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Election 2020 Results

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2020 West Virginia governor election

Jim Justice (Republican) beat Ben Salango (Democrat) in West Virginia in 2020, 63.5% to 30.2%, a margin of 33.3 points and 260,920 votes.

Jim Justice had won in 2016 as a Democratic.

Republicans led in 55 of the 55 counties. The largest, Kanawha, cast 80,503 votes and went to the Republican by 5.2 points. The closest was Monongalia, where 394 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 Republican 497,944 63.5%
Ben Salango Democratic 237,024 30.2%
All other candidates 49,319 6.3%
Total784,287

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Kanawha 37,101 46.1% 41,310 51.3% 2,092 80,503 R+5.2
Berkeley 15,253 31.8% 28,841 60.2% 3,803 47,897 R+28.4
Monongalia 19,460 47.1% 19,854 48.1% 1,980 41,294 R+1.0
Wood 9,933 26.4% 26,232 69.7% 1,451 37,616 R+43.3
Cabell 14,151 39.1% 20,750 57.3% 1,284 36,185 R+18.2
Raleigh 8,962 27.9% 22,259 69.3% 912 32,133 R+41.4
Harrison 8,778 29.7% 19,074 64.6% 1,685 29,537 R+34.9
Putnam 8,831 32.8% 17,251 64.0% 868 26,950 R+31.2
Jefferson 10,563 39.4% 14,010 52.2% 2,245 26,818 R+12.9
Marion 8,632 34.1% 15,253 60.2% 1,455 25,340 R+26.1
Mercer 5,052 20.8% 18,340 75.6% 852 24,244 R+54.8
Ohio 6,984 35.5% 11,775 59.9% 895 19,654 R+24.4
Fayette 5,587 34.5% 10,076 62.1% 551 16,214 R+27.7
Wayne 4,548 28.1% 11,079 68.5% 553 16,180 R+40.4
Greenbrier 4,053 26.2% 10,973 70.8% 469 15,495 R+44.7
Preston 3,240 23.1% 10,023 71.6% 745 14,008 R+48.4
Marshall 3,839 27.8% 9,324 67.6% 640 13,803 R+39.7
Hancock 3,868 28.6% 8,995 66.6% 648 13,511 R+37.9
Jackson 3,418 26.8% 8,932 70.0% 401 12,751 R+43.2
Logan 3,052 23.9% 9,436 74.0% 257 12,745 R+50.1
Mineral 2,412 19.2% 9,535 75.7% 642 12,589 R+56.6
Randolph 3,349 28.6% 7,915 67.5% 454 11,718 R+39.0
Mason 2,898 26.8% 7,519 69.6% 388 10,805 R+42.8
Brooke 2,964 28.5% 6,840 65.7% 605 10,409 R+37.2
Nicholas 2,414 23.6% 7,518 73.6% 287 10,219 R+49.9
Upshur 1,915 19.3% 6,951 70.0% 1,064 9,930 R+50.7
Mingo 2,022 20.9% 7,454 77.0% 208 9,684 R+56.1
Hampshire 1,835 19.3% 7,111 74.9% 547 9,493 R+55.6
Boone 2,829 32.0% 5,765 65.2% 246 8,840 R+33.2
Morgan 1,850 22.2% 5,948 71.3% 549 8,347 R+49.1
Wyoming 1,240 14.9% 6,941 83.4% 139 8,320 R+68.5
Lincoln 2,164 28.6% 5,265 69.5% 149 7,578 R+40.9
Lewis 1,393 19.0% 5,407 73.8% 525 7,325 R+54.8
Taylor 1,769 24.6% 5,058 70.3% 365 7,192 R+45.7
Wetzel 1,727 26.4% 4,559 69.6% 267 6,553 R+43.2
Barbour 1,419 21.7% 4,783 73.0% 350 6,552 R+51.3
McDowell 1,321 21.0% 4,861 77.4% 98 6,280 R+56.4
Monroe 1,284 20.6% 4,764 76.6% 175 6,223 R+55.9
Hardy 1,471 24.0% 4,364 71.3% 285 6,120 R+47.3
Roane 1,473 26.0% 4,007 70.8% 180 5,660 R+44.8
Braxton 1,492 26.9% 3,799 68.5% 254 5,545 R+41.6
Summers 1,502 27.7% 3,773 69.5% 156 5,431 R+41.8
Grant 609 11.8% 4,302 83.4% 246 5,157 R+71.6
Ritchie 665 16.3% 3,234 79.2% 183 4,082 R+62.9
Pocahontas 965 25.1% 2,737 71.1% 149 3,851 R+46.0
Tyler 745 19.8% 2,746 72.9% 275 3,766 R+53.1
Tucker 944 25.2% 2,628 70.1% 179 3,751 R+44.9
Pendleton 774 21.6% 2,664 74.4% 145 3,583 R+52.7
Pleasants 670 19.8% 2,596 76.5% 126 3,392 R+56.8
Webster 659 19.7% 2,552 76.4% 128 3,339 R+56.7
Clay 734 22.8% 2,370 73.6% 114 3,218 R+50.8
Doddridge 473 16.0% 2,330 78.6% 161 2,964 R+62.7
Calhoun 632 21.9% 2,141 74.2% 113 2,886 R+52.3
Gilmer 623 24.1% 1,773 68.7% 184 2,580 R+44.6
Wirt 483 19.0% 1,947 76.5% 114 2,544 R+57.5

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