WV special election: October 4, 2011 (Primary on May 14)

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When is it likely to take place ?

In early November or even earlier ?

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Good call by PPP, which caught the late Maloney rise.

(He just pulled further ahead in the final days.)

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Final Democratic Results:

  51,220     40.37%     Earl Ray Tomblin
  30,596     24.11%     Rick Thompson                   
  21,956     17.30%     Natalie E. Tennant           
  15,914     12.54%     John D. Perdue                   
    6,721       5.30%     Jeffrey V. Kessler           
       481       0.38%     Arne Moltis                       

126,888    100.00%    Total Votes                     

Final Republican Results:

  27,575      45.11%     Bill Maloney                 
  18,898      30.91%     Betty Ireland                 
    5,857        9.58%     Clark Barnes                   
    2,956        4.84%     Mark A. Sorsaia           
    2,378        3.89%     Larry V. Faircloth           
    2,046        3.35%     Mitch B. Carmichael           
    1,147        1.88%     Ralph William Clark           
       277        0.45%     Cliff Ellis                               

 61,134    100.00%    Total Votes  

...

67.5% of primary voters voted in the DEM primary, while 32.5% voted in the GOP primary.

http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/statesummary.aspx