2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election

none related races 2004 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election West Virginia presidential no 2000 West Virginia gubernatorial election 2000 2008 West Virginia gubernatorial election 2008 November 2, 2004 File:Joe Manchin at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, April 16, 2006.jpg 150x150px Joe Manchin Democratic Party (United States) 472,758 63.51% 3x4.svg Monty Warner Republican Party (United States) 253,131 34.00% 2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsManchin: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Warner: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% Governor Bob Wise Democratic Party (United States) Joe Manchin Democratic Party (United States) The 2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2004 for the post of Governor of West Virginia. Democratic Secretary of State of West Virginia Joe Manchin defeated Republican Monty Warner. Manchin won all but 3 counties. Despite Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry losing the state to George W. Bush by double digits in the concurrent presidential election, Manchin won by nearly 30 points. Democratic primary Candidates Jerry Baker James A. Baughman, former State Senator Louis J. Davis, candidate in 1996 Phillip Frye, husband of incumbent governor's mistress Lloyd G. Jackson II, former State Senator Jim Lees, attorney and candidate for governor in 1996 and 2000 Joe Manchin, West Virginia Secretary of State and candidate for governor in 1996 Lacy W. Wright, Jr., former State Senator Campaign Democratic governor Bob Wise became the first governor of West Virginia not to stand for re-election since the Constitution of West Virginia was amended in 1970 to permit two consecutive terms. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/elections/2004/wv/ West Virginia election results 2004 2008-05-16 2004-11-24 The Washington Post In August 2003 he announced that he would not stand again after admitting to an affair with a West Virginia Development Office employee Angela Mascia, who was also married. https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/2003-08-13-governors_x.htm More governors join exodus from statehouses 2008-05-16 2003-08-13 USA TodayMessina Lawrence W. Va. Governor Won't Seek Re-Election https://apnews.com/article/6fcc170cb7b9de395b24367673c03d97 apnews.com Associated Press 29 August 2021 The announcement took place three months after this became public knowledge and over 500 emails exchanged between the two were released to the public through a Freedom of Information Act request.Messina Lawrence Gov. Exchanged 500 Emails With Worker https://apnews.com/article/ab0a91feae844121731096c00c76e9e9 apnews.com Associated Press 29 August 2021 Angela Mascia's then husband, Phillip Frye, divorced Mascia and ran for governor. Frye told The Daily Show in August 2003 that he was running “to be a sheer nuisance to Bob Wise” and "I'm not qualified to run our great state, or have any hopes whatsoever of winning an election."Linkins Jason Phillip Frye, "Prominent" Democratic McCain Supporter, Mocked by Daily Show https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mccains-list-of-prominent_n_107905 Huffpost.com 26 June 2008 Huffpost 29 August 2021 West Virginia Secretary of State Joe Manchin challenged Wise for the Democratic nomination, and after Wise withdrew from the race he became the favorite for the primary. http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-leroy062403.asp Not So Wise 2008-05-16 2003-06-24 The Washington Post Manchin lined up support from various sources including labor leaders in order to reverse his defeat in the gubernatorial primary in 1996. His main opponent in the primary was former State Senator Lloyd Jackson, who launched his campaign with a plan to reduce insurance costs. http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=70997&format=html Jackson files for governor in West Virginia 2008-05-17 2004-01-13 Herald Mail In the run up to the primary the two candidates traded negative advertising, but Manchin won an easy victory in the primary on May 11. https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/state/2004-05-12-west-virginia-primary_x.htm Manchin wins W. Va. gubernatorial nod 2008-05-17 2004-05-12 USA Today Results Democratic primary resultshttp://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/historyresource/Documents/04%20democrat_statewide%20offices%20primary.pdf Archived copy 2011-06-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20111116212351/http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/historyresource/Documents/04%20democrat_statewide%20offices%20primary.pdf 2011-11-16 dead Joe Manchin