2012 West Virginia Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 2012 West Virginia Gubernatorial Election?

Earl Ray Tomblin won the 2012 West Virginia Gubernatorial Election. Earl Ray Tomblin received 335,468 popular votes (50.49%). The main challenger was Bill Maloney (45.65%).

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

Tomblin +4.8 pts · won by 32,177 votes
335,468 votes
303,291 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.9% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
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.