1944 West Virginia gubernatorial election

1944 West Virginia gubernatorial election

← 1940 November 7, 1944 1948 →
 
Nominee Clarence W. Meadows Daniel Boone Dawson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 395,122 330,649
Percentage 54.44% 45.56

County results
Meadows:      50–60%      60–70%
Dawson:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80–90%

Governor before election

Matthew M. Neely
Democratic

Elected Governor

Clarence W. Meadows
Democratic

The 1944 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1944, to elect the governor of West Virginia. Rush Holt Sr. unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination.