See also: 2020 United States Senate elections.
Election Name: | 2020 United States Senate election in West Virginia |
Country: | West Virginia |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 United States Senate election in West Virginia |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2026 United States Senate election in West Virginia |
Next Year: | 2026 |
Election Date: | November 3, 2020 |
Image1: | File:Shelley Moore Capito official Senate photo (cropped 2).jpg |
Nominee1: | Shelley Moore Capito |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 547,454 |
Percentage1: | 70.28% |
Nominee2: | Paula Jean Swearengin |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 210,309 |
Percentage2: | 27.00% |
Map Size: | 250px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Shelley Moore Capito |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Shelley Moore Capito |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2020 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.
Incumbent senator Shelley Moore Capito won a second term against Democrat Paula Jean Swearengin by a margin of 43.3%, winning every county, and becoming the first West Virginia Republican to win reelection to the U.S. Senate since 1907.
Swearengin's 27% of the vote was the lowest vote percentage and worst margin of defeat for any Democratic Senate candidate in West Virginia history.
Paula Jean Swearengin won the nomination with 38.8% of the vote in the state's Democratic primary on June 9, 2020.[3]
Source | Ranking | As of | |
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align=left | The Cook Political Report[12] | October 29, 2020 | |
align=left | Inside Elections[13] | October 28, 2020 | |
align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball[14] | November 2, 2020 | |
Daily Kos[15] | October 30, 2020 | ||
Politico[16] | November 2, 2020 | ||
RCP[17] | October 23, 2020 | ||
DDHQ[18] | November 3, 2020 | ||
538[19] | November 2, 2020 | ||
Economist[20] | November 2, 2020 |
County | Shelley Moore Capito Republican | Paula Jean Swearengin Democratic | David Moran Libertarian | Margin | Total votes | ||||||||||||||
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data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | ||||||||
Barbour | 5,096 | 77.00 | 1,331 | 20.11 | 191 | 2.89 | 3,765 | 56.89 | 6,618 | ||||||||||
Berkeley | 34,162 | 67.23 | 15,197 | 29.91 | 1,453 | 2.86 | 18,965 | 37.32 | 50,812 | ||||||||||
Boone | 6,674 | 75.27 | 2,016 | 22.74 | 177 | 2.00 | 4,658 | 52.53 | 8,867 | ||||||||||
Braxton | 4,006 | 72.22 | 1,395 | 25.15 | 146 | 2.63 | 2,611 | 47.07 | 5,547 | ||||||||||
Brooke | 7,355 | 70.96 | 2,699 | 26.04 | 311 | 3.00 | 4,656 | 44.92 | 10,365 | ||||||||||
Cabell | 22,880 | 62.30 | 12,979 | 35.34 | 864 | 2.35 | 9,901 | 26.96 | 36,723 | ||||||||||
Calhoun | 2,276 | 78.81 | 537 | 18.59 | 75 | 2.60 | 1,739 | 60.22 | 2,888 | ||||||||||
Clay | 2,680 | 80.38 | 575 | 17.25 | 79 | 2.37 | 2,105 | 63.14 | 3,334 | ||||||||||
Doddridge | 2,507 | 82.90 | 415 | 13.72 | 102 | 3.37 | 2,092 | 69.18 | 3,024 | ||||||||||
Fayette | 11,158 | 67.79 | 4,938 | 30.00 | 364 | 2.21 | 6,220 | 37.79 | 16,460 | ||||||||||
Gilmer | 1,939 | 74.78 | 586 | 22.60 | 68 | 2.62 | 1,353 | 52.18 | 2,593 | ||||||||||
Grant | 4,544 | 86.87 | 534 | 10.21 | 153 | 2.92 | 4,010 | 76.66 | 5,231 | ||||||||||
Greenbrier | 11,042 | 70.69 | 4,299 | 27.52 | 280 | 1.79 | 6,743 | 43.17 | 15,621 | ||||||||||
Hampshire | 7,764 | 79.22 | 1,764 | 18.00 | 272 | 2.78 | 6,000 | 61.22 | 9,800 | ||||||||||
Hancock | 9,593 | 71.38 | 3,484 | 25.92 | 362 | 2.69 | 6,109 | 45.46 | 13,439 | ||||||||||
Hardy | 4,879 | 78.18 | 1,196 | 19.16 | 166 | 2.66 | 3,683 | 59.01 | 6,241 | ||||||||||
Harrison | 21,194 | 70.64 | 7,807 | 26.02 | 1,000 | 3.33 | 13,387 | 44.62 | 30,001 | ||||||||||
Jackson | 10,298 | 77.21 | 2,754 | 20.65 | 285 | 2.14 | 7,544 | 56.56 | 13,337 | ||||||||||
