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2024 United States Senate election in West Virginia

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2024 United States Senate election in West Virginia

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Reporting
99%
as of November 10, 12:13 PM EST
 
Nominee Jim Justice Glenn Elliott
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 514,079 207,548
Percentage 68.8% 27.8%

County results
Justice:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Joe Manchin
Independent

Elected U.S. senator

Jim Justice
Republican

The 2024 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia. Democratic Wheeling mayor Glenn Elliott and Republican Governor Jim Justice were seeking their first term in office. Justice will succeed independent incumbent Joe Manchin, who did not seek a third full term.[1]

Manchin, a Democrat until his final year in the senate, announced he would not run for re-election shortly before switching to independent.[2] He endorsed Elliott, who won the Democratic nomination with 45% of the vote against political activist Zach Shrewsbury and businessman Don Blankenship. Justice won the Republican nomination with 62% of the vote against Congressman Alex Mooney.

Due to West Virginia's heavy Republican lean, the absence of Manchin, and being held concurrently with a presidential race in a state in which Donald Trump was expected to win by a wide margin, this seat was universally expected to be easily picked up by Republicans in 2024.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Elected Republicans last held both of West Virginia's Senate seats in 1931.[a] This is the first time the Republicans won this Senate seat since 1956. This is the first time since 2014 that Republicans won an open Democratic-held seat.

Background

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Manchin saw electoral success through the 2010s, positioning himself as a centrist to conservative Democrat with strong ties to West Virginia,[9] which is now considered a deeply red state at the federal and state levels.

The Republican Party has identified the contest as a top priority in the 2024 election cycle.[10] Amongst the Republicans who ran for this seat are Congressman Alex Mooney[11] and Governor Jim Justice.[12]

Due to the state's heavy partisan lean, the narrow margin by which Manchin was re-elected in 2018, and a likely strong Republican presidential performance on the same ballot, Republicans were favored to win this seat even if Manchin sought re-election.[13] After Justice announced his bid for the seat in April 2023, Elections Daily labeled this race as "Safe Republican" due to his strong polling advantage against Manchin.[7] Since Manchin announced his retirement, all major outlets have rated this seat as an expected easy flip to GOP control. While some Democratic sources hoped that a primary victory by Don Blankenship would spur Manchin to run as an independent, Manchin himself described that notion as a "long, long, long-shot scenario" that ended when Blankenship lost the primary.[14]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Glenn Elliott
U.S. senators
Local officials
Labor Unions
Zach Shrewsbury
State legislators
Individuals
Organizations

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Zachary Shrewsbury (D) $295,678 $238,895 $56,782
Glenn Elliott (D) $125,407 $60,071 $65,335
Don Blankenship (D) $1,000 $0 $1,085
Source: Federal Election Commission[27]

Results

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Results by county:
  Elliott
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Shrewsbury
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Blankenship
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Tie
  •   30–40%
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Glenn Elliott 46,176 45.40%
Democratic Zach Shrewsbury 36,754 36.14%
Democratic Don Blankenship 18,778 18.46%
Total votes 101,708 100.00%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Withdrew

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Jim Justice
Federal officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Individuals
Organizations
Alex Mooney
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Organizations

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Jim Justice (R) $2,956,027 $2,024,749 $931,451
Alex Mooney (R) $3,266,887 $2,629,525 $637,362
Source: Federal Election Commission[27]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Jim
Justice
Alex
Mooney
Other Undecided
Emerson College May 2–5, 2024 558 (LV) ± 4.1% 60% 30% 10%[c]
Research America[A] April 24 – May 1, 2024 407 (LV) ± 4.9% 67% 23% 7% 3%
Osage Research[B] April 22–24, 2024 400(LV) ± 4.9% 49% 35% 5% 11%
NMB Research April 20–22, 2024 500(LV) ± 4.38% 60% 24% 16%
Research America[A] April 3–9, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 66% 24% 4% 6%
Emerson College March 19–21, 2024 735 (LV) ± 3.6% 54% 17% 1% 22%
American Pulse Research
& Polling (R)
[C]
November 13–14, 2023 414 (LV) ± 4.8% 56% 20% 3%[d] 22%
Fabrizio, Lee and Associates[D] September 11–13, 2023 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 62% 23% 15%
Research America[A] August 16–26, 2023 402 (RV) ± 4.9% 58% 26% 16%
Orion Strategies[E] June 17–20, 2023 651 (LV) ± 6.0% 56% 19% 9% 16%
ECU Center for Survey Research May 22–23, 2023 796 (RV) ± 3.7% 53% 12% 35%
co/efficient April 24–25, 2023 753 (LV) ± 3.5% 45% 17% 38%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Jim
Justice
Alex
Mooney
Patrick
Morrisey
Undecided
National Public Affairs (R) March 14–17, 2023 360 (LV) ± 5.2% 43% 21% 10% 24%
Tarrance Group (R) February 5–7, 2023 609 (LV)[e] ± 4.1% 53% 16% 21% 8%

Results

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Results by county:
  Justice
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Mooney
  •   40–50%
  •   60–70%
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Justice 138,307 61.84%
Republican Alex Mooney 59,348 26.54%
Republican Bryan Bird 7,001 3.13%
Republican Bryan McKinney 6,573 2.94%
Republican Zane Lawhorn 4,517 2.02%
Republican Janet McNulty 4,404 1.97%
Republican Don Lindsay 3,503 1.57%
Total votes 223,653 100.00%

