West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1996

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1996
West Virginia
November 5, 1996
 
Nominee Cecil Underwood Charlotte Pritt
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 324,518 287,870
Percentage 51.6% 45.8%

County results
Governor before election

Gaston Caperton
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Cecil Underwood
Republican

Elections in West Virginia

The 1996 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1996 for the post of Governor of West Virginia. Republican Cecil Underwood, who had previously been the Governor of West Virginia from 1957-1961, 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.

Results

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1996[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Cecil Underwood 324,518 51.63% +15.07%
Democratic Charlotte Pritt 287,870 45.80% -10.21%
Libertarian Wallace Johnson 16,171 2.57% +2.57%
Margin of victory 36,648 5.83% -13.62%
Total votes 628,559 100%
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

References

  1. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/

See also

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