West Virginia 2004 General Election

The Green Papers: West Virginia 2004 General Election

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West Virginia
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 11 May 2004
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

Electoral Votes:	5	(0.93% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:	3	(0.69% of 435)
2000 Census:	1,813,077	(0.64% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	1,416,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	1,067,822
Capital:	Charleston
Tuesday 11 May 2004 polls close 7:30p EDT (2330 UTC)
Tuesday 2 November 2004 polls close 7:30p EST (0030 UTC)

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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
	Democrat	326,541	43.20%	Senator John Kerry • Vice President: Senator John Edwards
	Independent	4,063	0.54%	Ralph Nader • Vice President: Peter Camejo
	Libertarian	1,405	0.19%	Michael Badnarik • Vice President: Richard Campagna
	Write-In	82	0.01%	Michael Anthony Peroutka • Vice President: Chuck Baldwin
	Write-In	13	0.00%	John Joseph Kennedy • Vice President: Daniel Rezak
	Write-In	5	0.00%	David Keith Cobb • Vice President: Patricia Helen "Pat" LaMarche
	Write-In	0	0.00%	Lawson Mitchell Bone • No Vice Presidential candidate named
	Write-In	0	0.00%	Keith Russell Judd • No Vice Presidential candidate named
Total		755,887	100.00%

U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 108^th 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

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

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).
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	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%

108^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2004, 2006. No Term Limit. 108^th 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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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.

CD 1: Barbour, Brooke, Doddridge, Gilmer, Grant, Hancock, Harrison, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Wetzel and Wood.
CD 2: Berkeley, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Hampshire, Hardy, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Mason, Morgan, Pendleton, Putnam, Randolph, Roane, Upshur and Wirt.
CD 3: Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Greenbrier, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Summers, Wayne, Webster and Wyoming.