The 1988 United States Senate election in West Virginia took place on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator
Robert Byrd
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A ...
won re-election to a sixth term.
Candidates
Democratic
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Robert Byrd
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A ...
, incumbent U.S. Senator
Republican
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Jay Wolfe
Jay Wolfe (born April 5, 1955) is an American business owner and former State Senator, and U.S. Senate candidate.
Early life, education, and business career
Wolfe was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia to Donald and Emogene Moore Wolfe. He gr ...
, state senator
Results
See also
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1988 United States Senate elections
References
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West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ...
1988
1988 West Virginia elections
Robert Byrd