The 2018 United States Senate election in West Virginia took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the

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to represent the State of

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 ...

, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate,

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to the

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, and various

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and

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. On May 8, 2018, the Republican primary voters of the state nominated West Virginia Attorney General

Patrick Morrisey Patrick James Morrisey (born December 21, 1967) is an American politician and attorney serving as the 34th Attorney General of West Virginia since 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party. Morrisey was elected Attorney General of West Vi ...

as the Republican candidate. In the general election, incumbent Democratic Senator

Joe Manchin Joseph Manchin III (born August 24, 1947) is an American politician and businessman serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia, a seat he has held since 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, Manchin was the 34th governor o ...

defeated Morrisey and was elected to a second full term, albeit by a margin much narrower than that of his victory in the

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. As of 2022, this is the most recent time a Democrat has been elected statewide.

Background

was once a Democratic stronghold at the state and federal level, but has been rapidly shifting towards the Republican Party since

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. In 2008, John McCain defeated

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by a margin of 55–42%. In the

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, Mitt Romney defeated Obama 62–35% and swept every single county in the state. Despite this, Manchin was reelected in his own landslide over perennial candidate

John Raese John Reeves Raese ( ; born April 10, 1950) is an American businessman and perennial Republican Party candidate for political office in West Virginia. He has lost campaigns to represent West Virginia in the United States Senate in 1984, 2006, 201 ...

, receiving more than 60% of the vote and carrying all but three counties. In 2016,

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won the state by a greater than 40-point margin over

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(68–26%), with Clinton's performance being the worst for either party in the state's history. Trump also won every county in the state. Concurrent with Trump's landslide victory in the West Virginia, Democratic businessman Jim Justice won the gubernatorial election with 49% of the vote but changed his party affiliation back to Republican within a year (Justice had previously been a Republican prior to running as a Democrat for governor). Democrats lost almost every statewide office in the state in

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, with State Treasurer John Perdue being the only statewide Democrat reelected. Perdue lost reelection in

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, making Manchin the only Democratic statewide officeholder in the state. Because of the heavy Republican lean of his state, Manchin was ranked by many outlets as one of the most vulnerable incumbents up for reelection. President Trump headlined three rallies in the state on behalf of Manchin's opponent, Patrick Morrisey. Manchin's vote to confirm Judge

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in his highly contentious

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, making him the only Democrat to do so, garnered national attention and backlash from members of his own party just weeks before the midterm elections.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

, incumbent U.S. Senator

Eliminated in primary

Paula Jean Swearengin Paula Jean Swearengin (born June 13, 1974) is an American activist and politician who was the Democratic nominee in the 2020 U.S. Senate election in West Virginia, and a candidate in the Democratic primary for the state's other Senate seat in 2 ...

, social and environmental activist

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Attorney General of West Virginia Attorney may refer to: * Lawyer ** Attorney at law, in some jurisdictions * Attorney, one who has power of attorney * ''The Attorney'', a 2013 South Korean film See also * Attorney general, the principal legal officer of (or advisor to) a gove ...

Eliminated in the primary

Don Blankenship Donald Leon Blankenship (born March 14, 1950) is an American business executive and political candidate. He was chairman and CEO of the Massey Energy Company—the sixth-largest coal company (by 2008 production) in the United States—from 2000 u ...

, former chairman and CEO of Massey Energy * Bo Copley, coal miner * Evan Jenkins, U.S. Representative * Jack Newbrough, truck driver and navy veteran * Tom Willis, army veteran

Declined

Ryan Ferns Ryan James Ferns (born December 2, 1982) is an American politician from the state of West Virginia. He was a member of the West Virginia Senate for the 1st district. Ferns was defeated for reelection in 2018 by Democratic candidate William J. Ih ...

, Majority Leader of the

West Virginia Senate The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature. There are seventeen senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms. Although the Democratic Party held a supermajority in t ...

(running for reelection) *

David McKinley David Bennett McKinley (born March 28, 1947) is an American businessman and politician who has served as the U.S. representative for since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, McKinley was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from ...

, U.S. Representative ( running for reelection) *

Alex Mooney Alexander Xavier Mooney (born June 7, 1971) is an American politician serving since 2015 as the U.S. representative from . A member of the Republican Party, he represented the 3rd district in the Maryland State Senate from 1999 to 2011 and is ...

, U.S. Representative ( running for reelection)

Endorsements

Debates

Polling

Results

Libertarian Party

Candidates

Nominated

* Rusty Hollen

Constitution Party

Candidates

Denied ballot access

, former chairman and CEO of Massey Energy. Observers noted that he would be ineligible to run due to West Virginia's

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which states that the loser of a partisan primary election cannot appear on the ballot as an independent or with another political party in the general election. Blankenship was eligible to run as a write-in candidate. Secretary of State

Mac Warner Andrew McCoy "Mac" Warner (born February 18, 1955) is an American attorney, veteran, and the current West Virginia Secretary of State. He announced his candidacy for Governor of West Virginia in 2024 on January 10, 2023. Early life and educatio ...

denied ballot access to Blankenship's campaign on July 26, citing West Virginia's "sore loser" law. After a lawsuit, the

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia is the state supreme court of the state of West Virginia, the highest of West Virginia's state courts. The court sits primarily at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, although from 1873 ...

ordered Warner to deny Blankenship ballot access on August 29, 2018.

