The 1992 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1992. Incumbent Democratic governor Gaston Caperton won re-election by defeating former Republican U.S. representative Cleve Benedict and Democratic State Senator Charlotte Pritt, who ran as an independent write-in candidate after losing to Caperton in the Democratic primary. Benedict had defeated Vernon Criss for his party's nomination; this was the only election between 1964 and 2000 that the Republicans had nominated someone other than Arch A. Moore or Cecil H. Underwood. This was the last time until 2020 that West Virginia voted for the same party for governor and for president, as both elections are held concurrently in the state. This is the most recent time that Democrats won both races concurrently.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Gaston Caperton, incumbent Charlotte Pritt, state senator Mario Palumbo, incumbent attorney general Larry Butcher Rodger Belknap

General election

Results

By county CountyGaston CapertonDemocraticCleve BenedictRepublicanCharlotte PrittDemocratic write-inMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Barbour3,80555.71%2,69939.52%3264.77%1,10616.19%6,830Berkeley9,96952.71%8,60545.50%3381.79%1,3647.21%18,912Boone6,54370.56%2,06922.31%6617.13%4,47448.25%9,273Braxton3,31659.17%1,87233.40%4167.42%1,44425.77%5,604Brooke6,32263.75%3,19032.17%4054.08%3,13231.58%9,917Cabell18,67457.63%10,74633.16%2,9849.21%7,92824.47%32,404Calhoun1,46446.80%1,33342.62%33110.58%1314.19%3,128Clay1,81451.10%1,38639.04%3509.86%42812.06%3,550Doddridge1,16139.79%1,51251.82%2458.40%−351−12.03%2,918Fayette8,90858.99%4,39529.11%1,79711.90%4,51329.89%15,100Gilmer1,55450.52%1,25040.64%2728.84%3049.88%3,076Grant1,35632.69%2,73966.03%531.28%−1,383−33.34%4,148Greenbrier5,15944.30%5,68348.80%8046.90%−524−4.50%11,646Hampshire2,85047.79%2,99050.14%1232.06%−140−2.35%5,963Hancock8,70061.93%4,92735.08%4202.99%3,77326.86%14,047Hardy2,45654.18%2,03244.83%450.99%4249.35%4,533Harrison18,33562.55%8,19527.96%2,7849.50%10,14034.59%29,314Jackson5,30748.56%4,55941.72%1,0629.72%7486.84%10,928Jefferson6,39155.69%4,88742.59%1971.72%1,50413.11%11,475Kanawha40,28551.16%29,80237.84%8,66111.00%10,48313.31%78,748Lewis4,00962.18%2,17533.74%2634.08%1,83428.45%6,447Lincoln4,15853.96%2,85737.08%6918.97%1,30116.88%7,706Logan10,46068.73%3,37822.19%1,3829.08%7,08246.53%15,220Marion15,98964.84%6,09824.73%2,57210.43%9,89140.11%24,659Marshall8,29957.32%5,45937.71%7204.97%2,84019.62%14,478Mason6,04055.52%3,44531.67%1,39312.81%2,59523.86%10,878McDowell7,22777.83%1,68518.15%3744.03%5,54259.68%9,286Mercer10,92556.81%6,95236.15%1,3547.04%3,97320.66%19,231Mineral5,27849.98%5,24149.63%410.39%370.35%10,560Mingo7,82375.55%2,25721.80%2752.66%5,56653.75%10,355Monongalia17,36562.22%8,53530.58%2,0117.21%8,83031.64%27,911Monroe2,59048.93%2,45646.40%2474.67%1342.53%5,293Morgan2,16641.95%2,86755.53%1302.52%−701−13.58%5,163Nicholas4,81252.61%3,27135.76%1,06411.63%1,54116.85%9,147Ohio12,14860.37%7,19635.76%7773.86%4,95224.61%20,121Pendleton1,83452.75%1,61046.30%330.95%2246.44%3,477Pleasants1,58048.41%1,48145.37%2036.22%993.03%3,264Pocahontas1,53541.53%1,80648.86%3559.60%−271−7.33%3,696Preston4,99548.82%4,86647.56%3713.63%1291.26%10,232Putnam7,56744.69%7,53844.52%1,82710.79%290.17%16,932Raleigh12,84054.40%8,28135.08%2,48410.52%4,55919.31%23,605Randolph5,90859.99%3,58336.38%3573.63%2,32523.61%9,848Ritchie1,78441.68%2,12249.58%3748.74%−338−7.90%4,280Roane2,56846.11%2,30541.39%69612.50%2634.72%5,569Summers2,50454.40%1,72737.52%3728.08%77716.88%4,603Taylor3,47757.24%2,27537.45%3225.30%1,20219.79%6,074Tucker1,95955.31%1,46041.22%1233.47%49914.09%3,542Tyler2,10851.28%1,73542.20%2686.52%3739.07%4,111Upshur3,90448.46%3,67745.64%4755.90%2272.82%8,056Wayne8,95958.51%5,25634.33%1,0977.16%3,70324.18%15,312Webster2,08159.53%1,00528.75%41011.73%1,07630.78%3,496Wetzel4,62262.81%2,48933.82%2483.37%2,13328.98%7,359Wirt1,20252.19%90939.47%1928.34%29312.72%2,303Wood17,78151.53%14,83442.99%1,8885.47%2,9478.54%34,503Wyoming5,43658.24%2,68828.80%1,21012.96%2,74829.44%9,334Totals 368,302 56.01% 240,390 36.56% 48,873 7.43% 127,912 19.45% 657,565 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Greenbrier Hampshire Pocahontas

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Jackson Marshall Ohio Randolph Roane Tyler Tucker Upshur

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