2011 West Virginia Gubernatorial Special

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Who won the 2011 West Virginia Gubernatorial Special?

Earl Ray Tomblin won the 2011 West Virginia Gubernatorial Special. Earl Ray Tomblin received 149,202 popular votes (49.55%). The main challenger was Bill Maloney (47.05%).

See the full head-to-head between Tomblin and Maloney

Tomblin +2.5 pts · won by 7,546 votes
149,202 votes
141,656 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.4% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
A special election fills a governorship that came open mid-term. Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.