2020 United States Senate election in West Virginia

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2020 United States Senate election in West Virginia

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Nominee Shelley Moore Capito Paula Jean Swearengin
Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent U.S. senator

Shelley Moore Capito
Republican



Template:Elections in West Virginia

The 2020 United States Senate election in West Virginia will be 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.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Larry Butcher, farmer[1]
  • Allen Whitt, president of the West Virginia Family Policy Council[2]

Endorsements

Results

File:West Virginia Senate Election Republican primary, 2020.svg
Results by county:
Capito
  •   Capito—80–90%
  •   Capito—70–80%
Republican primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) 173,847 83.32%
Republican Allen Whitt 20,075 9.62%
Republican Larry Butcher 14,717 7.05%
Total votes 208,639 100.0%

Democratic primary

Paula Jean Swearengin won the nomination with 38.8% of the vote in the state's Democratic primary on June 9, 2020.[5]

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Results

File:West Virginia Senate Election Democratic primary, 2020.svg
Results by county
Swearengin
  •   Swearengin—30-40%
  •   Swearengin—40-50%
  •   Swearengin—50-60%
Ojeda
  •   Ojeda—40–50%
  •   Ojeda—30–40%
  •   Ojeda—20–30%
Robb
  •   Robb—30-40%
  •   Robb—40-50%
  •   Robb—50-60%
Democratic primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paula Jean Swearengin 72,292 38.39%
Democratic Richard Ojeda 61,954 32.90%
Democratic Richie Robb 54,048 28.70%
Total votes 188,294 100.0%

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee

Independents

Withdrawn

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[18] Safe R August 17, 2020
Inside Elections[19] Safe R September 18, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[20] Safe R August 5, 2020
Daily Kos[21] Safe R August 31, 2020
Politico[22] Safe R September 9, 2020
RCP[23] Safe R September 17, 2020
Niskanen[24] Safe R September 15, 2020
DDHQ[25] Safe R September 16, 2020
538[26] Safe R September 18, 2020

Endorsements

Polling

Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Shelley Moore
Capito (R)
Generic
Democrat
Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)[upper-alpha 1] June 13–14, 2017 762 (V) ± 3.4% 48% 35% 17%

Results

United States Senate election in West Virginia, 2020
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) {{{change}}}
Democratic Paula Jean Swearengin {{{change}}}
Libertarian David Moran {{{change}}}
Total votes 100.00%

Notes

Partisan clients

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Voter samples and additional candidates

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References

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External links

Official campaign websites
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