| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
County results Smith: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Underwood: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% | |||||||||||||||||
|
Elections in West Virginia |
---|
The 1964 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1964, to elect the governor of West Virginia.
West Virginia at the time was a solidly Democratic state, and the 1964 election year was a strong year for the Democrats nationally with Lyndon Johnson scoring a landslide win over the Republican Barry Goldwater.
The Democrats from a field of four including the Julius Singleton, the speaker of the House of Delegates and Harold Cutright who would seek the 1966 Senate nomination as a Republican. The Democrats nominated Hulett Smith recent chair of the West Virginia Democratic Party and son of former Sixth District Representative Joe Smith.
The Republicans overwhelmingly chose the popular former governor Cecil Underwood.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Hulett C. Smith | 186,273 | 53.26 | |
Democratic | Bonn Brown | 85,527 | 24.45 | |
Democratic | Julius W. Singleton | 47,845 | 13.68 | |
Democratic | Harold G. Cutright | 30,119 | 8.61 | |
Total votes | 349,764 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Cecil H. Underwood | 152,573 | 89.74 | |
Republican | Harry H. Cupp | 11,325 | 6.66 | |
Republican | Freda P. Cavendish | 6,114 | 3.60 | |
Total votes | 170,012 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Hulett C. Smith | 433,023 | 54.91 | |
Republican | Cecil H. Underwood | 355,559 | 45.09 | |
Total votes | 788,582 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
County | Hulett Carlson Smith Democratic | Cecil Harland Underwood Republican | Margin | Total votes cast [3] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Barbour | 3,930 | 53.24% | 3,452 | 46.76% | 478 | 6.48% | 7,382 |
Berkeley | 7,079 | 50.65% | 6,897 | 49.35% | 182 | 1.30% | 13,976 |
Boone | 7,366 | 66.47% | 3,716 | 33.53% | 3,650 | 32.94% | 11,082 |
Braxton | 4,000 | 60.28% | 2,636 | 39.72% | 1,364 | 20.55% | 6,636 |
Brooke | 7,169 | 54.91% | 5,888 | 45.09% | 1,281 | 9.81% | 13,057 |
Cabell | 20,991 | 46.30% | 24,343 | 53.70% | -3,352 | -7.39% | 45,334 |
Calhoun | 2,030 | 52.71% | 1,821 | 47.29% | 209 | 5.43% | 3,851 |
Clay | 2,732 | 60.03% | 1,819 | 39.97% | 913 | 20.06% | 4,551 |
Doddridge | 1,228 | 38.73% | 1,943 | 61.27% | -715 | -22.55% | 3,171 |
Fayette | 17,232 | 72.24% | 6,622 | 27.76% | 10,610 | 44.48% | 23,854 |
Gilmer | 2,124 | 53.94% | 1,814 | 46.06% | 310 | 7.87% | 3,938 |
Grant | 1,111 | 28.18% | 2,832 | 71.82% | -1,721 | -43.65% | 3,943 |
Greenbrier | 7,910 | 54.05% | 6,724 | 45.95% | 1,186 | 8.10% | 14,634 |
Hampshire | 2,813 | 59.55% | 1,911 | 40.45% | 902 | 19.09% | 4,724 |
Hancock | 10,998 | 58.73% | 7,728 | 41.27% | 3,270 | 17.46% | 18,726 |
Hardy | 2,333 | 54.41% | 1,955 | 45.59% | 378 | 8.82% | 4,288 |
Harrison | 18,575 | 51.96% | 17,173 | 48.04% | 1,402 | 3.92% | 35,748 |