Democratic Party (United States) 149,362 52.73 Lloyd G. Jackson II Democratic Party (United States) 77,052 27.20 Jim Lees Democratic Party (United States) 40,161 14.18 Lacy Wright, Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 4,963 1.75 Jerry Baker Democratic Party (United States) 3,009 1.06 James A. Baughman Democratic Party (United States) 2,999 1.06 Phillip Frye Democratic Party (United States) 2,892 1.02 Lou Davis Democratic Party (United States) 2,824 1.00 283,262 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Carroll B. Bowden, Sr. Rob Capehart, former West Virginia Secretary of Tax and Revenue Larry Faircloth, State Delegate Douglas McKinney, physician Dan Moore, banker and car dealership owner Joseph Oliverio, construction executive James D. Radcliffe, Jr. Charles D. Railey Richard Robb, Mayor of South Charleston Monty Warner, businessman Campaign The Republican primary saw 10 candidates competing for the nomination. Six of them met in a debate in March 2004, in which they agreed on the need to reduce the size of the West Virginia state government. http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=76032&format=html Governor hopefuls take part in debate 2008-05-17 2004-03-26 Herald Mail It saw a close race between three main candidates: Monty Warner, a retired army colonel and developer; Rob Capehart, a former state tax secretary; and Dan Moore, a former banker and car dealer. A poll conducted during the lead-up to the primary showed the three candidates virtually even. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119639,00.html Candidates Face Off in W.Va Primary 2008-05-17 2004-05-11 Fox News Channel Warner won a narrow victory in the primary over Moore and Capehart. https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/state/westvirginia/2004-05-12-west-virginia-primary_x.htm Manchin, Warner win West Virginia primaries 2008-05-17 2004-05-12 USA Today Results Republican primary resultshttp://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/historyresource/Documents/04%20republican_statewide%20offices%20primary.pdf Archived copy 2011-06-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20110915222006/http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/historyresource/Documents/04%20republican_statewide%20offices%20primary.pdf 2011-09-15 dead Monty Warner Republican Party (United States) 26,041 22.87 Dan R. Moore Republican Party (United States) 22,748 19.98 Rob Capehart Republican Party (United States) 19,694 17.29 Richard Robb Republican Party (United States) 11,824 10.38 Douglas E. McKinney Republican Party (United States) 10,476 9.20 Larry V. Faircloth Republican Party (United States) 9,123 8.01 Joseph Oliverio Republican Party (United States) 7,687 6.75 James D. Radcliffe, Jr. Republican Party (United States) 3,013 2.65 Charles G. Railey Republican Party (United States) 2,345 2.06 Carroll B. Bowden, Sr. Republican Party (United States) 925 0.81 113,876 100 General election Campaign Early in the campaign, Warner called for Manchin, as a centrist Democrat, to endorse President George W. Bush for re-election over his Democratic rival John Kerry. http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=purple_people_watch_052604 Purple People Watch 2008-05-17 2004-05-26 The American Prospect August 10, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110810203328/http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=purple_people_watch_052604 dead Manchin's campaign spokesperson responded that Manchin backed "the Democratic nominee". The two main candidates faced each other in three debates and one town hall meeting. Jesse Johnson, the Mountain Party candidate, unsuccessfully attempted to get the West Virginia Supreme Court to cancel the first debate, as he was not asked to take part. http://www.wtap.com/news/headlines/1081571.html Candidates Face Off in WV Gubernatorial Debate 2008-05-17 2004-10-06 WTAP-TV https://web.archive.org/web/20110524041347/http://www.wtap.com/news/headlines/1081571.html 2011-05-24 dead Manchin had an edge in the election with better name recognition and a strong financial advantage over Warner. In the closing weeks of the election campaign, Manchin spent $3.3 million against $880,000 by Warner. