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2012 West Virginia governor election

Earl Ray Tomblin (Democrat) beat Bill Maloney (Republican) in West Virginia in 2012, 50.5% to 45.6%, a margin of 4.8 points and 32,177 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2011, when Earl Ray Tomblin also won.

Democrats led in 36 of the 55 counties and Republicans in 19. The largest, Kanawha, cast 74,284 votes and went to the Democrat by 9.7 points. The closest was Wood, where 12 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
Earl Ray Tomblin won Democratic 335,468 50.5%
Bill Maloney Republican 303,291 45.6%
All other candidates 25,696 3.9%
Total664,455

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Kanawha 38,785 52.2% 31,584 42.5% 3,915 74,284 D+9.7
Berkeley 17,195 47.1% 17,999 49.3% 1,293 36,487 R+2.2
Wood 16,284 48.6% 16,272 48.5% 982 33,538 level
Cabell 17,447 54.5% 13,357 41.7% 1,197 32,001 D+12.8
Monongalia 14,160 45.7% 15,034 48.6% 1,770 30,964 R+2.8
Raleigh 12,602 44.4% 14,900 52.5% 861 28,363 R+8.1
Harrison 12,818 49.2% 12,460 47.8% 787 26,065 D+1.4
Putnam 10,303 43.7% 12,534 53.1% 756 23,593 R+9.5
Jefferson 11,091 51.0% 9,514 43.7% 1,156 21,761 D+7.2
Marion 11,358 53.0% 9,236 43.1% 816 21,410 D+9.9
Mercer 9,257 44.4% 10,974 52.6% 636 20,867 R+8.2
Ohio 8,603 48.7% 8,519 48.2% 555 17,677 D+0.5
Wayne 7,713 55.1% 5,928 42.3% 363 14,004 D+12.7
Fayette 7,353 52.7% 5,932 42.5% 675 13,960 D+10.2
Greenbrier 6,357 49.5% 5,821 45.3% 659 12,837 D+4.2
Marshall 6,593 51.5% 5,807 45.4% 395 12,795 D+6.1
Logan 9,480 78.8% 2,393 19.9% 153 12,026 D+58.9
Hancock 6,077 51.1% 5,454 45.8% 370 11,901 D+5.2
Jackson 5,508 47.5% 5,711 49.2% 381 11,600 R+1.8
Preston 4,096 37.3% 6,020 54.8% 865 10,981 R+17.5
Mineral 4,874 44.7% 5,708 52.4% 317 10,899 R+7.7
Mason 5,212 53.4% 4,229 43.3% 315 9,756 D+10.1
Randolph 5,070 52.5% 4,115 42.6% 468 9,653 D+9.9
Brooke 5,067 55.5% 3,797 41.6% 268 9,132 D+13.9
Mingo 6,078 68.4% 2,656 29.9% 147 8,881 D+38.5
Nicholas 4,367 49.5% 4,173 47.3% 289 8,829 D+2.2
Boone 5,800 67.0% 2,624 30.3% 234 8,658 D+36.7
Upshur 3,425 41.7% 4,464 54.3% 333 8,222 R+12.6
Hampshire 3,610 45.8% 3,944 50.0% 330 7,884 R+4.2
Wyoming 4,288 57.4% 3,002 40.2% 179 7,469 D+17.2
Lincoln 4,241 61.3% 2,476 35.8% 199 6,916 D+25.5
Morgan 3,075 44.9% 3,439 50.2% 342 6,856 R+5.3
Lewis 2,920 46.0% 3,192 50.3% 231 6,343 R+4.3
McDowell 4,007 65.9% 1,919 31.6% 151 6,077 D+34.4
Taylor 2,755 46.6% 2,969 50.2% 186 5,910 R+3.6
Wetzel 3,282 56.2% 2,367 40.5% 192 5,841 D+15.7
Barbour 2,757 48.0% 2,789 48.5% 200 5,746 R+0.6
Monroe 2,320 45.0% 2,592 50.3% 239 5,151 R+5.3
Hardy 2,868 55.9% 2,074 40.4% 191 5,133 D+15.5
Roane 2,609 51.8% 2,191 43.5% 241 5,041 D+8.3
Braxton 2,796 59.1% 1,784 37.7% 151 4,731 D+21.4
Summers 2,511 53.6% 1,969 42.0% 207 4,687 D+11.6
Grant 1,453 32.3% 2,919 65.0% 120 4,492 R+32.6
Ritchie 1,438 38.5% 2,171 58.1% 128 3,737 R+19.6
Pocahontas 1,863 53.4% 1,384 39.7% 242 3,489 D+13.7
Tyler 1,424 43.9% 1,711 52.7% 109 3,244 R+8.8
Pendleton 1,720 53.4% 1,391 43.2% 110 3,221 D+10.2
Tucker 1,527 48.6% 1,420 45.2% 194 3,141 D+3.4
Clay 1,605 53.0% 1,278 42.2% 146 3,029 D+10.8
Pleasants 1,452 51.5% 1,306 46.3% 62 2,820 D+5.2
Webster 1,635 58.6% 1,019 36.5% 137 2,791 D+22.1
Doddridge 872 32.0% 1,721 63.2% 132 2,725 R+31.2
Gilmer 1,345 53.7% 1,033 41.3% 126 2,504 D+12.5
Calhoun 1,051 48.5% 986 45.5% 130 2,167 D+3.0
Wirt 1,071 49.4% 1,030 47.6% 65 2,166 D+1.9

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