2018 United States Senate election in West Virginia

The 2018 United States Senate election in West Virginia took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Manchin won re-election to a second full term against Republican Patrick Morrisey, who at the time of the 2018 elections had been West Virginia's State Attorney General since 2013. This was one of ten Democratic-held Senate seats up for election in a state won by Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. Morrisey conceded on election night.

2018 United States Senate election in West Virginia

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Turnout	47.04%
Nominee Joe Manchin Patrick Morrisey Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 290,510 271,113 Percentage 49.57% 46.26%
County results Congressional district results Precinct results Manchin:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Morrisey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
U.S. senator before election Joe Manchin Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Joe Manchin Democratic

Manchin was considered to be among the most vulnerable Democratic senators facing re-election in 2018 due to the state's deepening partisan lean and his declining popularity. He ultimately won a second full term, though by a much narrower margin of 3.33% compared to his 2012 landslide. Manchin outperformed the margins of defeat from both Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020 by more than 40 percentage points.

As of 2025, this is the last time that a Democrat won a congressional or statewide election in West Virginia, as well as the only general election defeat of Morrisey's career. Morrisey continued to serve as West Virginia's State Attorney General until he took office as the state's Governor on January 13, 2025.

Background

West Virginia was once a Democratic stronghold at the state and federal level, but is now deeply red at the federal and state levels. In 2008, John McCain defeated Barack Obama by a margin of 13.1%. From 1959 to 2015, West Virginia was exclusively represented in the U.S. Senate by Democrats.

In the 2012 presidential election, Mitt Romney defeated Obama by 26.7% and swept every single county in the state. Despite this, Manchin was re-elected in his own landslide over perennial candidate John Raese, receiving more than 60% of the vote and carrying all but three counties. Manchin's 2012 re-election against Raese was a rematch of the 2010 special election where he was first elected to the U.S. Senate.

In 2016, Donald Trump won the state by a greater than 40-point margin over Hillary Clinton (68–26%), with Clinton's performance being the worst for either party in the state's history. Trump also won every county in the state.

Concurrent with Trump's landslide victory in West Virginia, Democratic businessman Jim Justice won the gubernatorial election with 49% of the vote but changed his party affiliation back to Republican within a year (Justice had previously been a Republican prior to running as a Democrat for governor). Democrats lost almost every statewide office in the state in 2016, with State Treasurer John Perdue being the only statewide Democrat re-elected.

Because of the heavy Republican lean of his state, Manchin was ranked by many outlets as one of the most vulnerable incumbents up for reelection. President Trump headlined three rallies in the state on behalf of Manchin's opponent Patrick Morrisey. Manchin's vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh in his highly contentious confirmation hearing, making him the only Democrat to do so, garnered national attention and backlash from members of his own party just weeks before the midterm elections.^[1] Despite the challenges to his re-election, Manchin leaned into his close personal ties to the state and emphasized his moderate to conservative views.

Although Manchin was seen as vulnerable during the lead-up to the election, polling considered him to be a slight favorite for most of the general election cycle.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Joe Manchin, incumbent U.S. senator^[2]

Eliminated in primary

• Paula Jean Swearengin, social and environmental activist^[3]

Endorsements

Paula Jean Swearengin

State legislators

• Charlotte Pritt, former state senator from the 17th district (1988–1992) and 1996 Democratic nominee and 2016 Mountain Party nominee for governor (Mountain)^[4][5]

Individuals

• Tim Canova, founder of Progress For All^[6][4]
• Carol Hechler, widow of former West Virginia Secretary of State Ken Hechler^[4]
• Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks^[7]

Organizations

• Brand New Congress^[8][4]
• Justice Democrats^[8][9][4]
• The People for Bernie Sanders^[10]
• Upshur County Indivisible^[11]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Joe Manchin	Paula Jean Swearengin	Undecided
SurveyMonkey (D-Swearengin)[12]	September 2017	46%	8%	38%

Results

Results by county:

Manchin

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

Democratic primary results^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Manchin (incumbent)	112,658	69.86%
	Democratic	Paula Jean Swearengin	48,594	30.14%
Total votes			161,252	100%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Patrick Morrisey, Attorney General of West Virginia^{[14][15][16][17]}

