1968 West Virginia gubernatorial election

The 1968 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1968, to elect the governor of West Virginia.

Democratic primary

Candidates

William A. Lawson
Paul J. Kaufman, State Senator from Charleston
C. Donald Robertson, West Virginia Attorney General
James Marshall Sprouse, attorney
Blair F. Winans

Republican primary

Candidates

Peter Beter, former general counsel for the Export–Import Bank of the United States and supporter of George Wallace
E.C. Cales
Arch A. Moore, Jr., U.S. Representative
Cecil H. Underwood, academic and former Governor