West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2016

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2016
← 2012 November 8, 2016 2020 →
 
Nominee Jim Justice Bill Cole
Party Democratic Republican
Incumbent Governor

Earl Ray Tomblin
Democratic


Elections in West Virginia
Seal of West Virginia.svg
This box:

The 2016 West Virginia gubernatorial election will take 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.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Earl Ray Tomblin is term-limited and cannot run for re-election to a third term in office.

Background

In November 2010, Democratic Governor Joe Manchin resigned after being elected to the U.S. Senate. Earl Ray Tomblin, the President of the West Virginia Senate, became Acting Governor and won a special election held in October 2011. He was re-elected to a full term in the regularly-scheduled 2012 election. Tomblin is ineligible to run for re-election as the Constitution of West Virginia limits Governors to two consecutive terms, regardless of whether they are full or partial terms. However, Governors are re-eligible after four years out of office.[1][2]

After publicly speculating he would run for his former office, Manchin was considered a heavy favorite in the 2016 race. However, he announced on April 19, 2015, that he would be remaining in the Senate instead.[3]

Democratic primary

Results by county. Blue indicates a win by Justice, green a win by Goodwin, and yellow a win by Kessler.

Candidates

Declared

Declined


Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Jim
Justice		 Booth
Goodwin		 Jeff
Kessler		 Undecided
MetroNews April 22–May 2, 2016 315 ± 4.0% 32% 27% 23% 18%
Public Policy Polling April 29–May 1, 2016 637 ± 3.9% 37% 23% 19% 21%
West Virginia Veterans March 2–6, 2016 600 ± 3.9% 36% 20% 16% 28%
MetroNews February 11–16, 2016 208 ± 4.9% 32% 25% 23% 21%
Global Strategy Group (D-Jim Justice) December 1–3, 2015 350 ± 5.2% 39% 13% 19% 21%

Results

Democratic primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Justice 131,845 51%
Democratic Booth Goodwin 64,941 25%
Democratic Jeff Kessler 59,993 24%
Total votes 256,779 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Did Not File

  • Andrew Utterback, college student and candidate for Mayor of Pineville in 2014[19]
  • Edwin Vanover, former Bramwell Police Chief and Democratic candidate for House of Delegates in 2012[19]

Declined

Polling

Results

Republican primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Cole 65,812 100
Total votes 65,812 100

Libertarian Primary

Candidates

Declared

  • David Moran, retired engineer and farmer[25]

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Jim
Justice (D)		 Bill
Cole (R)		 Other Undecided
MetroNews April 22–May 2, 2016 596 ± 4.0% 52% 34% — 14%
Public Policy Polling April 29–May 1, 2016 1,201 ± 2.8% 41% 35% — 24%
Orion Strategies February 20–21, 2016 306 ± 5.6% 37% 33% — 30%
MetroNews February 11–16, 2016 411 ± 4.9% 49% 39% — 12%
Orion Strategies August 24–25, 2015 406 ± 4.9% 34% 31% — 35%

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.

Use <references />, or <references group="..." />

External links

Official campaign websites
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=West_Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2016&oldid=722018652"