Eliminated in primary

• Don Blankenship, former chairman and CEO of Massey Energy^[18]
• Bo Copley, coal miner^[19]
• Evan Jenkins, U.S. representative for West Virginia's 3rd congressional district (2015–2018)^[20]
• Jack Newbrough, truck driver and navy veteran^[21]
• Tom Willis, Army veteran^[22]

Declined

• Ryan Ferns, Majority Leader of the West Virginia Senate (running for re-election)^[23][24]
• David McKinley, U.S. representative for West Virginia's 1st congressional district (2011–2023) (running for re-election)^[25][26]
• Alex Mooney, U.S. representative for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district (2015–2025) (running for re-election)

Endorsements

Evan Jenkins

State officials

• John McCuskey, Auditor of West Virginia^[27]

Organizations

• Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce^[28]
• West Virginia Chamber of Commerce^[29]

Newspapers

• Charleston Daily Mail^[30]

Debates

Host network	Date	Link(s)	Participants
			Evan Jenkins	Patrick Morrisey	Don Blankenship	Bo Copley	Jack Newbrough	Tom Willis
Fox News	May 1, 2018	[31]	Invited	Invited	Invited	–	–	–
WVPB	April 23, 2018	[32]	Invited	Invited	Invited	Invited	Invited	Invited

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Don Blankenship	Evan Jenkins	Patrick Morrisey	Other	Undecided
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Morrisey)[33]	April 22–23, 2018	500	± 4.4%	15%	26%	28%	–	18%
Fox News[34]	April 18–22, 2018	985	± 3.0%	16%	25%	21%	8%[35]	24%
National Research Inc. (R-GOPAC)[36]	April 17–19, 2018	411	± 4.9%	12%	20%	24%	5%[37]	39%
Osage Research (R-Morrisey)[38]	March 13, 2018	500	± 4.4%	23%	17%	24%	4%[39]	–
Harper Polling (R-Jenkins)[40]	March 5–6, 2018	400	–	27%	29%	19%	10%[41]	15%
Harper Polling (R-Jenkins)[42]	February 5–6, 2018	500	± 4.4%	18%	33%	25%	12%	12%
				–	42%	36%	–	22%
Fabrizio, Lee and Associates (R-35th PAC)[43]	October 19–22, 2017	400	± 4.9%	–	34%	40%	–	26%

Results

Results by county:

Morrisey

•   Morrisey—70–80%
•   Morrisey—60–70%
•   Morrisey—50–60%
•   Morrisey—40–50%
•   Morrisey—30–40%
•   Morrisey—<30%

Jenkins

•   Jenkins—30–40%
•   Jenkins—40–50%
•   Jenkins—50–60%
•   Jenkins—60–70%

Blankenship

•   Blankenship—<30%
•   Blankenship—30–40%
•   Blankenship—40–50%

Republican primary results^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick Morrisey	48,007	34.90%
	Republican	Evan Jenkins	40,185	29.21%
	Republican	Don Blankenship	27,478	19.97%
	Republican	Tom Willis	13,540	9.84%
	Republican	Bo Copley	4,248	3.09%
	Republican	Jack Newbrough	4,115	2.99%
Total votes			137,573	100%

Libertarian Party

Candidates

Nominated

• Rusty Hollen^[44]

Constitution Party

Candidates

Denied ballot access

• Don Blankenship, former chairman and CEO of Massey Energy. Observers noted that he would be ineligible to run due to West Virginia's sore-loser law which states that the loser of a partisan primary election cannot appear on the ballot as an independent or with another political party in the general election.^[45] Blankenship was eligible to run as a write-in candidate.^[46] Secretary of State Mac Warner denied ballot access to Blankenship's campaign on July 26, citing West Virginia's "sore loser" law. After a lawsuit, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia ordered Warner to deny Blankenship ballot access on August 29, 2018.^[47]

Endorsements

Don Blankenship

Organizations

• Constitution Party of West Virginia^[48]

General election

Candidates

• Mark Brazaitis (Independent, write-in), author and deputy mayor of Morgantown, West Virginia^[49]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[50]	Lean D	October 26, 2018
Inside Elections[51]	Tilt D	November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[52]	Lean D	November 5, 2018
CNN[53]	Lean D	November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics[54]	Tossup	November 5, 2018
Daily Kos[55]	Lean D	November 5, 2018
Fox News[56]	Lean D	November 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight[57]	Likely D	November 6, 2018

