1988 West Virginia Attorney General election

1988 West Virginia Attorney General election

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Nominee Charlie Brown Party Democratic Popular vote 441,474 Percentage 100.00%

County results Brown:     100%

Attorney General before election Charlie Brown Democratic Elected Attorney General Charlie Brown Democratic

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. ^{[1] [2]}

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Charlie Brown, incumbent Attorney General.

Eliminated in primary

• Harry Deitzler, president of the West Virginia Prosecuting Attorney's Association. ^[3]

Results

1988 Democratic primary ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charlie Brown	244,679	77.02%
	Democratic	Harry Deitzler	73,012	22.98%
Total votes			317,691	100.00%

General election

Candidates

• Democratic: Charlie Brown, incumbent Attorney General.

Results

1988 West Virginia Attorney General election. ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charlie Brown	441,474	100.00%
Total votes			441,474	100.00%
	Democratic hold

References

1. "State's Attorney, In a Deal, Resigns". The New York Times . Associated Press. August 23, 1989. p. A14.
2. "Brown quits to stop grand jury investigation". Williamson Daily News . August 22, 1989.
3. "Harry Deitzler - Biography". Hill, Peterson, Carper, Bee & Deitzler, PLLC.
4. "West Virginia Blue Book - 1989 - Page 706" (PDF). West Virginia Legislature.
5. "West Virginia Blue Book - 1989 - Page 749" (PDF). West Virginia Legislature.