2000 West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals election

2000 West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals election
November 7, 2000
 
Nominee Joseph Albright Robin Davis John C. Yoder
Party Democratic Democratic Republican
Popular vote 366,833 309,804 218,195
Percentage 41.00% 34.62% 24.38%
Justices before election

Robin Davis
Democratic
George M. Scott
Republican

Elected Justices

Robin Davis
Democratic
Joseph Albright
Democratic

The 2000 West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals election took place on November 7, 2000, 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.

Both Democratic candidates, former Justice Joseph Albright and incumbent Justice Robin Davis, were the top two vote-getters with 41.0% and 34.6% of the vote, respectively. Lone Republican nominee and former State Senator John C. Yoder came in a distant third with 24.4%, thus losing the election.

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