On May 9, West Virginia held primaries for the two major parties. Richie Robb lost his bid to become the Democratic nominee for U.S. House, 2nd district. He polled 30%, placing third in a 3-way race to oppose the Republican incumbent. Robb had been a Republican presidential elector candidate in 2004 (he had since switched parties). He had said, before the November 2004 election, that if elected to the Electoral College, that he would not vote for President Bush in the Electoral College. However, after he was elected to the Electoral College, he changed his mind and did vote for him.