 173 7,020 D+39.4
Barbour 4,516 68.4% 2,002 30.3% 83 6,601 D+38.1
Taylor 4,451 68.5% 1,975 30.4% 72 6,498 D+38.1
Morgan 3,209 49.6% 3,117 48.1% 150 6,476 D+1.4
Roane 3,874 63.4% 2,039 33.4% 195 6,108 D+30.0
Monroe 3,425 58.0% 2,357 39.9% 119 5,901 D+18.1
Braxton 4,404 75.0% 1,376 23.4% 90 5,870 D+51.6
Summers 3,385 61.8% 1,925 35.1% 167 5,477 D+26.7
Hardy 2,907 59.2% 1,895 38.6% 111 4,913 D+20.6
Grant 2,127 46.2% 2,421 52.6% 57 4,605 R+6.4
Tyler 2,447 57.8% 1,705 40.3% 80 4,232 D+17.5
Ritchie 2,322 56.0% 1,724 41.6% 97 4,143 D+14.4
Clay 2,932 72.2% 1,008 24.8% 119 4,059 D+47.4
Pocahontas 2,344 60.8% 1,329 34.5% 182 3,855 D+26.3
Webster 2,848 76.4% 779 20.9% 99 3,726 D+55.5
Tucker 2,361 66.2% 1,083 30.4% 121 3,565 D+35.8
Pleasants 2,416 71.7% 927 27.5% 27 3,370 D+44.2
Pendleton 2,081 62.1% 1,246 37.2% 22 3,349 D+24.9
Doddridge 1,492 47.0% 1,603 50.5% 82 3,177 R+3.5
Calhoun 1,957 67.8% 799 27.7% 130 2,886 D+40.1
Gilmer 1,975 69.9% 739 26.2% 112 2,826 D+43.7
Wirt 1,765 68.3% 787 30.4% 33 2,585 D+37.8

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