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The Democratic candidate won West Virginia's Senate seat D+3.2.

West Virginia, 2018. Candidate results and statewide totals below.

West Virginia — 2018 Senate result
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab, 1976–2024 Senate returns (party-classified by literal ballot party).
Democratic (D)
288,808
49.5%
Republican (R)
269,872
46.3%
All others
24,231
4.2%
Margin
D+3.2
Candidates
Statewide candidate totals — MIT Election Data + Science Lab, 2018 Senate returns.
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Joe ManchinDDemocrat288,80849.5%
Patrick MorriseyRRepublican269,87246.3%
Rusty HollenOLibertarian24,2314.2%
West Virginia, 2018
DemocraticD+3.3
2018 presidential margin by county for West Virginia — 2018 US Senate electionA map of the constituent counties of West Virginia — 2018 US Senate election, each outlined and filled by its 2018 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.KANAWHA, WV · D+26.3BERKELEY, WV · R+10.6MONONGALIA, WV · D+22.9CABELL, WV · D+19.4WOOD, WV · D+1.7RALEIGH, WV · R+8.5HARRISON, WV · D+8.8PUTNAM, WV · D+2.0JEFFERSON, WV · D+6.3MARION, WV · D+18.6MERCER, WV · R+14.4OHIO, WV · D+13.5WAYNE, WV · D+3.5FAYETTE, WV · D+11.0GREENBRIER, WV · D+5.2MARSHALL, WV · D+5.7PRESTON, WV · R+21.8JACKSON, WV · R+0.7HANCOCK, WV · R+2.5LOGAN, WV · R+1.4MINERAL, WV · R+27.1RANDOLPH, WV · D+5.1MASON, WV · D+5.6NICHOLAS, WV · R+4.6BROOKE, WV · D+6.1UPSHUR, WV · R+12.1MINGO, WV · R+12.9HAMPSHIRE, WV · R+28.9BOONE, WV · D+17.4MORGAN, WV · R+26.4WYOMING, WV · R+8.3LINCOLN, WV · D+6.1LEWIS, WV · R+9.9TAYLOR, WV · R+5.0WETZEL, WV · D+7.7BARBOUR, WV · R+8.9MONROE, WV · R+10.5MCDOWELL, WV · D+0.5HARDY, WV · R+12.9ROANE, WV · D+6.3BRAXTON, WV · D+6.2SUMMERS, WV · D+4.9GRANT, WV · R+48.5RITCHIE, WV · R+27.5TUCKER, WV · R+1.1POCAHONTAS, WV · R+5.0TYLER, WV · R+19.2PLEASANTS, WV · R+4.3PENDLETON, WV · R+21.0CLAY, WV · R+2.3WEBSTER, WV · R+3.8DODDRIDGE, WV · R+27.4CALHOUN, WV · R+4.6GILMER, WV · D+0.8WIRT, WV · R+11.5
How it voted
Share of the 2018 vote
DemocraticDemocratic49.6%290,510
RepublicanRepublican46.3%271,113
OtherAll other candidates4.2%24,411
D+60
R+60
55 counties, each filled by 2018 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
West Virginia's Senate margins
Every contest in our store, 1976–2024
West Virginia's Senate marginsDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1976 to 2024. Most recent: −41.0% in 2024.flipped R · 2020−41.0%DR19762024
West Virginia's Senate margins
YearMargin (D minus R)
1976+100.0%
1978+1.0%
1982+37.7%
1984+4.1%
1988+29.5%
1990+36.6%
1994+38.0%
1996+53.3%
2000+57.6%
2002+26.2%
2006+54.1%
2008+27.5%
2010+10.1%
2012+24.1%
2014−27.7%
2018+3.2%
2020−43.3%
2024−41.0%