The 1960 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1960, to elect the governor of West Virginia. Hulett C. Smith unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination, while Chapman Revercomb unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination.
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County results Barron: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Neely: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Wally Barron | 446,755 | 53.99 | |
Republican | Harold E. Neely | 380,665 | 46.01 | |
Total votes | 827,420 | 100 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Results by county edit
County | William Wallace Barron Democratic |
Harold E. Neely Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast[1] | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Barbour | 4,222 | 53.46% | 3,676 | 46.54% | 546 | 6.91% | 7,898 |
Berkeley | 7,637 | 50.43% | 7,506 | 49.57% | 131 | 0.87% | 15,143 |
Boone | 8,159 | 67.01% | 4,016 | 32.99% | 4,143 | 34.03% | 12,175 |
Braxton | 4,182 | 59.07% | 2,898 | 40.93% | 1,284 | 18.14% | 7,080 |
Brooke | 7,406 | 56.32% | 5,745 | 43.68% | 1,661 | 12.63% | 13,151 |
Cabell | 22,119 | 46.53% | 25,418 | 53.47% | -3,299 | -6.94% | 47,537 |
Calhoun | 2,148 | 56.23% | 1,672 | 43.77% | 476 | 12.46% | 3,820 |
Clay | 2,958 | 56.45% | 2,282 | 43.55% | 676 | 12.90% | 5,240 |
Doddridge | 1,273 | 37.19% | 2,150 | 62.81% | -877 | -25.62% | 3,423 |
Fayette | 17,776 | 70.03% | 7,609 | 29.97% | 10,167 | 40.05% | 25,385 |
Gilmer | 2,298 | 59.69% | 1,552 | 40.31% | 746 | 19.38% | 3,850 |
Grant | 1,086 | 26.17% | 3,063 | 73.83% | -1,977 | -47.65% | 4,149 |
Greenbrier | 8,307 | 56.27% | 6,455 | 43.73% | 1,852 | 12.55% | 14,762 |
Hampshire | 3,292 | 63.38% | 1,902 | 36.62% | 1,390 | 26.76% | 5,194 |
Hancock | 10,716 | 57.77% | 7,835 | 42.23% | 2,881 | 15.53% | 18,551 |
Hardy | 2,643 | 59.93% | 1,767 | 40.07% | 876 | 19.86% | 4,410 |
Harrison | 21,664 | 56.11% | 16,947 | 43.89% | 4,717 | 12.22% | 38,611 |
Jackson | 3,683 | 40.70% | 5,366 | 59.30% | -1,683 | -18.60% | 9,049 |
Jefferson | 4,359 | 62.58% | 2,606 | 37.42% | 1,753 | 25.17% | 6,965 |
Kanawha | 54,523 | 49.59% | 55,423 | 50.41% | -900 | -0.82% | 109,946 |
Lewis | 4,094 | 46.90% | 4,635 | 53.10% | -541 | -6.20% | 8,729 |
Lincoln | 5,309 | 54.84% | 4,372 | 45.16% | 937 | 9.68% | 9,681 |
Logan | 16,188 | 67.28% | 7,873 | 32.72% | 8,315 | 34.56% | 24,061 |
Marion | 18,623 | 58.77% | 13,066 | 41.23% | 5,557 | 17.54% | 31,689 |
Marshall | 8,692 | 48.21% | 9,338 | 51.79% | -646 | -3.58% | 18,030 |
Mason | 4,863 | 44.82% | 5,986 | 55.18% | -1,123 | -10.35% | 10,849 |
McDowell | 18,826 | 73.90% | 6,648 | 26.10% | 12,178 | 47.81% | 25,474 |
Mercer | 17,606 | 61.21% | 11,159 | 38.79% | 6,447 | 22.41% | 28,765 |
Mineral | 4,595 | 45.10% | 5,593 | 54.90% | -998 | -9.80% | 10,188 |
Mingo | 11,178 | 69.34% | 4,942 | 30.66% | 6,236 | 38.68% | 16,120 |
Monongalia | 13,039 | 54.00% | 11,107 | 46.00% | 1,932 | 8.00% | 24,146 |
Monroe | 3,004 | 49.60% | 3,052 | 50.40% | -48 | -0.79% | 6,056 |
Morgan | 1,485 | 36.80% | 2,550 | 63.20% | -1,065 | -26.39% | 4,035 |
Nicholas | 5,960 | 60.04% | 3,967 | 39.96% | 1,993 | 20.08% | 9,927 |
Ohio | 16,057 | 45.87% | 18,948 | 54.13% | -2,891 | -8.26% | 35,005 |
Pendleton | 2,284 | 58.21% | 1,640 | 41.79% | 644 | 16.41% | 3,924 |
Pleasants | 1,873 | 50.36% | 1,846 | 49.64% | 27 | 0.73% | 3,719 |
Pocahontas | 2,880 | 55.18% | 2,339 | 44.82% | 541 | 10.37% | 5,219 |
Preston | 4,674 | 42.74% | 6,263 | 57.26% | -1,589 | -14.53% | 10,937 |
Putnam | 5,356 | 50.12% | 5,330 | 49.88% | 26 | 0.24% | 10,686 |
Raleigh | 18,818 | 58.36% | 13,424 | 41.64% | 5,394 | 16.73% | 32,242 |
Randolph | 8,121 | 67.88% | 3,842 | 32.12% | 4,279 | 35.77% | 11,963 |
Ritchie | 1,738 | 31.69% | 3,747 | 68.31% | -2,009 | -36.63% | 5,485 |
Roane | 3,315 | 43.68% | 4,275 | 56.32% | -960 | -12.65% | 7,590 |
Summers | 4,096 | 52.95% | 3,640 | 47.05% | 456 | 5.89% | 7,736 |
Taylor | 3,679 | 49.59% | 3,740 | 50.41% | -61 | -0.82% | 7,419 |
Tucker | 2,367 | 59.32% | 1,623 | 40.68% | 744 | 18.65% | 3,990 |
Tyler | 1,854 | 34.99% | 3,445 | 65.01% | -1,591 | -30.02% | 5,299 |
Upshur | 2,812 | 36.87% | 4,814 | 63.13% | -2,002 | -26.25% | 7,626 |
Wayne | 9,678 | 56.27% | 7,521 | 43.73% | 2,157 | 12.54% | 17,199 |
Webster | 3,477 | 69.95% | 1,494 | 30.05% | 1,983 | 39.89% | 4,971 |
Wetzel | 4,394 | 47.08% | 4,939 | 52.92% | -545 | -5.84% | 9,333 |
Wirt | 1,149 | 48.60% | 1,215 | 51.40% | -66 | -2.79% | 2,364 |
Wood | 16,041 | 43.18% | 21,111 | 56.82% | -5,070 | -13.65% | 37,152 |
Wyoming | 8,179 | 60.71% | 5,293 | 39.29% | 2,886 | 21.42% | 13,472 |
Totals | 446,755 | 53.99% | 380,665 | 46.01% | 66,090 | 7.99% | 827,420 |
References edit
- ^ a b "WV Governor Race — November 08, 1960". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 21, 2016.