Other candidates

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Independents

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Declined

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New Progressive Party

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Filed paperwork

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General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid R (flip) May 17, 2024
Inside Elections[4] Solid R (flip) May 9, 2024
Sabato's Crystal Ball[6] Safe R (flip) April 17, 2024
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill[5] Safe R (flip) June 8, 2024
Elections Daily[7] Safe R (flip) May 4, 2023
CNalysis[8] Solid R (flip) November 21, 2023
RealClearPolitics[58] Solid R (flip) August 5, 2024
Split Ticket[59] Safe R (flip) October 23, 2024
538[60] Solid R (flip) October 23, 2024

Post-primary endorsements

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Glenn Elliott (D)
U.S. senators
Jim Justice (R)

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Glenn Elliott (D) $252,262 $183,127 $69,135
Jim Justice (R) $3,680,408 $2,881,158 $799,423
Source: Federal Election Commission[27]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Glenn
Elliott (D)
Jim
Justice (R)
Undecided
Research America[F] August 21–27, 2024 400 (RV) ± 4.9% 28% 62% 10%[f]
Kaplan Strategies June 3, 2024 464 (RV) ± 4.6% 27% 60% 13%
Hypothetical polling
Joe Manchin vs. Jim Justice
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Joe
Manchin (D)
Jim
Justice (R)
Other Undecided
Emerson College October 1–4, 2023 539 (RV) ± 4.2% 28% 41% 31%
Research America August 16–26, 2023 402 (RV) ± 4.9% 38% 51% 11%
ECU Center for Survey Research May 22–23, 2023 957 (RV) ± 3.7% 32% 54% 1% 13%
co/efficient (R) April 24–25, 2023 974 (LV) ± 3.0% 29% 43% 28%
Tarrance Group (R)[G] February 5–7, 2023 609 (LRV) ± 4.1% 42% 52% 5%
Triton Polling & Research (R) August 24–26, 2022 762 (RV) ± 3.5% 32% 47% 21%
Triton Polling & Research (R) January 17–20, 2022 783 (LV) ± 3.5% 41% 37% 22%
Joe Manchin vs. Alex Mooney
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Joe
Manchin (D)
Alex
Mooney (R)
Other Undecided
Emerson College October 1–4, 2023 539 (RV) ± 4.2% 37% 31% 31%
Research America August 16–26, 2023 402 (RV) ± 4.9% 45% 41% 14%
ECU Center for Survey Research May 22–23, 2023 957 (RV) ± 3.7% 40% 41% 1% 18%
co/efficient (R) April 24–25, 2023 974 (LV) ± 3.0% 36% 30% 34%
Tarrance Group (R)[G] February 5–7, 2023 609 (LRV) ± 4.1% 55% 40% 5%
Triton Polling & Research (R) August 24–26, 2022 762 (RV) ± 3.5% 38% 45% 12% 5%
Triton Polling & Research (R) January 17–20, 2022 783 (LV) ± 3.5% 49% 28% 16% 7%
Joe Manchin vs. Patrick Morrisey
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Joe
Manchin (D)
Patrick
Morrisey (R)
Other Undecided
Tarrance Group (R)[G] February 5–7, 2023 609 (LRV) ± 4.1% 52% 42% 6%
Triton Polling & Research (R) August 24–26, 2022 762 (RV) ± 3.5% 36% 50% 9% 5%
Triton Polling & Research (R) January 17–20, 2022 783 (LV) ± 3.5% 50% 29% 7% 16%
Joe Manchin as an Independent vs. Jim Justice
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Joe
Manchin (I)
Jim
Justice (R)
Undecided
The Tarrance Group (R)[G] September 24–26, 2023 500 (LV) ± 4.5% 43% 49% 8%

Results

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2024 United States Senate election in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jim Justice 514,079 68.75% +22.49%
Democratic Glenn Elliott 207,548 27.76% −21.81%
Libertarian David Moran 26,075 3.49% −0.68%
Total votes 756,925 100.0%
Republican gain from Independent

By congressional district

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Justice won both congressional districts.[63]

District Elliott Justice Representative
1st 27% 70% Carol Miller
2nd 28% 68% Alex Mooney (118th Congress)
Riley Moore (119th Congress)

Notes

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  1. ^ Republicans held both of West Virginia's Senate seats in 1958 when Republican John Hoblitzell was appointed to continue the term of Democrat Matthew M. Neely before losing his bid to finish Neely's term in a special election the same year.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ^ Zane Lawhorn with 3%; Bryan Bird, Bryan McKinney, and Janet McNulty with 2%; Don Lindsay with 1%
  4. ^ Bryan McKinney with 2%; Zane Lawhorn with 1%
  5. ^ Oversample of 100 likely Republican primary voters
  6. ^ "Someone else" with 5%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ a b c Poll sponsored by West Virginia MetroNews and The Health Plan
  2. ^ Poll sponsored by Mooney's campaign
  3. ^ Poll sponsored by WMOV
  4. ^ Poll sponsored by Justice's campaign
  5. ^ Poll sponsored by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
  6. ^ Poll sponsored by West Virginia MetroNews
  7. ^ a b c d Poll sponsored by the Senate Leadership Fund, which supports Republican candidates

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Official campaign websites