1964 West Virginia gubernatorial election

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1964 West Virginia gubernatorial election
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  1960 November 3, 1964 1968  
  Hulett C Smith.jpg Cecil Underwood.jpg
Nominee Hulett C. Smith Cecil H. Underwood
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote433,023355,559
Percentage54.91%45.09%

1964 West Virginia gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Smith:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Underwood:      50-60%     60-70%     70-80%

Governor before election

Wally Barron
Democratic

Elected Governor

Hulett C. Smith
Democratic

The 1964 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1964, to elect the governor of West Virginia.

Contents

West Virginia at the time was a solidly Democratic state, and the 1964 election year was a strong year for the Democrats nationally with Lyndon Johnson scoring a landslide win over the Republican Barry Goldwater.

The Democrats from a field of four including the Julius Singleton, the speaker of the House of Delegates and Harold Cutright who would seek the 1966 Senate nomination as a Republican. The Democrats nominated Hulett Smith recent chair of the West Virginia Democratic Party and son of former Sixth District Representative Joe Smith.

The Republicans overwhelmingly chose the popular former governor Cecil Underwood.

Results

Democratic primary

West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1964 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Hulett C. Smith 186,273 53.26
Democratic Bonn Brown85,52724.45
Democratic Julius W. Singleton 47,84513.68
Democratic Harold G. Cutright30,1198.61
Total votes349,764 100

Republican primary

West Virginia Republican gubernatorial primary, 1964 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cecil H. Underwood 152,573 89.74
Republican Harry H. Cupp11,3256.66
Republican Freda P. Cavendish6,1143.60
Total votes170,012 100

General election

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1964 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Hulett C. Smith 433,023 54.91
Republican Cecil H. Underwood 355,55945.09
Total votes788,582 100
Democratic hold

Results by county

CountyHulett Carlson Smith
Democratic
Cecil Harland Underwood
Republican
MarginTotal votes cast [3]
# %# %# %
Barbour 3,93053.24%3,45246.76%4786.48%7,382
Berkeley 7,07950.65%6,89749.35%1821.30%13,976
Boone 7,36666.47%3,71633.53%3,65032.94%11,082
Braxton 4,00060.28%2,63639.72%1,36420.55%6,636
Brooke 7,16954.91%5,88845.09%1,2819.81%13,057
Cabell 20,99146.30%24,34353.70%-3,352-7.39%45,334
Calhoun 2,03052.71%1,82147.29%2095.43%3,851
Clay 2,73260.03%1,81939.97%91320.06%4,551
Doddridge 1,22838.73%1,94361.27%-715-22.55%3,171
Fayette 17,23272.24%6,62227.76%10,61044.48%23,854
Gilmer 2,12453.94%1,81446.06%3107.87%3,938
Grant 1,11128.18%2,83271.82%-1,721-43.65%3,943
Greenbrier 7,91054.05%6,72445.95%1,1868.10%14,634
Hampshire 2,81359.55%1,91140.45%90219.09%4,724
Hancock 10,99858.73%7,72841.27%3,27017.46%18,726
Hardy 2,33354.41%1,95545.59%3788.82%4,288
Harrison 18,57551.96%17,17348.04%1,4023.92%35,748
Jackson 3,79940.51%5,58059.49%-1,781-18.99%9,379
Jefferson 4,20163.67%2,39736.33%1,80427.34%6,598
Kanawha 54,05050.14%53,75749.86%2930.27%107,807
Lewis 4,04349.16%4,18250.84%-139-1.69%8,225
Lincoln 5,13654.37%4,31145.63%8258.73%9,447
Logan 15,07272.65%5,67427.35%9,39845.30%20,746
Marion 18,12261.00%11,58439.00%6,53822.01%29,706
Marshall 9,70454.48%8,10745.52%1,5978.97%17,811
Mason 5,24047.70%5,74552.30%-505-4.60%10,985
McDowell 16,69677.98%4,71422.02%11,98255.96%21,410
Mercer 16,68261.58%10,40938.42%6,27323.16%27,091
Mineral 5,13151.40%4,85248.60%2792.79%9,983
Mingo 10,85570.32%4,58129.68%6,27440.65%15,436
Monongalia 12,93754.67%10,72745.33%2,2109.34%23,664
Monroe 3,00851.76%2,80348.24%2053.53%5,811
Morgan 1,43539.13%2,23260.87%-797-21.73%3,667
Nicholas 5,37856.59%4,12543.41%1,25313.19%9,503
Ohio 17,10451.94%15,82448.06%1,2803.89%32,928
Pendleton 2,14757.03%1,61842.97%52914.05%3,765
Pleasants 1,85450.85%1,79249.15%621.70%3,646
Pocahontas 2,65254.11%2,24945.89%4038.22%4,901
Preston 4,98748.77%5,23851.23%-251-2.45%10,225
Putnam 5,52549.72%5,58750.28%-62-0.56%11,112
Raleigh 19,51963.81%11,06836.19%8,45127.63%30,587
Randolph 6,76361.67%4,20438.33%2,55923.33%10,967
Ritchie 1,64433.07%3,32766.93%-1,683-33.86%4,971
Roane 3,03742.35%4,13457.65%-1,097-15.30%7,171
Summers 4,30161.10%2,73838.90%1,56322.20%7,039
Taylor 3,52152.22%3,22247.78%2994.43%6,743
Tucker 2,27156.93%1,71843.07%55313.86%3,989
Tyler 1,51631.14%3,35268.86%-1,836-37.72%4,868
Upshur 2,79837.99%4,56762.01%-1,769-24.02%7,365
Wayne 8,81351.96%8,14848.04%6653.92%16,961
Webster 3,02466.08%1,55233.92%1,47232.17%4,576
Wetzel 4,52347.86%4,92752.14%-404-4.28%9,450
Wirt 1,10249.64%1,11850.36%-16-0.72%2,220
Wood 16,90146.49%19,45253.51%-2,551-7.02%36,353
Wyoming 7,91162.88%4,67037.12%3,24125.76%12,581
Totals433,02354.91%355,55945.09%77,4649.82%788,582

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