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1944 West Virginia gubernatorial election

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1944 West Virginia gubernatorial election
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November 7, 1944
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Nominee Clarence W. Meadows Daniel Boone Dawson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote395,122330,649
Percentage54.44%45.56
1944 West Virginia gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Meadows:      50–60%     60–70%
Dawson:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Governor before election

Matthew M. Neely
Democratic

Elected Governor

Clarence W. Meadows
Democratic

The 1944 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1944, to elect the governor of West Virginia. Rush Holt Sr. unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination.

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Results

Democratic primary

West Virginia gubernatorial Democratic primary election, 1944 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Clarence W. Meadows 128,440 66.25%
Democratic Rush Holt Sr. 46,31323.89%
Democratic J. Blackburn Watts15,5698.03%
Democratic Grover Goldfield McPeek3,5501.83%
Total votes193,872 100.00%

Republican primary

West Virginia gubernatorial Republican primary election, 1944 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Daniel Boone Dawson 100,379 57.17%
Republican Raymond J. Funkhouser68,98039.29%
Republican William McKinley Garrison6,2083.54%
Total votes175,567 100.00%

General election

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1944 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Clarence W. Meadows 395,122 54.44%
Republican Daniel Boone Dawson330,64945.56%
Total votes725,771 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

  1. 1 2 Watkins, Fred B. "West Virginia Blue Book, 1944" (PDF). WV Legislature. WV Legislature. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Our Campaigns - WV Governor Race - Nov 07, 1944" . Retrieved May 23, 2016.


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