Endorsements

Joe Manchin (D)

U.S. senators

• Al Franken, former U.S. senator (MN)^[58]
• Amy Klobuchar, U.S. senator (MN)^[58]
• Elizabeth Warren, U.S. senator (MA)^[59]

Labor unions

• American Federation of Teachers, West Virginia affiliate^[60]
• Jackson County Education Association^[61]
• United Automobile Workers^[62]
• United Mine Workers of America^[63]
• West Virginia AFL–CIO^[64]
• West Virginia Education Association^[65]
• West Virginia State Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO^[66]

Organizations

• Democrats for Life of America
• Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce^[28]
• National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare^[67]

Individuals

• Bob Huggins, basketball coach for the West Virginia University^[68]
• Nick Saban, college football coach for the University of Alabama^[68]
• Jerry West, former NBA player^[68]

Newspapers

• The Sunday News-Register^[69]

Patrick Morrisey (R)

U.S. executive branch officials

• Mike Pence, 48th vice president of the United States^[70]
• Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States^[71][72]

U.S. senators

• Shelley Moore Capito, U.S. senator (WV)^[73]
• Ted Cruz, U.S. senator (TX)^[74]
• Rand Paul, U.S. senator (KY)^[75]
• David Perdue, U.S. senator (GA)^[76]

U.S. representatives

• Evan Jenkins (WV-03)^[77]
• David McKinley (WV-01)^[78]
• Alex Mooney (WV-02)^[79]

U.S. governors

• Jim Justice, governor of West Virginia^[80]
• Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin^[81]

State senators

• Mike Azinger, state senator^[82]
• Craig Blair, state senator^[82]
• Eric Householder, state senator^[82]
• Patricia Rucker, state senator^[82]
• Randy Smith, state senator^[82]
• Charles S. Trump, state senator^[82]

State delegates

• Karen Arvon, state delegate^[82]
• Jim Butler, state delegate^[82]
• Vernon Criss, state delegate^[82]
• Paul Espinosa, state delegate^[82]
• Michael Folk, state delegate^[82]
• Geoff Foster, state delegate^[82]
• Nancy Reagan Foster, state delegate^[82]
• Danny Hamrick, state delegate^[82]
• Joshua Higginbotham, state delegate^[82]
• Jordan Hill, state delegate^[82]
• Ray Hollen, state delegate^[82]
• Gary Howell, state delegate^[82]
• John R. Kelly, state delegate^[82]
• Tony J. Lewis, state delegate^[82]
• Patrick S. Martin, state delegate^[82]
• Pat McGeehan, state delegate^[82]
• John Overington, state delegate^[82]
• Tony Paynter, state delegate^[82]
• William Romine, state delegate^[82]
• Ruth Rowan, state delegate^[82]
• Jill Upson, state delegate^[82]
• Ron Walters, state delegate^[82]
• Guy Ward, state delegate^[82]
• S. Marshall Wilson, state delegate^[82]

Organizations

• American Conservative Union^[83]
• Family Policy Council of West Virginia^[84]
• FreedomWorks^[85]
• Great America Alliance^[86]
• Gun Owners of America^[87]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[88]
• Republican Jewish Coalition^[89]
• Senate Conservatives Fund^[90]
• Students For Trump^[91]
• Tea Party Patriots^[92]
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce^[93]
• West Virginia Citizens Defense League^[85]
• West Virginia Coal Association^[94]
• West Virginians for Life^[85]

Individuals

• Don Blankenship, former Massey Energy CEO^[95]
• Dinesh D'Souza, conservative political commentator, author and filmmaker^[96]
• Sebastian Gorka, former Deputy Assistant to the President^[97]
• Donald Trump Jr., businessman and son of U.S. President Donald Trump^[98]

Newspapers

• National Review^[99]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2018
Candidate (party)	Total receipts	Total disbursements	Cash on hand
Joe Manchin (D)	$8,872,162	$6,459,930	$4,200,530
Patrick Morrisey (R)	$4,943,056	$3,315,300	$1,627,756
Source: Federal Election Commission[100]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Manchin (D)	Patrick Morrisey (R)	Rusty Hollen (L)	Other	Undecided
Emerson College[101]	October 28–31, 2018	1,013	± 3.2%	47%	42%	3%	–	8%
Research America Inc.[102]	October 19–30, 2018	400	± 4.9%	45%	40%	11%	–	5%
Strategic Research Associates[103]	October 12–19, 2018	650	± 3.8%	52%	36%	4%	–	8%
Fabrizio, Lee and Associates (R-NRSC)[104]	October 16–18, 2018	600	± 4.0%	42%	44%	3%	–	12%
				45%	47%	–	–	8%
Vox Populi Polling[105]	October 13–15, 2018	789	± 3.5%	53%	47%	–	–	–
The Polling Company (R-Citizens United)[106]	October 11–13, 2018	600	± 4.0%	49%	45%	–	2%	3%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-NRSC)[107]	October 7–9, 2018	600	± 4.0%	41%	40%	8%	–	–
Strategic Research Associates[108]	September 17–26, 2018	650	± 3.8%	46%	38%	3%	–	13%
1892 Polling (R-Morrisey)[109]	September 24–25, 2018	500	± 4.4%	45%	45%	–	–	10%
The Tarrance Group (R-SLF)[110]	September 23–25, 2018	612	± 4.1%	47%	43%	5%	–	5%
Global Strategy Group (D-Manchin)[111]	September 19–23, 2018	601	± 4.0%	48%	36%	4%	–	–
Emerson College[112]	September 13–15, 2018	825	± 3.5%	45%	33%	–	6%	16%
Harper Polling (R-35th PAC)[113]	August 23–26, 2018	600	± 4.0%	47%	41%	–	–	12%
Research America Inc.[114]	August 16–26, 2018	404	± 4.9%	46%	38%	–	–	16%
Trafalgar Group (R)[115]	July 13–16, 2018	1,158	± 2.9%	50%	40%	2%	–	8%
SurveyMonkey/Axios[116]	June 11 – July 2, 2018	892	± 5.5%	53%	40%	–	–	6%
Monmouth University[117]	June 14–19, 2018	653	± 3.8%	49%	42%	–	3%	6%
Public Policy Polling[118]	June 12–13, 2018	633	–	49%	42%	–	–	9%
Hart Research Associates (D-DSCC)[119]	May 15–16, 2018	602	± 4.0%	52%	40%	–	–	–
Global Strategy Group (D-Manchin)[120]	May 13–16, 2018	600	± 4.0%	50%	42%	–	–	–
				47%	40%	4%	–	–
WPA Intelligence (R)[121]	May 10, 2018	400	± 4.9%	44%	46%	–	–	11%
Zogby Analytics[122]	September 27–30, 2017	320	± 5.5%	45%	38%	–	–	17%
Research America Inc.[123]	August 11–20, 2017	400	± 4.9%	51%	37%	–	–	12%
Harper Polling[124]	November 16–17, 2016	500	± 4.4%	57%	35%	–	–	8%

Hypothetical polling

with Don Blankenship

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Manchin (D)	Patrick Morrisey (R)	Don Blankenship (C)	Other	Undecided
Research America Inc.[114]	August 16–26, 2018	404	± 4.9%	45%	34%	8%	–	13%
Monmouth University[117]	June 14–19, 2018	653	± 3.8%	48%	39%	4%	2%	6%
Public Policy Polling[118]	June 12–13, 2018	633	–	46%	35%	11%	–	7%
Gravis Marketing[125]	May 22, 2018	543	± 4.2%	51%	39%	5%	–	–

with generic Republican

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Manchin (D)	Generic Republican	Undecided
National Research Inc. (R-GOPAC)[36]	April 17–19, 2018	–	–	37%	41%	20%
SurveyMonkey/Axios[126]	February 12 – March 5, 2018	1,591	± 3.5%	43%	52%	5%

with Evan Jenkins

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Manchin (D)	Evan Jenkins (R)	Undecided
Zogby Analytics[122]	September 27–30, 2017	320	± 5.5%	49%	36%	15%
Research America Inc.[123]	August 11–20, 2017	400	± 4.9%	50%	40%	10%
Harper Polling[124]	November 16–17, 2016	500	± 4.4%	51%	39%	10%

with Alex Mooney

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Manchin (D)	Alex Mooney (R)	Undecided
Zogby Analytics[122]	September 27–30, 2017	320	± 5.5%	49%	35%	17%
Harper Polling[124]	November 16–17, 2016	500	± 4.4%	58%	28%	14%

with David McKinley

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Manchin (D)	David McKinley (R)	Undecided
Harper Polling[124]	November 16–17, 2016	500	± 4.4%	54%	34%	12%
Public Policy Polling[127]	April 29 – May 1, 2016	1,201	± 2.8%	46%	36%	18%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Carte Goodwin (D)	David McKinley (R)	Undecided
Harper Polling[124]	November 16–17, 2016	500	± 4.4%	36%	42%	22%

with generic Democratic and Republican

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Generic Democrat	Generic Republican	Other	Undecided
National Research Inc. (R-GOPAC)[36]	April 17–19, 2018	–	–	37%	49%	4%	11%
Zogby Analytics[122]	September 27–30, 2017	320	± 5.5%	35%	40%	6%	19%

with Carte Goodwin

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Carte Goodwin (D)	Alex Mooney (R)	Undecided
Harper Polling[124]	November 16–17, 2016	500	± 4.4%	41%	31%	28%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Carte Goodwin (D)	Evan Jenkins (R)	Undecided
Harper Polling[124]	November 16–17, 2016	500	± 4.4%	31%	43%	25%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Carte Goodwin (D)	Patrick Morrisey (R)	Undecided
Harper Polling[124]	November 16–17, 2016	500	± 4.4%	39%	43%	18%

Results

Swing by county

Legend

•   Democratic—+10-15%
•   Republican—+<5%
•   Republican—+5-10%
•   Republican—+10-15%
•   Republican—+15-20%
•   Republican—+20-25%
•   Republican—+25-30%
•   Republican—+30-35%
•   Republican—+35-40%
•   Republican—+>40%

United States Senate election in West Virginia, 2018^[128]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Manchin (incumbent)	290,510	49.57%	−12.00%
	Republican	Patrick Morrisey	271,113	46.26%	+9.79%
	Libertarian	Rusty Hollen	24,411	4.17%	N/A
Total votes			586,034	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold

By congressional district

Manchin won all three congressional districts, all of which elected Republicans.^[129]

District	Manchin	Morrisey	Representative
1st	49%	46%	David McKinley
2nd	50%	46%	Alex Mooney
3rd	49%	47%	Evan Jenkins (115th Congress)
			Carol Miller (116th Congress)

By county

All results are from the office of the Secretary of State of West Virginia.^[130]

