World Library  
  
Flag as Inappropriate
Email this Article
 

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2008

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2008
November 4, 2008
 
Nominee Joe Manchin Russ Weeks
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 492,697 181,612
Percentage 69.81% 25.73%

County Results
Governor before election

Joe Manchin
Democratic

Elected Governor

Joe Manchin
Democratic

Elections in West Virginia

The West Virginia gubernatorial election of 2008 took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent governor Joe Manchin III was the Democratic nominee, challenged by Republican nominee Russ Weeks and Mountain Party candidate Jesse Johnson. Manchin was reelected by a large margin.

Contents

  • Democratic Primary 1
    • Republican Party 1.1
  • General election 2
    • Polling 2.1
    • Results 2.2
  • References 3
  • External links 4

Democratic Primary

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Manchin (inc.) 264,775 74.62
Democratic Mel Kessler 90,074 25.38
Total votes 354,849 100.00

Republican Party

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Russ Weeks 81,019 100.00
Total votes 81,019 100.00

General election

Polling

Poll Source Dates administered Democrat: Joe Manchin III Republican: Russ Weeks
Rasmussen Reports October 20, 2008 71% 21%

Results

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2008[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joe Manchin (inc.) 492,697 69.81% +6.30%
Republican Russ Weeks 181,612 25.73% -8.27%
Mountain Jesse Johnson 31,486 4.46% +1.99%
Margin of victory 311,085 44.08% +14.57%
Total votes 705,795 100%
Democratic hold Swing

References

  1. ^ http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/historyresource/Documents/2008_primary_election_all.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/historyresource/Documents/2008_primary_election_all.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/historyresource/Documents/General%2008%20All%20offices.pdf

External links

  • Elections from the West Virginia Secretary of State
  • West Virginia Governor candidates at Project Vote Smart
  • West Virginia Governor race from OurCampaigns.com
  • West Virginia Governor race from 2008 Race Tracker
  • Campaign contributions from Follow the Money
  • Official candidate websites
    • Joe Manchin, Incumbent Democratic nominee
    • Russ Weeks, Republican nominee
    • Jesse Johnson, Mountain Party nominee
President
U.S. Senate
U.S. House
Governors
Mayors
States
This article was sourced from Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. World Heritage Encyclopedia content is assembled from numerous content providers, Open Access Publishing, and in compliance with The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR), Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Public Library of Science, The Encyclopedia of Life, Open Book Publishers (OBP), PubMed, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and USA.gov, which sources content from all federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government publication portals (.gov, .mil, .edu). Funding for USA.gov and content contributors is made possible from the U.S. Congress, E-Government Act of 2002.
 
Crowd sourced content that is contributed to World Heritage Encyclopedia is peer reviewed and edited by our editorial staff to ensure quality scholarly research articles.
 
By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. World Heritage Encyclopedia™ is a registered trademark of the World Public Library Association, a non-profit organization.
 



Copyright © World Library Foundation. All rights reserved. eBooks from Hawaii eBook Library are sponsored by the World Library Foundation,
a 501c(4) Member's Support Non-Profit Organization, and is NOT affiliated with any governmental agency or department.