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2011 West Virginia gubernatorial special election

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Nominee	Earl Ray Tomblin	Bill Maloney
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	149,202	141,656
Percentage	49.55%	47.05%

County results
Tomblin: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Maloney: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

Governor before election

Earl Ray Tomblin (acting)
Democratic

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Earl Ray Tomblin
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The 2011 West Virginia gubernatorial special election was a special election held on October 4, 2011, to fill the office of the West Virginia Governor, which became vacant upon the resignation of Joe Manchin, who resigned after he won a U.S. Senate special election. Lieutenant Governor and Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin, first in the line of succession to the governorship, subsequently became acting governor. On January 18, 2011, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that a special election for the governorship must be held so a new governor can be in place by November 15, 2011, exactly one year after Manchin resigned.^[1] The primary election was held on May 14. Tomblin and Republican Bill Maloney won their respective primaries.^[2]

Tomblin defeated William Maloney by a slim margin, notably winning over 90% of the vote in his home county of Logan County. Tomblin was declared the winner of the election by the Associated Press on October 4, 2011, and was inaugurated on November 13, 2011.^[3]^[4] With a margin of 2.5%, the special election was the closest race of the 2011 gubernatorial election cycle. Tomblin was re-elected Governor in 2012 in a rematch with Maloney.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Jeff Kessler, Acting President of the West Virginia Senate^[5]
Arne Moltis^[6]
John Perdue, West Virginia State Treasurer^[7]
Natalie Tennant, West Virginia Secretary of State^[8]
Rick Thompson, Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates^[9]
Earl Ray Tomblin, Acting Governor and President of the West Virginia Senate^[10]

Declined

Brooks McCabe, state senator^[11]
Charlotte Pritt, former state senator, Democratic primary candidate for governor in 1992, Democratic nominee for governor in 1996 and write-in candidate for governor in 1992, and Mountain Party nominee for governor in 2016^[12]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jeff Kessler	Arne Moltis	John Perdue	Natalie Tennant	Rick Thompson	Earl Ray Tomblin	Other/ Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[13]	May 11–12, 2011	742	± 3.6%	4%	1%	11%	17%	20%	33%	12%
Public Policy Polling^[14]	April 21–24, 2011	590	± 4.0%	5%	1%	17%	16%	15%	32%	14%

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (incumbent)	51,348	40.4%
	Democratic	Rick Thompson	30,631	24.1%
	Democratic	Natalie Tennant	22,106	17.4%
	Democratic	John Perdue	15,995	12.6%
	Democratic	Jeff Kessler	6,665	5.2%
	Democratic	Arne Moltis	481	0.4%
Total votes			127,111	100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Clark Barnes, state senator^[16]
Mitch Carmichael, state delegate^[6]
Ralph William Clark, professor
Cliff Ellis
Larry Faircloth, former State Delegate and candidate for governor in 2004^[6]
Betty Ireland, former West Virginia Secretary of State^[17]
Bill Maloney, businessman
Mark Sorsaia, Putnam County District Attorney^[18]

Declined

Shelley Moore Capito, U.S. Representative^[19]
Patrick Lane, state delegate^[18]
Jon McBride, retired United States naval officer; former NASA astronaut^[20]
John Raese, businessman and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1984, 2006, and 2010^[21]
Mike Stuart, West Virginia Republican Party chairman^[22]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Clark Barnes	Mitch Carmichael	Ralph Clark	Cliff Ellis	Larry Faircloth	Betty Ireland	Bill Maloney	Mark Sorsaia	Other/ Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[23]	May 11–12, 2011	314	± 5.5%	8%	4%	1%	0%	6%	31%	32%	4%	14%
Public Policy Polling^[14]	April 21–24, 2011	274	± 5.9%	8%	8%	2%	1%	2%	31%	17%	4%	28%

Primary results

Republican primary results^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Maloney	27,871	45.0%
	Republican	Betty Ireland	19,027	30.7%
	Republican	Clark Barnes	5,891	9.5%
	Republican	Mark Sorsaia	3,177	5.1%
	Republican	Larry Faircloth	2,400	3.9%
	Republican	Mitch Carmichael	2,073	3.3%
	Republican	Ralph Clark	1,164	1.9%
	Republican	Cliff Ellis	283	0.5%
Total votes			61,886	100.0%

General election

Candidates

Bob Henry Baber (Mountain), writer and former mayor of Richwood^[25]
Rick Bartlett (write-in)^[26]
Harry Bertram (American Third Position Party)^[27]
Phil Hudok (write-in), teacher and registered Constitution Party member^[26]
Marla Dee Ingels (Independent)^[27]
Bill Maloney (Republican), Monongalia County businessman
Earl Ray Tomblin (Democratic), Acting Governor and President of the West Virginia Senate^[10]
Donald Lee Underwood (write-in)^[26]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Rothenberg Political Report^[28]	Lean D	November 4, 2011
Governing^[29]	Lean D	November 4, 2011
Cook^[30]	Lean D	November 4, 2011
Sabato^[31]	Likely D	November 4, 2011

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Earl Ray Tomblin (D)	Bill Maloney (R)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[32]	September 30 – October 2, 2011	932	± 3.2%	47%	46%	7%
Public Policy Polling^[33]	September 1–4, 2011	708	± 3.7%	46%	40%	14%
Public Policy Polling^[34]	May 11–12, 2011	723	± 3.6%	45%	30%	25%
Public Policy Polling^[35]	April 21–24, 2011	850	± 3.4%	56%	23%	21%

