1988 West Virginia Attorney General election

none July 2025 July 2025 1988 West Virginia Attorney General election West Virginia Presidential no 1984 West Virginia Attorney General election 1984 1990 West Virginia Attorney General special election 1990 (special) November 8, 1988 Charlie Brown portrait.jpg 150x150px Charlie Brown West Virginia Democratic Party 441,474 100.00% 250px County resultsBrown: #0d0596 100% Attorney General Charlie Brown West Virginia Democratic Party Charlie Brown West Virginia Democratic Party The 1988 West Virginia Attorney General election took place on November 8, 1988, to elect the Attorney General of West Virginia. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Charlie Brown won re-election to a second term unopposed, as the Republicans did not field a candidate. However, just nine months later, Brown would resign in August 1989 in exchange for an end to a grand jury investigation into allegations that he lied under oath and into his campaign financial records.State's Attorney, In a Deal, Resigns The New York Times August 23, 1989 A14 Associated Press https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/23/us/state-s-attorney-in-a-deal-resigns.htmlBrown quits to stop grand jury investigation Williamson Daily News August 22, 1989 https://books.google.com/books?id=qaRDAAAAIBAJ&dq=brown+quits+to+stop+grand+jury&pg=PA1&article_id=1800,2749754 Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Charlie Brown, incumbent Attorney General. Eliminated in primary Harry Deitzler, President of the West Virginia Prosecuting Attorney's Association.Harry Deitzler - Biography https://www.hpcbd.com/attorney/harry-g-deitzler/ Hill, Peterson, Carper, Bee & Deitzler, PLLC Results 1988 Democratic primaryWest Virginia Blue Book - 1989 - Page 706 https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/publications/bluebook/WVS_Bluebook_1989.pdf West Virginia Legislature Democratic Party (United States) Charlie Brown (incumbent) 244,679 77.02% Democratic Party (US) Harry Deitzler 73,012 22.98% 317,691 100.00% General election Candidates Democratic: Charlie Brown, incumbent Attorney General. Results 1988 West Virginia Attorney General election.West Virginia Blue Book - 1989 - Page 749 https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/publications/bluebook/WVS_Bluebook_1989.pdf West Virginia Legislature Democratic Party (United States) Charlie Brown (incumbent) 441,474 100.00% 441,474 100.00% West Virginia Democratic Party References Category:1988 West Virginia elections Category:West Virginia Attorney General elections West Virginia Attorney General election Category:Single-candidate elections in the United States Category:November 1988 in the United States