1944 West Virginia gubernatorial election

1944 West Virginia gubernatorial election
	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.

Results

Democratic primary

West Virginia gubernatorial Democratic primary election, 1944^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence W. Meadows	128,440	66.25%
	Democratic	Rush Holt Sr.	46,313	23.89%
	Democratic	J. Blackburn Watts	15,569	8.03%
	Democratic	Grover Goldfield McPeek	3,550	1.83%
Total votes			193,872	100.00%

Republican primary

West Virginia gubernatorial Republican primary election, 1944^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Boone Dawson	100,379	57.17%
	Republican	Raymond J. Funkhouser	68,980	39.29%
	Republican	William McKinley Garrison	6,208	3.54%
Total votes			175,567	100.00%

General election

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1944^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence W. Meadows	395,122	54.44%
	Republican	Daniel Boone Dawson	330,649	45.56%
Total votes			725,771	100.00%
	Democratic hold

References

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

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[primReturns-1] 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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