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2008 West Virginia gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	2008 West Virginia gubernatorial election
country	West Virginia
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election
previous_year	2004
next_year	[2011 (special)](2011-west-virginia-gubernatorial-special-election)
election_date	November 4, 2008
image1	File:Joe Manchin official portrait 112th Congress.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Joe Manchin
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	492,697
percentage1	69.81%
image2	Image:Russ Weeks.jpg
nominee2	Russ Weeks
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	181,612
percentage2	25.73%
map_image	2008 West Virginia gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size	250px
map_caption	County results
Manchin:
title	Governor
before_election	Joe Manchin
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Joe Manchin
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Manchin:
The 2008 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Governor Joe Manchin was the Democratic nominee, challenged by Republican nominee Russ Weeks and Mountain Party candidate Jesse Johnson. Manchin won every county in the state and was reelected by the largest margin for any gubernatorial candidate in West Virginia's history. Manchin won by over 44%, even as Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, lost the state to John McCain in the concurrent presidential election. As of , this is the last time that Doddridge County has voted for a Democratic candidate for statewide office.

Party primaries

Democratic Party

Mel Kessler, State Delegate
Joe Manchin, incumbent Governor of West Virginia

Republican Party

Russ Weeks, former State Senator

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		October 16, 2008
Rothenberg Political Report		November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 3, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 4, 2008

Polling

Poll Source	Dates administered	Joe
Manchin (D)	Russ
Weeks (R)
Rasmussen Reports	October 20, 2008	71%	21%
Public Policy Polling	October 30, 2008	69%	27%

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Berkeley (largest municipality: Martinsburg)
Doddridge (largest municipality: West Union)
Grant (largest municipality: Petersburg)

References

"Archived copy".
"2008 Governor Race ratings".
"2008 Gubernatorial Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report.
(3 November 2008). "THE LAST LAST WORD The Crystal Ball's Final Projections for the 2008 Election".
(November 4, 2008). "2008 West Virginia Governor Race". [[RealClearPolitics]].
[https://web.archive.org/web/20081024102942/http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_governor_elections/west_virginia/election_2008_west_virginia_governor Rasmussen Reports]
[http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_WV_1030.pdf Public Policy Polling] {{Webarchive. link. (2009-02-03)
http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/historyresource/Documents/General%2008%20All%20offices.pdf {{Dead link. (February 2022)

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