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  WV Governor - Special Election
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Parents > United States > West Virginia > Governor
OfficeGovernor
HonorificGovernor - Abbr: Gov.
Type Special Election
Filing Deadline May 14, 2011 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open October 04, 2011 - 05:30am Central
Polls Close October 04, 2011 - 06:30pm Central
Term Start November 13, 2011 - 12:00pm
Term End January 14, 2013 - 12:00pm
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 D Primary
Earl Ray Tomblin
D 127,112
May 14, 2011 WV Governor - Special Election - R Primary
Bill Maloney
R 61,886
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 (96.13%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

04/21/2011 10/02/2011

CANDIDATES
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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
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 149,202 (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%
M@60.00% (-2.25 pts) 40.00% (-0.17 pts) -- -- -- -- --
Utah Liberal58.00% (-0.91 pts) 38.00% (-1.50 pts) -- -- -- -- --
Maryland Republican47.00% (+3.01 pts) 48.00% (+3.90 pts) 2.00% (+1.14 pts) 1.00% (+1.04 pts) 1.00% (+0.61 pts) -- --
Kyle45.00% (+1.68 pts) 52.00% (+1.23 pts) 3.00% (+0.50 pts) -- -- -- --
The Sunset Provision55.00% (+1.09 pts) 43.00% (+1.83 pts) 2.00% (+1.14 pts) -- -- -- --
Crimson50.00% (+4.42 pts) 48.00% (+3.90 pts) 1.30% (+0.67 pts) 0.30% (+0.63 pts) 0.40% (+1.01 pts) -- --
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011
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MATCHUP POLLS (6 from 2 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg44.31%-- 42.81%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Public Policy Polling 
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 
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 
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 
04/21/11-04/24/11
56.00% -- 23.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
LBR Old LW
IS Sesel
DFL JC42
G BR_Green
Laf-W Craverguy
LBT Jed
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name (W) John R. "Rick" Bartlett  
PartyIndependent  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 24 (0.01%)  
Margin-149,178 (-49.55%)  
Predict Avg.0.00%  
M@ --
Utah Liberal --
Maryland Republican --
Kyle --
The Sunset Provision --
Crimson --
Cash On Hand $--  
Website  
Entry Date 00/00/2011  
MATCHUP POLLS (6 from 2 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%--  
Public Policy Polling 
09/30/11-10/02/11
0.00% --
Mellman Group (D) 
09/16/11-09/19/11
0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
09/01/11-09/04/11
0.00% --
Mellman Group (D) 
08/20/11-08/22/11
0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
05/11/11-05/12/11
0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
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 
05/03/2011 Earl Ray Tomblin TVAd Biography eng Joanne  00:00:30 RP 

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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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