County	Candidate						Total votes
	Joe Manchin		Patrick Morrisey		Rusty Hollen
	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes
Barbour	42.98%	2,121	51.91%	2,562	5.11%	252	4,935
Berkeley	42.63%	14,508	53.21%	18,111	4.16%	1,416	34,035
Boone	57.12%	3,894	39.75%	2,710	3.12%	213	6,817
Braxton	51.24%	2,148	45.01%	1,887	3.75%	157	4,192
Brooke	50.93%	3,987	44.88%	3,513	4.19%	328	7,828
Cabell	58.18%	16,909	38.77%	11,267	3.05%	885	29,061
Calhoun	45.34%	967	49.93%	1,065	4.74%	101	2,133
Clay	46.92%	1,141	49.22%	1,197	3.87%	94	2,432
Doddridge	33.77%	746	61.20%	1,352	5.02%	111	2,209
Fayette	53.19%	6,502	42.22%	5,160	4.59%	561	12,223
Gilmer	47.22%	944	46.47%	929	6.30%	126	1,999
Grant	24.04%	935	72.49%	2,820	3.47%	135	3,890
Greenbrier	50.78%	6,201	45.55%	5,563	3.67%	448	12,212
Hampshire	33.80%	2,325	62.71%	4,313	3.49%	240	6,878
Hancock	46.53%	4,707	49.06%	4,963	4.42%	447	10,117
Hardy	41.41%	1,880	54.34%	2,467	4.25%	193	4,540
Harrison	51.05%	11,491	42.25%	9,512	6.70%	1,508	22,511
Jackson	47.89%	4,890	48.61%	4,964	3.50%	357	10,211
Jefferson	51.32%	10,666	45.04%	9,360	3.64%	756	20,782
Kanawha	61.58%	39,333	35.27%	22,527	3.16%	2,018	63,878
Lewis	41.64%	2,326	51.54%	2,879	6.82%	381	5,586
Lincoln	51.40%	2,899	45.27%	2,553	3.33%	188	5,640
Logan	47.74%	4,574	49.13%	4,708	3.13%	300	9,582
Marion	56.23%	10,889	37.59%	7,280	6.18%	1,197	19,366
Marshall	50.84%	5,485	45.12%	4,868	4.04%	436	10,789
Mason	51.06%	4,270	45.50%	3,805	3.44%	288	8,363
McDowell	48.67%	2,222	48.15%	2,198	3.18%	145	4,565
Mercer	41.19%	7,430	55.62%	10,033	3.20%	577	18,040
Mineral	34.79%	3,108	61.84%	5,525	3.37%	301	8,934
Mingo	42.13%	2,929	55.02%	3,825	2.85%	198	6,952
Monongalia	58.20%	18,010	35.28%	10,918	6.52%	2,019	30,947
Monroe	43.09%	2,125	53.61%	2,644	3.30%	163	4,932
Morgan	34.54%	2,143	60.98%	3,783	4.48%	278	6,204
Nicholas	45.75%	3,588	50.34%	3,948	3.91%	307	7,843
Ohio	55.18%	8,731	41.64%	6,588	3.19%	504	15,823
Pendleton	37.65%	948	58.70%	1,478	3.65%	92	2,518
Pleasants	45.88%	1,157	50.20%	1,266	3.93%	99	2,522
Pocahontas	44.59%	1,269	49.58%	1,411	5.83%	166	2,846
Preston	35.56%	3,686	57.34%	5,943	7.10%	736	10,365
Putnam	49.31%	10,513	47.33%	10,090	3.36%	716	21,319
Raleigh	43.86%	10,581	52.31%	12,620	3.84%	926	24,127
Randolph	50.27%	4,472	45.16%	4,017	4.58%	407	8,896
Ritchie	33.85%	1,082	61.36%	1,961	4.79%	153	3,196
Roane	51.30%	2,165	45.00%	1,899	3.70%	156	4,220
Summers	50.62%	2,069	45.71%	1,868	3.67%	150	4,087
Taylor	44.91%	2,376	49.94%	2,642	5.14%	272	5,290
Tucker	46.90%	1,469	47.96%	1,502	5.14%	161	3,132
Tyler	38.00%	1,065	57.19%	1,603	4.82%	135	2,803
Upshur	41.17%	3,102	53.23%	4,010	5.60%	422	7,534
Wayne	50.34%	6,395	46.87%	5,954	2.79%	355	12,704
Webster	45.03%	1,033	48.82%	1,120	6.15%	141	2,294
Wetzel	50.91%	2,518	43.17%	2,135	5.92%	293	4,946
Wirt	42.22%	790	53.71%	1,005	4.06%	76	1,871
Wood	48.88%	14,189	47.19%	13,696	3.93%	1,141	29,026
Wyoming	44.27%	2,607	52.57%	3,096	3.16%	186	5,889

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Barbour (largest municipality: Philippi)
• Berkeley (largest municipality: Martinsburg)
• Calhoun (largest municipality: Grantsville)
• Clay (largest municipality: Clay)
• Hampshire (largest municipality: Romney)
• Hancock (largest municipality: Weirton)
• Hardy (largest municipality: Moorefield)
• Jackson (largest municipality: Ravenswood)
• Lewis (largest municipality: Weston)
• Logan (largest municipality: Logan)
• Mercer (largest municipality: Bluefield)
• Mineral (largest municipality: Keyser)
• Mingo (largest municipality: Williamson)
• Monroe (largest municipality: Peterstown)
• Morgan (largest municipality: Berkeley Springs)
• Nicholas (largest municipality: Summersville)
• Pendleton (largest municipality: Franklin)
• Pleasants (largest municipality: St. Marys)
• Pocahontas (largest municipality: Marlinton)
• Raleigh (largest municipality: Beckley)
• Ritchie (largest municipality: Harrisville)
• Taylor (largest municipality: Grafton)
• Tucker (largest municipality: Parsons)
• Tyler (largest municipality: Paden City)
• Upshur (largest municipality: Buckhannon)
• Webster (largest municipality: Webster Springs)
• Wirt (largest municipality: Elizabeth)
• Wyoming (largest municipality: Mullens)