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2000 election for West Virginia Governor
Governor · West Virginia
Robert Wise (D) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Cecil H. Underwood (R) by 3.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Robert WiseDemocrat · winner
51.5%324,822
Cecil H. UnderwoodRepublican
48.5%305,926
630,748 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET