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Election 2016 Results

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2016 West Virginia governor election

Jim Justice (Democrat) beat Bill Cole (Republican) in West Virginia in 2016, 49.1% to 42.3%, a margin of 6.8 points and 48,421 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2012, when Earl Ray Tomblin won.

Democrats led in 36 of the 55 counties and Republicans in 19. The largest, Kanawha, cast 76,392 votes and went to the Democrat by 27.4 points. The closest was Calhoun, where 36 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
Jim Justice won Democratic 350,408 49.1%
Bill Cole Republican 301,987 42.3%
Charlotte Pritt Mountain Party 42,068 5.9%
All other candidates 19,395 2.7%
Total713,858

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Kanawha 44,756 58.6% 23,849 31.2% 7,787 76,392 D+27.4
Berkeley 14,879 35.6% 23,103 55.2% 3,870 41,852 R+19.7
Monongalia 16,016 44.3% 14,343 39.7% 5,804 36,163 D+4.6
Wood 17,240 48.3% 15,959 44.7% 2,527 35,726 D+3.6
Cabell 18,148 54.5% 12,065 36.2% 3,111 33,324 D+18.3
Raleigh 16,841 56.5% 11,140 37.3% 1,848 29,829 D+19.1
Harrison 14,317 50.6% 11,916 42.1% 2,046 28,279 D+8.5
Putnam 13,410 53.3% 9,956 39.6% 1,802 25,168 D+13.7
Jefferson 9,588 40.2% 11,599 48.7% 2,647 23,834 R+8.4
Marion 12,142 52.5% 8,941 38.6% 2,063 23,146 D+13.8
Mercer 9,323 40.3% 12,662 54.7% 1,161 23,146 R+14.4
Ohio 8,377 46.5% 8,048 44.7% 1,596 18,021 D+1.8
Fayette 9,631 62.1% 4,560 29.4% 1,328 15,519 D+32.7
Wayne 8,558 55.8% 5,824 38.0% 959 15,341 D+17.8
Greenbrier 8,589 60.6% 4,361 30.8% 1,232 14,182 D+29.8
Marshall 6,491 49.5% 5,696 43.4% 938 13,125 D+6.1
Preston 3,964 31.7% 6,575 52.5% 1,981 12,520 R+20.9
Hancock 5,322 42.8% 5,992 48.2% 1,119 12,433 R+5.4
Jackson 6,200 50.4% 5,122 41.7% 969 12,291 D+8.8
Logan 6,781 55.5% 4,497 36.8% 935 12,213 D+18.7
Mineral 3,485 30.4% 7,047 61.6% 915 11,447 R+31.1
Randolph 5,120 46.8% 4,500 41.1% 1,326 10,946 D+5.7
Mason 5,566 54.3% 4,062 39.6% 629 10,257 D+14.7
Nicholas 5,780 60.0% 3,358 34.9% 491 9,629 D+25.2
Brooke 4,570 48.3% 4,087 43.2% 796 9,453 D+5.1
Mingo 5,168 54.9% 3,699 39.3% 549 9,416 D+15.6
Upshur 3,726 40.5% 4,716 51.3% 752 9,194 R+10.8
Boone 5,649 64.2% 2,622 29.8% 525 8,796 D+34.4
Hampshire 2,537 30.1% 5,239 62.1% 654 8,430 R+32.1
Wyoming 4,842 61.7% 2,641 33.6% 367 7,850 D+28.0
Morgan 1,929 26.0% 4,764 64.1% 738 7,431 R+38.2
Lincoln 4,141 57.7% 2,534 35.3% 508 7,183 D+22.4
Lewis 3,222 46.2% 3,294 47.3% 451 6,967 R+1.0
Taylor 3,005 45.5% 3,102 46.9% 504 6,611 R+1.5
Wetzel 3,234 51.5% 2,545 40.5% 503 6,282 D+11.0
McDowell 3,459 56.1% 2,493 40.4% 215 6,167 D+15.7
Barbour 2,701 44.3% 2,928 48.0% 467 6,096 R+3.7
Monroe 2,797 47.7% 2,562 43.7% 509 5,868 D+4.0
Hardy 2,237 40.2% 3,015 54.2% 310 5,562 R+14.0
Roane 2,794 52.6% 2,090 39.4% 424 5,308 D+13.3
Braxton 2,959 58.7% 1,765 35.0% 317 5,041 D+23.7
Summers 2,727 55.2% 1,793 36.3% 420 4,940 D+18.9
Grant 1,313 27.6% 3,203 67.4% 237 4,753 R+39.8
Ritchie 1,284 31.7% 2,523 62.2% 247 4,054 R+30.6
Pocahontas 1,975 53.7% 1,227 33.3% 478 3,680 D+20.3
Tyler 1,449 39.6% 1,969 53.8% 244 3,662 R+14.2
Tucker 1,481 42.6% 1,609 46.3% 388 3,478 R+3.7
Pleasants 1,713 54.0% 1,288 40.6% 172 3,173 D+13.4
Pendleton 1,335 42.3% 1,568 49.6% 256 3,159 R+7.4
Clay 1,683 55.6% 1,138 37.6% 206 3,027 D+18.0
Webster 1,474 49.2% 1,269 42.3% 255 2,998 D+6.8
Doddridge 905 31.7% 1,739 60.9% 212 2,856 R+29.2
Calhoun 1,193 45.6% 1,157 44.2% 265 2,615 D+1.4
Gilmer 1,195 46.6% 1,116 43.5% 254 2,565 D+3.1
Wirt 1,171 48.2% 1,106 45.5% 153 2,430 D+2.7

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