Cecil H. Underwood
Last held office: Governor of West Virginia (1996–2000). Ran in 2 elections between 1996 and 2000, winning 1.
- Last margin
- −3.0
- Lost 2000
- Elections
- 2
- 1996–2000
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Underwood was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Underwood has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Underwood won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Governor of West Virginia | General | Lost | Robert Wise (D) | 48.5% | D+3.0 | R+6.5 | |
| 1996 | Governor of West Virginia | General | Won | Charlotte Pritt (D) | 53% | R+6.0 | D+16.7 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Underwood has held
- Governor of West Virginia · 1996–2000
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Underwood has run against
- Robert Wise (D) · 2000 election, lost
- Charlotte Pritt (D) · 1996 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
In the polls
Included in 4 polls; Underwood’s best result was 45% (West Virginia Governor, 2000).
Underwood’s polls in the database →