Election Name: | 1992 West Virginia gubernatorial election |
Country: | West Virginia |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1988 West Virginia gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1988 |
Next Election: | 1996 West Virginia gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1996 |
Election Date: | November 7, 1992 |
Image1: | File:Gaston Caperton 1996.jpg |
Nominee1: | Gaston Caperton |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 368,302 |
Percentage1: | 56.0% |
Nominee2: | Cleve Benedict |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 240,390 |
Percentage2: | 36.6% |
Image3: | 3x4.svg |
Nominee3: | Charlotte Pritt (write-in) |
Party3: | Independent |
Popular Vote3: | 48,873 |
Percentage3: | 7.4% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Gaston Caperton |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Gaston Caperton |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1992 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1992. Incumbent Democratic governor Gaston Caperton won re-election by defeating former Republican U.S. representative Cleve Benedict and Democratic State Senator Charlotte Pritt, who ran as an independent write-in candidate after losing to Caperton in the Democratic primary election. Benedict had defeated Vernon Criss for his party's nomination; this was the only election between 1964 and 2000 that the Republicans had nominated someone other than Arch A. Moore or Cecil H. Underwood. Until 2020 this is the last time West Virginia has voted for the same party for governor and for president, as both elections are held concurrently in the state. This is the most recent time that Democrats won both races concurrently.