RepublicanNo state or federal office heldLost the 2016 general

Bill Cole

Ran in 1 election in 2016.

Last margin
−6.8
Lost 2016
Elections
1
2016

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Every race Cole has run

Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Cole won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.

YearOfficeStageResultOpponentsShareMarginBaselineAgainst baseline
2016Governor of West VirginiaGeneralLostJames C. Justice (D), Charlotte Jean Pritt (I), David Moran (L)42.3%D+6.8R+44.3−51.1

Source: 99chambers results archive

In the polls

Included in 19 polls; Cole’s best result was 45% (West Virginia Governor, 2016).

Cole’s polls in the database →

Source: Polls: The New York Times and Wikipedia poll lists

Who Cole has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive