West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1992

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1992
West Virginia
November 7, 1992
 
Nominee Gaston Caperton Cleve Benedict Charlotte Pritt (write-in)
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Popular vote 368,302 240,390 48,873
Percentage 56.0% 36.6% 7.4%

County results
Governor before election

Gaston Caperton
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Gaston Caperton
Democratic

Elections in West Virginia

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.

Results

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1992[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Gaston Caperton (inc.) 368,302 56.01%
Republican Cleve Benedict 240,390 36.56%
Independent Charlotte Pritt (write-in) 48,873 7.43%
Margin of victory 127,912 19.45%
Total votes 657,565 100%
Democratic hold Swing

See also

Source:

References

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


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