1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1984 election for West Virginia Governor
Governor · West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr (R) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating Clyde M. See (D) by 6.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Arch A. Moore JrRepublican · winner
53.3%394,937
Clyde M. SeeDemocrat
46.7%346,565
741,502 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1984
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET