1988 West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals election

1988 West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals election

November 8, 1988
 
Nominee Margaret Workman Thomas B. Miller
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 363,458 346,391
Percentage 33.96% 32.36%

 
Nominee Charlotte Lane Jeniver Jones
Party Republican Republican
Popular vote 210,473 149,920
Percentage 19.67% 14.01%

Justices before election

Thomas B. Miller
Democratic
Darrell McGraw
Democratic

Elected Justices

Thomas B. Miller
Democratic
Margaret Workman
Democratic

The 1988 West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals election took place on November 8, 1988, to elect two Justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia for the next 12 years. The electoral system requires voters to vote for no more than two candidates.

Incumbent Democratic Justices Thomas B. Miller and Darrell McGraw ran for re-election for second 12-year terms on the court. However, McGraw was defeated in the Democratic primary by Margaret Workman, while Miller won re-nomination.

In the general election, Miller and Workman defeated Republican nominees Charlotte Lane and Jeniver J. Jones.