West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1992

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1992

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%

Governor before election Gaston Caperton Democratic Elected Governor Gaston Caperton Democratic

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

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

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