West Virginia — 2008 Election Results
Certified returns for every federal race in West Virginia in 2008, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 4 of 4 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
| Party line | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Republican | 397,466 | 55.7% |
| Democratic | 303,857 | 42.6% |
| Independent (No Party Affiliation) | 7,219 | 1.0% |
| Constitution | 2,465 | 0.3% |
| Mountain Party (Green Party candidate) | 2,355 | 0.3% |
| Write-in | 89 | 0.0% |
| Total | 713,451 |
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2008 election page.
U.S. Senate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| John D. Rockefeller IV | Democrat | 447,560 | 63.7% |
| Jay Wolfe | Republican | 254,629 | 36.3% |
| John R. ‘‘Rick’’ Bartlett | Write-in | 83 | 0.0% |
| Chad Shaffer | Write-in | 36 | 0.0% |
| Total | 702,308 |
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan B. Mollohan | Democrat | 187,734 | 99.9% |
| Ted Osgood | Write-in | 69 | 0.0% |
| R. J. Smith | Write-in | 61 | 0.0% |
| Total | 187,864 |
District 2
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelley Moore Capito | Republican | 147,334 | 57.1% |
| Anne Barth | Democrat | 110,819 | 42.9% |
| Aaron Mills | Write-in | 16 | 0.0% |
| Total | 258,169 |
District 3
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick J. Rahall II | Democrat | 133,522 | 66.9% |
| Marty Gearheart | Republican | 66,005 | 33.1% |
| Total | 199,527 |
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2008 — Official source · Archived copy
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Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.