Editing Acting governor (section)

===West Virginia===
In [[West Virginia]], if the governorship becomes vacant, the [[West Virginia Senate#Senate President|Senate president]] acts as governor. If more than one year remains in the governor's term at the time of vacancy, a special election is held; otherwise, the Senate president serves the remainder of the term.<ref>WV Constitution article VII, § 16.</ref> A bill passed in 2000 grants the Senate president the honorary title of lieutenant governor,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2000_SESSIONS/RS/Bills/hb4781%20enr.htm | title=H.B. 4781 (Enrolled March 11, 2009) | publisher=West Virginia Legislature, 2000 Sessions | access-date=August 16, 2009}}</ref> but this title is rarely used in practice and the terms of the Senate president do not correspond with governorships. Then-Senate president [[Earl Ray Tomblin]] is the first person under the current state constitution to act as governor following the November 15, 2010 resignation of [[Joe Manchin]] following his election to the [[United States Senate]] seat vacated by the death of [[Robert Byrd]]. As there was more than one year remaining on Manchin's term as governor, a [[West Virginia gubernatorial special election, 2011|special election]] was held, which Tomblin won. He became governor on November 13, 2011 to complete the term.