1968 West Virginia gubernatorial election

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1968

← 1964

November 5, 1968

1972 →

County results

Governor before election

Hulett C. Smith
Democratic

Elected Governor

Arch A. Moore, Jr.
Republican

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The 1968 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1968, to elect the governor of West Virginia.

Democratic primary

West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1968^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Marshall Sprouse	123,181	37.62
	Democratic	C. Donald Robertson	118,637	36.23
	Democratic	Paul J. Kaufman	72,917	22.27
	Democratic	William A. Lawson	8,254	2.60
	Democratic	Blair F. Winans	4,164	1.27
Total votes			327,423	100

Peter Beter, former general counsel for the Export–Import Bank of the United States and supporter of George Wallace
E.C. Cales
Arch A. Moore, Jr., U.S. Representative
Cecil H. Underwood, academic and former Governor

West Virginia Republican gubernatorial primary, 1968^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arch A. Moore, Jr.	106,299	57.00
	Republican	Cecil H. Underwood	76,659	41.11
	Republican	Peter Beter	1,844	0.99
	Republican	E. C. Cales	1,677	0.90
Total votes			186,479	100

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1968^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arch A. Moore, Jr.	378,315	50.86
	Democratic	James Marshall Sprouse	365,530	49.14
Total votes			743,845	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

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