Results

West Virginia gubernatorial special election official results, 2011^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (incumbent)	149,202	49.55%	−20.26
	Republican	Bill Maloney	141,656	47.05%	+21.32
	Mountain	Bob Henry Baber	6,083	2.02%	−2.44
	Independent	Marla Ingels	2,875	0.95%
	American Third Position	Harry Bertram	1,111	0.37%	+0.37
	write-in candidate	Phil Hudok	76	0.03%
	write-in candidate	Donald Lee Underwood	54	0.02%
	write-in candidate	John R. "Rick" Bartlett	27	0.01%
Margin of victory			7,546	2.51%	−41.57%
Total votes			301,084	100.00%
	Democratic hold		Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Berkeley (largest municipality: Martinsburg)
Calhoun (Largest city: Grantsville)
Doddridge (largest municipality: West Union)
Gilmer (Largest city: Glenville)
Grant (largest municipality: Petersburg)
Hampshire (largest municipality: Romney)
Hardy (Largest city: Moorefield)
Jackson (Largest city: Ravenswood)
Jefferson (Largest city: Charles Town)
Lewis (Largest city: Weston)
Mineral (largest municipality: Keyser)
Monongalia (Largest city: Morgantown)
Monroe (Largest city: Peterstown)
Morgan (largest municipality: Berkeley Springs)
Ohio (Largest city: Wheeling)
Pendleton (Largest city: Franklin)
Pocahontas (Largest city: Marlinton)
Preston (largest municipality: Kingwood)
Putnam (largest municipality: Hurricane)
Ritchie (largest municipality: Harrisville)
Roane (Largest city: Spencer)
Taylor (Largest city: Grafton)
Tyler (Largest city: Paden City)
Upshur (largest municipality: Buckhannon)
Wirt (largest municipality: Elizabeth)
Wood (largest municipality: Parkersburg)

References

^ Sobel, Julie (January 18, 2011). "Court Orders West Virginia Special Election This Year". National Journal. Archived from the original on January 31, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
^ Catanese, David (May 14, 2011). "Tomblin, Maloney win in West Virginia - David Catanese". Politico.Com. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
^ "News from The Associated Press". Hosted.ap.org. October 5, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
^ Kaull, April. "Earl Ray Tomblin Sworn in as W.Va. Governor - WOWK 13 Charleston, Huntington WV News, Weather, Sports". Wowktv.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
^ Forbes, Jim (October 28, 2010). "State Sen. Jeff Kessler Eyes W.Va. Governor's Mansion". WTRF-TV. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Mannix Porterfield (February 13, 2011). "14 candidates for W.Va. governor ready to fight for the office". The Register-Herald. Beckley, West Virginia.
^ Dickerson, Chris (October 6, 2010). "Perdue names former Dem chair to head campaign". Charleston Daily Mail. Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
^ King, Joselyn (February 10, 2011). "Tennant Jumps Into Race For Governor". The Intelligencer & Wheeling News Register. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
^ Dickerson, Chris (November 3, 2010). "Thompson says he'll be on gubernatorial ballot". West Virginia Record. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
^ ^a ^b Knezevich, Alison (January 8, 2011). "W.Va. governor race begins". The Charleston Gazette. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
^ "Brooks McCabe to Run For Governor". WOWK-TV. August 27, 2010. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
^ "Charlotte Pritt says she won't run for governor". Charleston Daily Mail. February 12, 2011. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
^ Public Policy Polling
^ ^a ^b Public Policy Polling
^ [1] Archived September 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Simmons, Ben (October 5, 2010). "Barnes will seek governor's seat". The Inter-Mountain. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
^ Edwards, Jeremy (December 30, 2010). "Betty Ireland Announces Run for Governor". WSAZ-TV. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Candidate field for governor grows to 7". Associated Press. February 2, 2011. Archived from the original on February 7, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
^ McVey, John (January 20, 2011). "Capito is pleased with special election decision". The Journal. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
^ Bissett, Jim (January 30, 2011). "Jon McBride says he's not running again". The Dominion Post. McClatchy-Tribune (MCT). Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2011 – via Charleston Daily Mail.
^ "Raese Not Running". West Virginia MetroNews. February 7, 2011. Archived from the original on March 15, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
^ Mancini, Jess (February 1, 2011). "Stuart not running for governor". The Parkersburg News and Sentinel. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
^ Public Policy Polling
^ [2] Archived October 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Jared Hunt (May 3, 2011). "Mountain Party selects gubernatorial candidate". Charleston Daily Mail. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2011 Write-in Candidates for Governor". Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "2011 Candidates for Governor". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
^ "Gubernatorial Ratings | Inside Elections". www.insideelections.com.
^ "An Update on the 2011-2012 Gubernatorial Contests". Governing. July 25, 2011. Archived from the original on August 1, 2011.
^ "2011/2012 GOVERNORS RACE RATINGS". The Cook Political Report. September 15, 2011. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011.
^ "2012 Governor". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 29, 2012.
^ Public Policy Polling
^ Public Policy Polling
^ Public Policy Polling
^ Public Policy Polling
^ "WV SOS - Elections - Election Results - Online Data Services".

External links

Campaign websites (Archived)

Information

Elections Division at the Secretary of State
- 2011 Gubernatorial Election
West Virginia Governor Candidates Archived October 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at Project Vote Smart
Campaign contributions for 2011 West Virginia Governor from Follow the Money
West Virginia Governor 2011 from OurCampaigns.com
2011 West Virginia Governor - Maloney vs. Tomblin Polling Data from Real Clear Politics

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