- Source: 2020 United States Senate election in West Virginia
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.
Republican primary
= Candidates
=Nominee
Shelley Moore Capito, incumbent U.S. Senator
Eliminated in primary
Larry Butcher, farmer
Allen Whitt, president of the West Virginia Family Policy Council
= Endorsements
== Results
=Democratic primary
Paula Jean Swearengin won the nomination with 38.8% of the vote in the state's Democratic primary on June 9, 2020.
= Candidates
=Nominee
Paula Jean Swearengin, environmental activist and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2018
Eliminated in primary
Richard Ojeda, former state senator, nominee for West Virginia's 3rd congressional district in 2018, and former candidate for president of the United States in 2020
Richie Robb, former mayor of South Charleston
Declined
Mike Pushkin, state delegate
Earl Ray Tomblin, former governor of West Virginia
= Endorsements
== Results
=Other candidates
= Libertarian Party
=Nominee
David Moran
= Independents
=Withdrawn
Franklin Riley
General election
= Predictions
== Endorsements
== Polling
== Results
=By county
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.
By congressional district
Moore Capito won all three congressional districts.
Notes
Partisan clients
Voter samples and additional candidates
References
External links
Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "West Virginia", Voting & Elections Toolkits
"West Virginia: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
"League of Women Voters of West Virginia". (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
West Virginia at Ballotpedia
Official campaign websites
Shelley Moore Capito (R) for Senate
Paula Jean Swearengin (D) for Senate
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