Jackson | 3,799 | 40.51% | 5,580 | 59.49% | -1,781 | -18.99% | 9,379 |
Jefferson | 4,201 | 63.67% | 2,397 | 36.33% | 1,804 | 27.34% | 6,598 |
Kanawha | 54,050 | 50.14% | 53,757 | 49.86% | 293 | 0.27% | 107,807 |
Lewis | 4,043 | 49.16% | 4,182 | 50.84% | -139 | -1.69% | 8,225 |
Lincoln | 5,136 | 54.37% | 4,311 | 45.63% | 825 | 8.73% | 9,447 |
Logan | 15,072 | 72.65% | 5,674 | 27.35% | 9,398 | 45.30% | 20,746 |
Marion | 18,122 | 61.00% | 11,584 | 39.00% | 6,538 | 22.01% | 29,706 |
Marshall | 9,704 | 54.48% | 8,107 | 45.52% | 1,597 | 8.97% | 17,811 |
Mason | 5,240 | 47.70% | 5,745 | 52.30% | -505 | -4.60% | 10,985 |
McDowell | 16,696 | 77.98% | 4,714 | 22.02% | 11,982 | 55.96% | 21,410 |
Mercer | 16,682 | 61.58% | 10,409 | 38.42% | 6,273 | 23.16% | 27,091 |
Mineral | 5,131 | 51.40% | 4,852 | 48.60% | 279 | 2.79% | 9,983 |
Mingo | 10,855 | 70.32% | 4,581 | 29.68% | 6,274 | 40.65% | 15,436 |
Monongalia | 12,937 | 54.67% | 10,727 | 45.33% | 2,210 | 9.34% | 23,664 |
Monroe | 3,008 | 51.76% | 2,803 | 48.24% | 205 | 3.53% | 5,811 |
Morgan | 1,435 | 39.13% | 2,232 | 60.87% | -797 | -21.73% | 3,667 |
Nicholas | 5,378 | 56.59% | 4,125 | 43.41% | 1,253 | 13.19% | 9,503 |
Ohio | 17,104 | 51.94% | 15,824 | 48.06% | 1,280 | 3.89% | 32,928 |
Pendleton | 2,147 | 57.03% | 1,618 | 42.97% | 529 | 14.05% | 3,765 |
Pleasants | 1,854 | 50.85% | 1,792 | 49.15% | 62 | 1.70% | 3,646 |
Pocahontas | 2,652 | 54.11% | 2,249 | 45.89% | 403 | 8.22% | 4,901 |
Preston | 4,987 | 48.77% | 5,238 | 51.23% | -251 | -2.45% | 10,225 |
Putnam | 5,525 | 49.72% | 5,587 | 50.28% | -62 | -0.56% | 11,112 |
Raleigh | 19,519 | 63.81% | 11,068 | 36.19% | 8,451 | 27.63% | 30,587 |
Randolph | 6,763 | 61.67% | 4,204 | 38.33% | 2,559 | 23.33% | 10,967 |
Ritchie | 1,644 | 33.07% | 3,327 | 66.93% | -1,683 | -33.86% | 4,971 |
Roane | 3,037 | 42.35% | 4,134 | 57.65% | -1,097 | -15.30% | 7,171 |
Summers | 4,301 | 61.10% | 2,738 | 38.90% | 1,563 | 22.20% | 7,039 |
Taylor | 3,521 | 52.22% | 3,222 | 47.78% | 299 | 4.43% | 6,743 |
Tucker | 2,271 | 56.93% | 1,718 | 43.07% | 553 | 13.86% | 3,989 |
Tyler | 1,516 | 31.14% | 3,352 | 68.86% | -1,836 | -37.72% | 4,868 |
Upshur | 2,798 | 37.99% | 4,567 | 62.01% | -1,769 | -24.02% | 7,365 |
Wayne | 8,813 | 51.96% | 8,148 | 48.04% | 665 | 3.92% | 16,961 |
Webster | 3,024 | 66.08% | 1,552 | 33.92% | 1,472 | 32.17% | 4,576 |
Wetzel | 4,523 | 47.86% | 4,927 | 52.14% | -404 | -4.28% | 9,450 |
Wirt | 1,102 | 49.64% | 1,118 | 50.36% | -16 | -0.72% | 2,220 |
Wood | 16,901 | 46.49% | 19,452 | 53.51% | -2,551 | -7.02% | 36,353 |
Wyoming | 7,911 | 62.88% | 4,670 | 37.12% | 3,241 | 25.76% | 12,581 |
Totals | 433,023 | 54.91% | 355,559 | 45.09% | 77,464 | 9.82% | 788,582 |
The 1996 United States Senate elections were held on November 5, with the 33 seats of Class 2 contested in regular elections. Special elections were also held to fill vacancies. They coincided with the presidential election of the same year, in which Democrat Bill Clinton was re-elected president.
