2018 United States Senate election in West Virginia


The 2018 United States Senate election in West Virginia took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.
On May 8, 2018, the Republican primary voters of the state nominated West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey as the Republican candidate. In the general election, incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Manchin defeated Morrisey and was elected to a second full term, albeit by a margin much narrower than his previous election in 2012.

Background

Once a Democratic stronghold at the presidential level, West Virginia has become one of, if not the most, conservative states in the United States. In 2008, John McCain defeated Barack Obama 55–42%. In 2012, Mitt Romney defeated President Obama 62–35%. Romney won every single county. In 2016, Donald Trump won the state by a greater than 40-point margin against Hillary Clinton, with Clinton's performance the worst by either party in the state's history. Trump too won every county in the state.
While West Virginia had been much friendlier to Democrats at the statewide level in the past, in recent years, the state has trended more to the GOP. While President Trump won the state with nearly 70% of the vote, Jim Justice won the gubernatorial election with 49% of the vote as a Democrat but changed his party affiliation back to Republican. Democrats also lost almost all of the statewide offices they held except for State Treasurer John Perdue who was reelected. In 2012, which was Senator Joe Manchin’s second most recent statewide election, he won with just over 60% of the vote against John Raese.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Debates

Polling

Results

Libertarian Party

Candidates

Nominated

Candidates

Denied ballot access

General election

Candidates

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling


Hypothetical polling
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Results

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