Endorsements

General election

Candidates

* Mark Brazaitis (Independent, write-in), author and deputy mayor of Morgantown, West Virginia

Predictions

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling

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Research America Inc.
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Public Policy Polling
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Harper Polling
, align=center, November 16–17, 2016 , align=center, 500 , align=center, ± 4.4% , align=center, 39% , align=center, 43% , align=center, 18%

Results

Results by county

All results are from the office of the

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Raleigh Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeas ...

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Taylor Taylor, Taylors or Taylor's may refer to: People * Taylor (surname) ** List of people with surname Taylor * Taylor (given name), including Tayla and Taylah * Taylor sept, a branch of Scottish clan Cameron * Justice Taylor (disambiguation) Pl ...

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Tucker Tucker may refer to: Places United States * Tucker, Arkansas * Tucker, Georgia * Tucker, Mississippi * Tucker, Missouri * Tucker, Utah, ghost town * Tucker County, West Virginia Outer space * Tucker (crater), a small lunar impact crater in the s ...

, align="center", 46.90% , align="center", ''1,469'' , align="center", 47.96% , align="center", ''1,502'' , align="center", 5.14% , align="center", ''161'' , align="center", 3,132 , - , align="center" ,

Tyler Tyler may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tyler (name), an English name; with lists of people with the surname or given name * Tyler, the Creator (born 1991), American rap artist and producer * John Tyler, 10th president of the United ...

, align="center", 38.00% , align="center", ''1,065'' , align="center", 57.19% , align="center", ''1,603'' , align="center", 4.82% , align="center", ''135'' , align="center", 2,803 , - , align="center" , Upshur , align="center", 41.17% , align="center", ''3,102'' , align="center", 53.23% , align="center", ''4,010'' , align="center", 5.60% , align="center", ''422'' , align="center", 7,534 , - , align="center" , Wayne , align="center", 50.34% , align="center", ''6,395'' , align="center", 46.87% , align="center", ''5,954'' , align="center", 2.79% , align="center", ''355'' , align="center", 12,704 , - , align="center" , Webster , align="center", 45.03% , align="center", ''1,033'' , align="center", 48.82% , align="center", ''1,120'' , align="center", 6.15% , align="center", ''141'' , align="center", 2,294 , - , align="center" , Wetzel , align="center", 50.91% , align="center", ''2,518'' , align="center", 43.17% , align="center", ''2,135'' , align="center", 5.92% , align="center", ''293'' , align="center", 4,946 , - , align="center" , Wirt , align="center", 42.22% , align="center", ''790'' , align="center", 53.71% , align="center", ''1,005'' , align="center", 4.06% , align="center", ''76'' , align="center", 1,871 , - , align="center" ,

Wood Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin ...

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Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the s ...

, align="center", 44.27% , align="center", ''2,607'' , align="center", 52.57% , align="center", ''3,096'' , align="center", 3.16% , align="center", ''186'' , align="center", 5,889 ;Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican * Barbour (largest municipality: Philippi) *

(largest municipality: Martinsburg) *

(largest municipality: Grantsville) *

(largest municipality:

) * Gilmer (largest municipality: Glenville) *

(largest municipality: Romney) *

(largest municipality: Weirton) * Hardy (largest municipality: Moorefield) *

(largest municipality: Ravenswood) *

(largest municipality:

Weston Weston may refer to: Places Australia * Weston, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra * Weston, New South Wales * Weston Creek, a residential district of Canberra * Weston Park, Canberra, a park Canada * Weston, Nova Scotia * ...

) * Logan (largest municipality: Logan) *

(largest municipality: Bluefield) *

(largest municipality: Keyser) * Mingo (largest municipality: Williamson) * Monroe (largest municipality: Peterstown) * Morgan (largest municipality:

Berkeley Springs Berkeley Springs is a town in, and the county seat of, Morgan County, West Virginia, United States, in the state's Eastern Panhandle. "Berkeley Springs" is also commonly used to refer to the area in and around the Town of Bath. In 1776, the Virg ...

) * Nicholas (largest municipality: Summersville) * Pendleton (largest municipality:

Franklin Franklin may refer to: People * Franklin (given name) * Franklin (surname) * Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class Places Australia * Franklin, Tasmania, a township * Division of Franklin, federal electoral d ...

) * Pleasants (largest municipality: St. Marys) *

(largest municipality: Marlinton) *

(largest municipality: Beckley) * Ritchie (largest municipality: Harrisville) *

(largest municipality: Grafton) *

(largest municipality:

Parsons Parsons may refer to: Places In the United States: * Parsons, Kansas, a city * Parsons, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Parsons, Tennessee, a city * Parsons, West Virginia, a town * Camp Parsons, a Boy Scout camp in the state of Washingt ...

) *

(largest municipality: Paden City) * Upshur (largest municipality:

Buckhannon Buckhannon is the only incorporated city in, and the county seat of, Upshur County, West Virginia, Upshur County, West Virginia, United States, and is located along the Buckhannon River. The population was 5,299 at the 2020 United States Census ...

) * Webster (largest municipality: Webster Springs) * Wirt (largest municipality:

Elizabeth Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...

) *

(largest municipality: Mullens)

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