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/04/politics/campaign/04sbwestvirginia.html West Virginia 2008-05-16 2004-11-04 The New York Times Predictions Source Ranking As of Sabato's Crystal BallThe Final Predictions https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/ljs2004110101/ Sabato's Crystal Ball November 2004 May 2, 2021 Safe D November 1, 2004 Results West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2004http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Democratic Party (United States) Joe Manchin 472,758 63.51% +13.39% Republican Party (United States) Monty Warner 253,131 34.00% -13.21% Mountain Party Jesse Johnson 18,430 2.48% +0.87% 114 0.02% +0.01% 219,627 29.50% +26.58% 744,433 Democratic Party (United States) By county CountyJoe ManchinDemocraticMonty WarnerRepublicanJesse JohnsonMountainSimon McClureWrite-in MarginTotal#%#%#%#%#%Barbour4,51668.41%2,00230.33%831.26%00.00%2,51438.09%6,601Berkeley16,04448.17%16,63049.93%6311.89%30.01%−586−1.76%33,308Boone8,07079.12%1,93418.96%1961.92%00.00%6,13660.16%10,200Braxton4,40475.03%1,37623.44%901.53%00.00%3,02851.58%5,870Brooke7,59170.60%2,96127.54%2001.86%00.00%4,63043.06%10,752Cabell22,58960.24%13,82936.88%1,0782.87%10.00%8,76023.36%37,497Calhoun1,95767.81%79927.69%1304.50%00.00%1,15840.12%2,886Clay2,93272.23%1,00824.83%1192.93%00.00%1,92447.40%4,059Doddridge1,49246.96%1,60350.46%822.58%00.00%−111−3.49%3,177Fayette11,44867.76%4,97929.47%4682.77%00.00%6,46938.29%16,895Gilmer1,97569.89%73926.15%1123.96%00.00%1,23643.74%2,826Grant2,12746.19%2,42152.57%571.24%00.00%−294−6.38%4,605Greenbrier8,46158.77%5,43937.78%4963.45%00.00%3,02220.99%14,396Hampshire4,24154.62%3,32342.80%2002.58%00.00%91811.82%7,764Hancock8,58666.58%4,11531.91%1941.50%00.00%4,47134.67%12,895Hardy2,90759.17%1,89538.57%1112.26%00.00%1,01220.60%4,913Harrison20,36566.91%9,37330.79%6872.26%120.04%10,99236.11%30,437Jackson8,37463.89%4,42633.77%3032.31%30.02%3,94830.12%13,106Jefferson10,56154.07%8,29542.47%6763.46%10.01%2,26611.60%19,533Kanawha54,62063.08%28,81733.28%3,1473.63%60.01%25,80329.80%86,590Lewis4,80668.46%2,04129.07%1642.34%90.13%2,76539.39%7,020Lincoln5,59068.05%2,36428.78%2603.17%00.00%3,22639.27%8,214Logan10,50573.12%3,59225.00%2681.87%20.01%6,91348.12%14,367Marion17,91171.86%6,49626.06%5062.03%110.04%11,41545.80%24,924Marshall10,25668.13%4,53530.13%2621.74%00.00%5,72138.01%15,053Mason8,50471.28%3,15926.48%2672.24%00.00%5,34544.80%11,930McDowell5,73179.29%1,32018.26%1772.45%00.00%4,41161.03%7,228Mercer13,99762.65%7,98035.72%3651.63%10.00%6,01726.93%22,343Mineral6,20655.14%4,84043.00%2081.85%10.01%1,36612.14%11,255Mingo8,73082.33%1,73416.35%1401.32%00.00%6,99665.98%10,604Monongalia20,51261.12%11,22033.43%1,8195.42%100.03%9,29227.69%33,561Monroe3,42558.04%2,35739.94%1192.02%00.00%1,06818.10%5,901Morgan3,20949.55%3,11748.13%1502.32%00.00%921.42%6,476Nicholas7,15369.43%2,90928.23%2412.34%00.00%4,24441.19%10,303Ohio13,47067.13%6,26331.21%2951.47%390.19%7,20735.91%20,067Pendleton2,08162.14%1,24637.21%220.66%00.00%83524.93%3,349Pleasants2,41671.69%92727.51%270.80%00.00%1,48944.18%3,370Pocahontas2,34460.80%1,32934.47%1814.70%10.03%1,01526.33%3,855Preston5,88949.62%5,61047.27%3683.10%20.02%2792.35%11,869Putnam14,37357.67%9,99840.12%5492.20%10.00%4,37517.56%24,921Raleigh17,36357.25%12,35940.75%6072.00%00.00%5,00416.50%30,329Randolph7,95269.47%3,16027.61%3302.88%40.03%4,79241.87%11,446Ritchie2,32256.05%1,72441.61%972.34%00.00%59814.43%4,143Roane3,87463.43%2,03933.38%1953.19%00.00%1,83530.04%6,108Summers3,38561.80%1,92535.15%1673.05%00.00%1,46026.66%5,477Taylor4,45168.50%1,97530.39%681.05%40.06%2,47638.10%6,498Tucker2,36166.23%1,08330.38%1213.39%00.00%1,27835.85%3,565Tyler2,44757.82%1,70540.29%801.89%00.00%74217.53%4,232Upshur5,99264.51%3,13033.70%1651.78%10.01%2,86230.81%9,288Wayne11,47965.15%5,90333.51%2361.34%00.00%5,57631.65%17,618Webster2,84876.44%77920.91%992.66%00.00%2,06955.53%3,726Wetzel5,22874.05%1,75224.82%801.13%00.00%3,47649.24%7,060Wirt1,76568.28%78730.44%331.28%00.00%97837.83%2,585Wood24,90464.01%13,38334.40%6201.59%20.01%11,52129.61%38,909Wyoming6,01970.57%2,42628.44%840.98%00.00%3,59342.13%8,529Totals 472,758 63.51% 253,131 34.00% 18,430 2.48% 114 0.02% 219,627 29.50% 744,433 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Cabell (largest city: Huntington) Greenbrier (largest city: Lewisburg) Hardy (largest city: Moorefield) Mercer (largest city: Bluefield) Monroe (largest city: Peterstown) Ohio (largest city: Wheeling) Pendleton (largest city: Franklin) Pleasants (largest city: St. Marys) Pocahontas (largest city: Marlinton) Raleigh (largest city: Beckley) Summers (largest city: Hinton) Taylor (largest city: Grafton) Wetzel (largest city: New Martinsville) Brooke (largest borough: Wellsburg) Ritchie (largest municipality: Harrisville) Hampshire (largest municipality: Romney) Mineral (largest municipality: Keyser) Morgan (largest municipality: Berkeley Springs) Upshur (largest municipality: Buckhannon) Wirt (largest municipality: Elizabeth) Preston (largest municipality: Kingwood) Wood (largest municipality: Parkersburg) References External links Official campaign websites (archived) Joe Manchin (D) for Governor Monty Warner (R) for Governor Jesse Johnson (Mtn) for Governor See also West Virginia 2004 Gubernatorial Category:Joe Manchin