1976 West Virginia gubernatorial election

1976 West Virginia gubernatorial election

← 1972 November 2, 1976 1980 →
 
Nominee Jay Rockefeller Cecil H. Underwood
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 495,661 253,420
Percentage 66.15% 33.82%

County results
Rockefeller:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Underwood:      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Arch A. Moore, Jr.
Republican

Elected Governor

Jay Rockefeller
Democratic

The 1976 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1976, to elect the governor of West Virginia. Democrat Jay Rockefeller, the nephew of the then current Vice President of the United States, Nelson Rockefeller, defeated Republican Cecil Underwood.