page_title: Gaston Caperton
section_title: Elections
hierarchical_section_title: Gaston Caperton / Gubernatorial history, 1988–1997 / Elections
caption_attribution_description: Governor of West Virginia Gaston Caperton, 1996
context_page_description: William Gaston Caperton III is an American politician who served as the 31st Governor of West Virginia from 1989 to 1997. He was president of the College Board, which administers the nationally recognized SAT and AP tests, from 1999 to 2012. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
context_section_description: In the 1988 gubernatorial election, Caperton, initially considered a long-shot for his party's nomination, defeated the Republican Party incumbent, Arch A. Moore Jr.
  In the 1992 election, Caperton was challenged by Charlotte Pritt in the Democratic primary. Caperton won the primary and the general election, defeating the Republican candidate, West Virginia Secretary of Agriculture Cleve Benedict, and Pritt, running as a write-in candidate. Caperton was constitutionally prohibited from running for a third consecutive term in 1996.
caption: Caperton in 1996, during his second term as Governor
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