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  WV Governor - Special Election
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Parents > United States > West Virginia > Governor
OfficeGovernor
Type Special Election
Filing Deadline May 14, 2011 - 12:00pm
Polls Open October 04, 2011 - 05:30am
Polls Close October 04, 2011 - 06:30pm
Term Start November 13, 2011 - 12:00pm
Term End January 14, 2013 - 12:00pm
Turnout 24.94% Registered 16.65% Total Population
ContributorRBH
Last ModifiedRBH December 15, 2012 10:57pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/15/2010
NameEarl Ray Tomblin Votes1 (100.00%)
Term11/15/2010 - 11/13/2011 Margin1 (+100.00%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/06/2012
NameEarl Ray Tomblin Votes335,468 (50.49%)
Term01/14/2013 - 01/16/2017 Margin32,177 (+4.84%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
May 14, 2011 WV Governor - Special Election - D Primary Earl Ray Tomblin
May 14, 2011 WV Governor - Special Election - R Primary Bill Maloney
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KEY RACE? 9.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
01/19/2011 10/04/2011
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Bill Maloney 5 1 ----
Earl Ray Tomblin 12 3 5 2
Leaning Call: Earl Ray Tomblin (85.42%)
Weighted Call: Earl Ray Tomblin (86.51%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph
04/21/2011 10/02/2011

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name (I) Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin Bill Maloney Mayor Bob Henry Baber Marla Ingels Harry V. Bertram (W) Phillip Hudok (W) Donald Lee Underwood
PartyDemocratic Republican Mountain Independent American Third Position Independent Independent
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Certified Votes149,202 (49.56%) 141,656 (47.05%) 6,083 (2.02%) 2,875 (0.96%) 1,111 (0.37%) 76 (0.03%) 54 (0.02%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -7,546 (-2.51%) -143,119 (-47.54%) -146,327 (-48.60%) -148,091 (-49.19%) -149,126 (-49.53%) -149,148 (-49.54%)
Predict Avg.52.50% 44.83% 1.38% 0.33% 0.35% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
MATCHUP POLLS (6 from 2 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg44.87%-- 42.78%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Public Policy Polling (D) 
09/30/11-10/02/11		 47.00% 1.0 46.00% 6.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mellman Group (D) 
09/16/11-09/19/11		 46.00% 1.0 36.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling (D) 
09/01/11-09/04/11		 46.00% 1.0 40.00% 10.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mellman Group (D) 
08/20/11-08/22/11		 47.00% -- 33.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling (D) 
05/11/11-05/12/11		 45.00% 11.0 30.00% 7.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling (D) 
04/21/11-04/24/11		 56.00% -- 23.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
AM Conservative for America.
  Charleston Gazette
  Huntington Herald-Dispatch
D Crimson
  Charleston Daily Mail
R Maryland Republican
IS Sesel
DFL JC42
I TX_Progressive
Laf-W Craverguy
LBT Kane for Senate
MORE CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name (W) John R. "Rick" Bartlett  
PartyIndependent  
Website  
Certified Votes24 (0.01%)  
Margin-149,178 (-49.55%)  
Predict Avg.0.00%  
Cash On Hand $--  
MATCHUP POLLS (6 from 2 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%--  
Public Policy Polling (D) 
09/30/11-10/02/11		 0.00% --
Mellman Group (D) 
09/16/11-09/19/11		 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling (D) 
09/01/11-09/04/11		 0.00% --
Mellman Group (D) 
08/20/11-08/22/11		 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling (D) 
05/11/11-05/12/11		 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling (D) 
04/21/11-04/24/11		 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  

EVENTS
Start Date End Date Type Title Contributor

VIDEO ADVERTISEMENTS
Start Date Candidate Category Ad Tone Lng Title Run Time Contributor
09/07/2011 Bill Maloney vs Earl Ray Tomblin TVAd Attack eng New Low  00:00:31 RP 
08/10/2011 Bill Maloney TVAd Biography eng Job Creator  00:00:31 RP 
08/10/2011 Bill Maloney TVAd Biography eng Resume  00:00:30 RP 
05/04/2011 Bill Maloney TVAd Biography eng Dee Jay  00:00:31 RP 

INFORMATION LINKS

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 03, 2011 02:00pm Poll Maloney-Tomblin Race a ‘Toss-Up’   Article Jason 
Sep 30, 2011 02:00pm News Maloney, Grey2K linked to fed arrest  Article RBH 
Sep 16, 2011 07:00pm Speculative Is West Virginia the next New York 9th?  Article Jason 
Sep 15, 2011 07:00am Strategy Maloney Tying Tomblin to Obama; Will it Work?  Article Jason 
May 14, 2011 08:20pm Election Guide Maloney wins GOP primary; Tomblin gets Democratic nod [WV Governor]  Article COSDem 
May 03, 2011 10:00pm News Mountain Party selects gubernatorial candidate  Article TX DEM 

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