Jefferson | 15,625 | 57.23 | 11,033 | 40.41 | 646 | 2.37 | 4,592 | 16.82 | 27,304 | ||||||||||
Kanawha | 50,953 | 62.85 | 28,565 | 35.24 | 1,550 | 1.91 | 22,388 | 27.62 | 81,068 | ||||||||||
Lewis | 5,736 | 77.46 | 1,431 | 19.32 | 238 | 3.21 | 4,305 | 58.14 | 7,405 | ||||||||||
Lincoln | 5,770 | 75.73 | 1,663 | 21.83 | 186 | 2.44 | 4,107 | 53.90 | 7,619 | ||||||||||
Logan | 9,810 | 79.71 | 2,266 | 18.41 | 231 | 1.88 | 7,544 | 61.30 | 12,307 | ||||||||||
Marion | 16,722 | 66.01 | 7,626 | 30.10 | 985 | 3.89 | 9,096 | 35.91 | 25,333 | ||||||||||
Marshall | 10,655 | 77.12 | 2,913 | 21.08 | 249 | 1.80 | 7,742 | 56.03 | 13,817 | ||||||||||
Mason | 8,421 | 76.06 | 2,333 | 21.07 | 317 | 2.86 | 6,088 | 54.99 | 11,071 | ||||||||||
McDowell | 4,539 | 75.44 | 1,363 | 22.65 | 115 | 1.91 | 3,176 | 52.78 | 6,017 | ||||||||||
Mercer | 18,740 | 76.48 | 5,269 | 21.50 | 494 | 2.02 | 13,471 | 54.98 | 24,503 | ||||||||||
Mineral | 9,830 | 77.95 | 2,308 | 18.30 | 472 | 3.74 | 7,522 | 59.65 | 12,610 | ||||||||||
Mingo | 7,761 | 81.57 | 1,525 | 16.03 | 228 | 2.40 | 6,236 | 65.54 | 9,514 | ||||||||||
Monongalia | 22,140 | 53.37 | 17,863 | 43.06 | 1,483 | 3.57 | 4,277 | 10.31 | 41,486 | ||||||||||
Monroe | 4,901 | 77.34 | 1,305 | 20.59 | 131 | 2.07 | 3,596 | 56.74 | 6,337 | ||||||||||
Morgan | 6,504 | 76.30 | 1,797 | 21.08 | 223 | 2.62 | 4,707 | 55.22 | 8,524 | ||||||||||
Nicholas | 7,976 | 76.69 | 2,214 | 21.29 | 210 | 2.02 | 5,762 | 55.40 | 10,400 | ||||||||||
Ohio | 13,373 | 68.07 | 5,905 | 30.06 | 368 | 1.87 | 7,468 | 38.01 | 19,646 | ||||||||||
Pendleton | 2,840 | 79.15 | 677 | 18.87 | 71 | 1.98 | 2,163 | 60.28 | 3,588 | ||||||||||
Pleasants | 2,628 | 77.73 | 634 | 18.75 | 119 | 3.52 | 1,994 | 58.98 | 3,381 | ||||||||||
Pocahontas | 2,707 | 70.26 | 1,034 | 26.84 | 112 | 2.91 | 1,673 | 43.42 | 3,853 | ||||||||||
Preston | 9,953 | 69.71 | 2,664 | 18.66 | 1,660 | 11.63 | 7,289 | 51.05 | 14,277 | ||||||||||
Putnam | 20,812 | 73.78 | 6,784 | 24.05 | 613 | 2.17 | 14,028 | 49.73 | 28,209 | ||||||||||
Raleigh | 23,708 | 73.02 | 8,201 | 25.26 | 561 | 1.73 | 15,507 | 47.76 | 32,470 | ||||||||||
Randolph | 8,873 | 73.91 | 2,868 | 23.89 | 265 | 2.21 | 6,005 | 50.02 | 12,006 | ||||||||||
Ritchie | 3,474 | 83.49 | 569 | 13.67 | 118 | 2.84 | 2,905 | 69.81 | 4,161 | ||||||||||
Roane | 4,260 | 75.00 | 1,302 | 22.92 | 118 | 2.08 | 2,958 | 52.08 | 5,680 | ||||||||||
Summers | 3,839 | 70.86 | 1,467 | 27.08 | 112 | 2.07 | 2,372 | 43.78 | 5,418 | ||||||||||
Taylor | 5,402 | 73.95 | 1,582 | 21.66 | 321 | 4.39 | 3,820 | 52.29 | 7,305 | ||||||||||
Tucker | 2,706 | 71.38 | 854 | 22.53 | 231 | 6.09 | 1,852 | 48.85 | 3,791 | ||||||||||
Tyler | 3,095 | 80.66 | 612 | 15.95 | 130 | 3.39 | 2,483 | 64.71 | 3,837 | ||||||||||
Upshur | 7,788 | 77.48 | 1,953 | 19.43 | 310 | 3.08 | 5,835 | 58.05 | 10,051 | ||||||||||
Wayne | 12,048 | 73.80 | 3,895 | 23.86 | 383 | 2.35 | 8,153 | 49.94 | 16,326 | ||||||||||
Webster | 2,585 | 78.84 | 613 | 18.69 | 81 | 2.47 | 1,972 | 60.14 | 3,279 | ||||||||||
Wetzel | 4,811 | 74.12 | 1,441 | 22.20 | 239 | 3.68 | 3,370 | 51.92 | 6,491 | ||||||||||
Wirt | 2,116 | 81.32 | 426 | 16.37 | 60 | 2.31 | 1,690 | 64.95 | 2,602 | ||||||||||
Wood | 27,733 | 72.75 | 9,359 | 24.55 | 1,031 | 2.70 | 18,374 | 48.20 | 38,123 | ||||||||||
Wyoming | 6,573 | 80.08 | 1,489 | 18.14 | 146 | 1.78 | 5,084 | 61.94 | 8,208 | ||||||||||
Totals | 547,454 | 70.28 | 210,309 | 27.00 | 21,155 | 2.72 | 337,145 | 43.28 | 778,918 |
Capito won all 55 of the state's counties for the second election in a row, earning more than 70% of the vote over Swearengin in all but eight counties.
Moore Capito won all three congressional districts.[21]
District | Moore Capito | Jean Swearingen | Representative | |||
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70% | 27% | David McKinley | ||||
69% | 29% | Alex Mooney | ||||
73% | 25% | Carol Miller |