The 1976 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate. Held on November 2, the 33 seats of Class 1 were contested in regular elections. They coincided with Democrat Jimmy Carter's presidential election and the United States Bicentennial celebration. Although almost half of the seats decided in this election changed parties, Carter's narrow victory did not provide coattails for the Democratic Party. Each party flipped seven Senate seats, although, one of the seats flipped by Democrats was previously held by a Conservative.
The 1970 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate. It took place on November 3, with the 33 seats of Class 1 contested in regular elections. Special elections were also held to fill vacancies. These races occurred in the middle of Richard Nixon's first term as president. The Democrats lost a net of three seats, while the Republicans and the Conservative Party of New York picked up one net seat each, and former Democrat Harry F. Byrd Jr. was re-elected as an independent.
The 1958 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate which occurred in the middle of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's second term. Thirty-two seats of Class 1 were contested in regular elections, the new state of Alaska held its first Senate elections for its Class 2 and 3 seats, and two special elections were held to fill vacancies.
The 1942 United States Senate elections were held November 3, 1942, midway through Franklin D. Roosevelt's third term as president. The 32 seats of Class 2 were contested in regular elections, and two special elections were held to fill vacancies.
Charlotte Jean Pritt is an American educator, businesswoman, and politician in the U.S. state of West Virginia. From 1984 to 1988, she served in the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing Kanawha County. From 1988 to 1992, she served in the West Virginia State Senate. She ran unsuccessfully for West Virginia governor in 1992, 1996 and 2016 and for West Virginia Secretary of State in 2000.
Natalie E. Tennant is an American politician who served as the Secretary of State of West Virginia from 2009 to 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Tennant was the 2014 Democratic Party nominee for West Virginia's open U.S. Senate seat, which she lost to Republican Shelley Moore Capito. In 2016 she was defeated for re-election by Republican Mac Warner, and left office on January 16, 2017.
The 1992 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1992. Incumbent Democratic Governor Gaston Caperton won re-election by defeating former Republican U.S. Representative Cleve Benedict and Democratic State Senator Charlotte Pritt, who ran as an independent write-in candidate after losing to Caperton in the Democratic primary election. Benedict had defeated Vernon Criss for his party's nomination; this was the only election between 1964 and 2000 that the Republicans had nominated someone other than Arch A. Moore or Cecil H. Underwood. Until 2020 this is the last time West Virginia has voted for the same party for Governor and for President, as both elections are held concurrently in the state. This is the most recent time that Democrats won both races concurrently.
The 1978 United States Senate election in West Virginia took place on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jennings Randolph was re-elected to fourth term in office, narrowly defeating Republican Arch Moore, a former Governor. Despite his defeat, Moore's daughter, Shelley Moore Capito, would later win election to this seat in 2014, becoming the first female Senator from the state.
The 1984 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jennings Randolph chose to retire instead of seeking re-election to a fifth term, and was succeeded by West Virginia Governor Jay Rockefeller, who defeated Republican John Raese in one of the closer races of the year.
The 2014 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. This election was the fifth consecutive even-number year in which a senate election was held in West Virginia after elections in 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012.
The 2016 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2016, to elect the Governor of West Virginia, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on May 10.
The 1996 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1996 to elect the Governor of West Virginia. Republican Cecil Underwood, who had previously been the Governor of West Virginia from 1957 to 1961, defeated Democratic State Senator Charlotte Pritt. Concurrently, the state voted the opposite way federally, choosing Democratic U.S. Presidential nominee, incumbent Bill Clinton over Republican nominee Bob Dole in the Presidential election that year.
The 1988 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1988 to elect the governor of West Virginia. Incumbent Republican Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. ran for re-election to a fourth term in office, but was defeated by Democratic nominee Gaston Caperton.
The 1976 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1976, to elect the governor of West Virginia. Democrat Jay Rockefeller the nephew of the then Current US Vice President Nelson Rockefeller Defeated Republican Cecil Underwood
The 1960 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1960, to elect the governor of West Virginia. Hulett C. Smith unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination, while Chapman Revercomb unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination.
The 1956 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1956, to elect the governor of West Virginia.
The 2018 United States Senate election in West Virginia took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.
The 2020 West Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Governor of West Virginia, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Clyde McNeill See Jr. was an American politician and lawyer from West Virginia. See served as Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1979 to 1985 and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of West Virginia in 1984, a race he lost to Republican Arch Moore.