The 1988 United States Senate election in West Virginia took place on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator
Robert Byrd won re-election to a sixth term.
Candidates
Democratic
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Robert Byrd, 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
The 1988 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate in which, in spite of the Republican victory by George H. W. Bush in the presidential election, the Democrats gained a net of one seat in the Senate. Seven seats ...
References
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1988 West Virginia elections
Robert Byrd