1958 United States Senate election in West Virginia explained

1958 United States Senate election in West Virginia should not be confused with 1958 United States Senate special election in West Virginia.

Election Name:1958 United States Senate election in West Virginia
Country:West Virginia
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1956 United States Senate special election in West Virginia
Previous Year:1956 (special)
Election Date:November 4, 1958
Next Election:1964 United States Senate election in West Virginia
Next Year:1964
Image1:File:Robert C. Byrd – 1967.jpg
Nominee1:Robert Byrd
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:381,745
Percentage1:59.19%
Map Size:250px
U.S. Senator
Before Election:Chapman Revercomb
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Robert Byrd
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)
Nominee2:Chapman Revercomb
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:263,172
Percentage2:40.81%

The 1958 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 4, 1958.

In 1956, Senator Harley M. Kilgore died, and former Senator Chapman Revercomb won this seat in the 1956 special election. The election was held alongside the 1958 midterms, where Republicans had a net loss nationally. Revercomb lost re-election to incumbent Representative Robert Byrd. West Virginia was one of the many states that were flipped from Republican to Democratic in the 1958 midterms, as Democrats also flipped the other Senate seat in the state in a special election. This would be the closest race of Byrd’s Senate career.

This was the last time that Democrats simultaneously flipped both of a state's Senate seats until Georgia's elections in 2020 and 2021, and the last time this would occur for either party until the 1978 elections in Minnesota.

This election, along with the simultaneous special election, is the last time a Senator from West Virginia lost re-election.

Results

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: WV US Senate. January 12, 2019.