The Green Papers: West Virginia 2004 General Election |
West Virginia
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress Primary: Tuesday 11 May 2004 General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 |
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West Virginia 2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions: Democrats Republicans Third Parties
WEST VIRGINIA Election Returns from an official source |
President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 5 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors. List of States: Details. | |||||
Republican | 423,778 | 56.06% | President George W. Bush (5 Electoral Votes) Vice President: Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney Renominated by Convention - 2 September 2004 |
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Democrat | 326,541 | 43.20% | Senator John Kerry Vice President: Senator John Edwards |
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Independent | 4,063 | 0.54% | Ralph Nader Vice President: Peter Camejo |
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Libertarian | 1,405 | 0.19% | Michael Badnarik Vice President: Richard Campagna |
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Write-In | 82 | 0.01% | Michael Anthony Peroutka Vice President: Chuck Baldwin |
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Write-In | 13 | 0.00% | John Joseph Kennedy Vice President: Daniel Rezak |
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Write-In | 5 | 0.00% | David Keith Cobb Vice President: Patricia Helen "Pat" LaMarche |
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Write-In | 0 | 0.00% | Lawson Mitchell Bone No Vice Presidential candidate named |
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Write-In | 0 | 0.00% | Keith Russell Judd No Vice Presidential candidate named |
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Total | 755,887 | 100.00% | |||
U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 108th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 1 | Democrat | Senator Robert C. Byrd First elected: 1958; re-elected: 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Class 2 | Democrat | Senator John D. "Jay" Rockefeller, IV First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
Democrat | Governor Robert E. Wise, Jr. First elected: 2000. Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. Open Chair - 12 August 2003: Governor Wise announced that he is not a candidate for re-election in 2004 (issue with marital infidelity). |
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Democrat | 472,758 | 63.51% | Secretary of State Joe Manchin, III | ||
Republican | 253,131 | 34.00% | Monty Warner | ||
Mountain | 18,430 | 2.48% | Jesse Johnson | ||
Write-In | 114 | 0.02% | Simon McClure | ||
Total | 744,433 | 100.00% | |||
108th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2004, 2006. No Term Limit. 108th House | |||||
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democrats (2 Renominated); 1 Republican (1 Renominated) | |||||
CD 1 |
Democrat | Congressman Alan B. Mollohan Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 Renominated - 11 May 2004 - Primary |
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Democrat | 166,583 | 67.78% | Congressman Alan B. Mollohan | ||
Republican | 79,196 | 32.22% | Alan Lee Parks | ||
Total | 245,779 | 100.00% | |||
CD 2 |
Republican | Congressman Shelley Moore Capito Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 Renominated - 11 May 2004 - Primary |
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Republican | 147,676 | 57.46% | Congressman Shelley Moore Capito | ||
Democrat | 106,131 | 41.29% | Erik Wells | ||
Mountain | 3,218 | 1.25% | Julian Martin | ||
Total | 257,025 | 100.00% | |||
CD 3 |
Democrat | Congressman Nick Joe Rahall, II Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 Renominated - 11 May 2004 - Primary |
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Democrat | 142,682 | 65.20% | Congressman Nick Joe Rahall, II | ||
Republican | 76,170 | 34.80% | Rick Snuffer | ||
Total | 218,852 | 100.00% | |||
Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004 | |||||
Democrat | Secretary of State Joe Manchin, III First elected: 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2004 |
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Republican | 375,024 | 51.88% | Betty Ireland | ||
Democrat | 347,780 | 48.12% | Ken Hechler | ||
Total | 722,804 | 100.00% | |||
Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004 | |||||
Democrat | Attorney General Darrell McGraw Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 Renominated - 11 May 2004 - Primary |
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Democrat | 359,491 | 50.42% | Attorney General Darrell McGraw | ||
Republican | 353,545 | 49.58% | Hiram Lewis, IV | ||
Total | 713,036 | 100.00% | |||
Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004 | |||||
Democrat | Treasurer John D. Perdue Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 Renominated - 11 May 2004 - Primary |
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Democrat | 433,229 | 62.94% | Treasurer John D. Perdue | ||
Republican | 255,046 | 37.06% | Bob Adams | ||
Total | 688,275 | 100.00% | |||
Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004 | |||||
Democrat | Auditor Glen B. Gainer, III Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004 First elected: 1992 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 Renominated - 11 May 2004 - Primary |
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Democrat | 428,177 | 61.54% | Auditor Glen B. Gainer, III | ||
Republican | 267,644 | 38.46% | Lisa Thornburg | ||
Total | 695,821 | 100.00% | |||
Commissioner of Agriculture 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004 | |||||
Democrat | Agriculture Commissioner Gus R. Douglass Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 Renominated - 11 May 2004 - Primary |
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Democrat | 437,881 | 63.34% | Agriculture Commissioner Gus R. Douglass | ||
Republican | 253,402 | 36.66% | Andrew Yost | ||
Total | 691,283 | 100.00% |
2002-2010 Congressional Districts 2002-2010 CDs |
West Virginia has 55 counties and 3 congressional districts: all 55 counties are wholly within a given congressional district and no county is divided among more than one congressional district.
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