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1984 West Virginia Attorney General election

The 1984 West Virginia Attorney General election took place on November 6, 1984, to elect the Attorney General of West Virginia. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Chauncey H. Browning Jr. chose not to seek re-election to a fifth term, choosing instead to run for governor.

1984 West Virginia Attorney General election
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November 6, 1984
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Nominee Charlie Brown John F. McCuskey
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 386,442 309,763
Percentage 55.51% 44.49%
Brown:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
McCuskey:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Attorney General before election

Chauncey Browning
Democratic

 Elected Attorney General

Charlie Brown
Democratic

Charleston attorney and former Deputy Attorney General Charlie Brown beat Republican nominee John F. McCuskey 55.5% to 44.5%.[1]

Forty years later, in 2024, John F. McCuskey's son JB was elected Attorney General, and Charlie Brown's brother Sherrod lost re-election to the U.S. Senate.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Charlie
Brown		 Dan
Staggers		 John
Boettner		 Undecided
West Virginia Poll[4] April, 1984 N/A ± 5% 15.4% 35.5% 21.7% 27.4%
West Virginia Poll[5] May, 1984 N/A ± 5% 19.8% 36% 17.8% N/A

Results

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June 5, 1984 Democratic primary[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charlie Brown 120,394 35.99%
Democratic Daniel C. Staggers 117,433 35.10%
Democratic John "Si" Boettner 96,701 28.91%
Total votes 334,528 100.00%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Results

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June 5, 1984 Republican primary[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John F. McCuskey 107,405 100.00%
Total votes 107,405 100.00%

General election

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Candidates

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Results

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1984 West Virginia Attorney General election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charlie Brown 386,442 55.51%
Republican John F. McCuskey 309,763 44.49%
Total votes 696,205 100.00%
Democratic hold

Results by county

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County[9] Charlie Brown
Democratic		 John McCuskey
Republican		 Total votes cast
# % # %
Barbour 3,093 46.42% 3,570 53.58% 6,663
Berkeley 8,100 47.26% 9,041 52.74% 17,141
Boone 7,828 70.94% 3,206 29.06% 11,034
Braxton 3,676 63.28% 2,133 36.72% 5,809
Brooke 7,026 65.83% 3,647 34.17% 10,673
Cabell 21,598 59.63% 14,624 40.37% 36,222
Calhoun 1,778 58.45% 1,264 41.55% 3,042
Clay 2,505 69.45% 1,102 30.55% 3,607
Doddridge 934 30.01% 2,178 69.99% 3,112
Fayette 13,546 73.40% 4,909 26.60% 18,455
Gilmer 1,811 55.28% 1,465 44.72% 3,276
Grant 824 20.68% 3,161 79.32% 3,985
Greenbrier 7,501 60.45% 4,908 39.55% 12,409
Hampshire 2,545 49.89% 2,556 50.11% 5,101
Hancock 8,533 61.46% 5,350 38.54% 13,883
Hardy 2,124 54.29% 1,788 45.71% 3,912
Harrison 12,588 37.37% 21,094 62.63% 33,682
Jackson 5,824 52.50% 5,269 47.50% 11,093
Jefferson 4,846 53.70% 4,179 46.30% 9,025
Kanawha 48,237 55.24% 39,083 44.76% 87,320
Lewis 3,422 44.40% 4,286 55.60% 7,708
Lincoln 6,284 65.05% 3,377 34.95% 9,661
Logan 11,682 72.95% 4,332 27.05% 16,014
Marion 12,703 49.32% 13,055 50.68% 25,758
Marshall 8,991 56.24% 6,996 43.76% 15,987
Mason 7,061 58.83% 4,942 41.17% 12,003
McDowell 8,861 77.65% 2,550 22.35% 11,411
Mercer 12,061 55.23% 9,777 44.77% 21,838
Mineral 4,231 42.95% 5,621 57.05% 9,852
Mingo 9,179 76.09% 2,885 23.91% 12,064
Monongalia 14,002 53.91% 11,969 46.09% 25,971
Monroe 2,953 52.92% 2,627 47.08% 5,580
Morgan 1,599 38.48% 2,556 61.52% 4,155
Nicholas 5,579 63.67% 3,184 36.33% 8,763
Ohio 12,290 53.84% 10,537 46.16% 22,827
Pendleton 1,574 51.93% 1,457 48.07% 3,031
Pleasants 1,980 54.98% 1,621 45.02% 3,601
Pocahontas 2,293 55.63% 1,829 44.37% 4,122
Preston 4,219 41.93% 5,842 58.07% 10,061
Putnam 7,815 54.96% 6,405 45.04% 14,220
Raleigh 18,560 66.26% 9,449 33.74% 28,009
Randolph 5,349 50.37% 5,271 49.63% 10,620
Ritchie 1,574 35.91% 2,809 64.09% 4,383
Roane 3,146 51.80% 2,927 48.20% 6,073
Summers 3,400 64.28% 1,889 35.72% 5,289
Taylor 2,658 40.83% 3,852 59.17% 6,510
Tucker 1,952 51.22% 1,859 48.78% 3,811
Tyler 1,634 37.60% 2,712 62.40% 4,346
Upshur 3,107 38.14% 5,040 61.86% 8,147
Wayne 10,295 66.36% 5,218 33.64% 15,513
Webster 2,507 69.74% 1,088 30.26% 3,595
Wetzel 4,244 54.47% 3,547 45.53% 7,791
Wirt 1,181 53.27% 1,036 46.73% 2,217
Wood 15,977 45.18% 19,386 54.82% 35,363
Wyoming 7,162 68.42% 3,305 31.58% 10,467
Totals386,44255.51%309,76344.49%696,205

References

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  1. ↑ "Democrats sweep into state offices; Brown's race close". Williamson Daily News. November 7, 1984.
  2. ↑ Martha Bryson Hodel (May 30, 1984). "Attorney general's race full of old-fashioned mud-slinging". Williamson Daily News.
  3. ↑ Brian Farkas (August 30, 1989). "Boettner resigns after pleading to federal tax charge". United Press International.
  4. ↑ "Hechler is far ahead, poll claims". Williamson Daily News. April 17, 1984.
  5. ↑ "Leaders: Manchin, Hechler, Staggers, court incumbents". Williamson Daily News. May 19, 1984.
  6. ↑ "West Virginia Blue Book - 1984 - Page 623" (PDF). West Virginia Legislature.
  7. ↑ "West Virginia Blue Book - 1984 - Page 659" (PDF). West Virginia Legislature.
  8. ↑ "West Virginia Blue Book - 1985 - Page 670" (PDF). West Virginia Legislature.
  9. ↑ "West Virginia Blue Book - 1985 - Page 670" (PDF). West Virginia Legislature.
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