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Election 1958 Results

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1958 US Senate election in West Virginia

Robert C. Byrd (Democrat) beat Chapman Revercomb (Republican) in West Virginia in 1958, 59.2% to 40.8%, a margin of 18.4 points and 118,573 votes.

Jennings Randolph (Democrat) beat John Hoblitzell Jr. (Republican) in West Virginia in 1958, 59.3% to 40.7%, a margin of 18.7 points and 117,657 votes. (This was a special election.)

The Democratic hold continued from 1952, when Harley M. Kilgore won.

Democrats led in 43 of the 55 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 12. The largest, Kanawha, cast 86,277 votes and went to the Democrat by 17.6 points. The closest was Wirt, where 12 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Robert C. Byrd won	Democratic	381,745	59.2%
Chapman Revercomb	Republican	263,172	40.8%
Total		644,917

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jennings Randolph won	Democratic	374,167	59.3%
John Hoblitzell Jr.	Republican	256,510	40.7%
Total		630,677

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Kanawha	50,733 58.8%	35,544 41.2%	86,277	D+17.6
Cabell	18,801 52.9%	16,732 47.1%	35,533	D+5.8
Harrison	18,129 60.2%	11,986 39.8%	30,115	D+20.4
Raleigh	18,481 69.1%	8,250 30.9%	26,731	D+38.3
Wood	13,652 51.3%	12,980 48.7%	26,632	D+2.5
Ohio	12,448 47.5%	13,742 52.5%	26,190	R+4.9
Marion	15,798 61.5%	9,906 38.5%	25,704	D+22.9
McDowell	17,104 73.4%	6,186 26.6%	23,290	D+46.9
Logan	15,598 73.1%	5,728 26.9%	21,326	D+46.3
Mercer	12,797 62.0%	7,851 38.0%	20,648	D+24.0
Fayette	15,461 75.7%	4,962 24.3%	20,423	D+51.4
Monongalia	10,611 58.6%	7,495 41.4%	18,106	D+17.2
Mingo	9,574 68.8%	4,345 31.2%	13,919	D+37.6
Marshall	6,971 51.7%	6,500 48.3%	13,471	D+3.5
Wayne	8,305 62.2%	5,043 37.8%	13,348	D+24.4
Hancock	7,291 60.8%	4,704 39.2%	11,995	D+21.6
Greenbrier	6,776 61.1%	4,323 38.9%	11,099	D+22.1
Wyoming	6,975 65.1%	3,741 34.9%	10,716	D+30.2
Berkeley	6,109 57.4%	4,537 42.6%	10,646	D+14.8
Boone	7,433 71.3%	2,989 28.7%	10,422	D+42.6
Randolph	6,299 67.0%	3,100 33.0%	9,399	D+34.0
Brooke	5,791 62.9%	3,412 37.1%	9,203	D+25.9
Putnam	4,981 58.7%	3,502 41.3%	8,483	D+17.4
Nicholas	5,743 67.9%	2,719 32.1%	8,462	D+35.7
Mason	3,686 48.5%	3,917 51.5%	7,603	R+3.0
Preston	2,950 39.0%	4,608 61.0%	7,558	R+21.9
Lincoln	4,313 57.5%	3,188 42.5%	7,501	D+15.0
Mineral	3,594 50.8%	3,478 49.2%	7,072	D+1.6
Wetzel	3,707 54.0%	3,157 46.0%	6,864	D+8.0
Taylor	3,587 53.4%	3,126 46.6%	6,713	D+6.9
Lewis	3,317 49.4%	3,395 50.6%	6,712	R+1.2
Jackson	2,844 43.6%	3,675 56.4%	6,519	R+12.7
Barbour	3,549 54.9%	2,920 45.1%	6,469	D+9.7
Summers	4,212 66.4%	2,136 33.6%	6,348	D+32.7
Roane	2,767 45.4%	3,328 54.6%	6,095	R+9.2
Braxton	3,828 63.5%	2,197 36.5%	6,025	D+27.1
Upshur	2,237 37.7%	3,703 62.3%	5,940	R+24.7
Monroe	2,762 52.6%	2,487 47.4%	5,249	D+5.2
Clay	2,752 56.0%	2,161 44.0%	4,913	D+12.0
Jefferson	3,229 68.0%	1,518 32.0%	4,747	D+36.0
Webster	3,126 70.1%	1,336 29.9%	4,462	D+40.1
Pocahontas	2,399 55.3%	1,940 44.7%	4,339	D+10.6
Ritchie	1,471 34.2%	2,834 65.8%	4,305	R+31.7
Tyler	1,358 34.0%	2,639 66.0%	3,997	R+32.0
Hampshire	2,516 70.3%	1,063 29.7%	3,579	D+40.6
Tucker	2,000 59.6%	1,355 40.4%	3,355	D+19.2
Calhoun	2,025 60.5%	1,320 39.5%	3,345	D+21.1
Hardy	2,237 67.2%	1,092 32.8%	3,329	D+34.4
Gilmer	2,101 63.7%	1,196 36.3%	3,297	D+27.4
Morgan	1,119 37.7%	1,847 62.3%	2,966	R+24.5
Pendleton	1,796 61.9%	1,107 38.1%	2,903	D+23.7
Pleasants	1,562 53.9%	1,335 46.1%	2,897	D+7.8
Doddridge	1,090 39.2%	1,693 60.8%	2,783	R+21.7
Grant	676 24.5%	2,082 75.5%	2,758	R+51.0
Wirt	1,074 50.3%	1,062 49.7%	2,136	D+0.6

Counties as they stood in 1958; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

West Virginia Senate elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Jim Justice (R)	R+41.0
2020	Shelley Moore Capito (R)	R+43.3
2018	Joe Manchin (D)	D+3.3
2014	Shelley Moore Capito (R)	R+27.7
2012	Joe Manchin III (D)	D+24.1
2008	John D. Rockefeller IV (D)	D+27.5
2006	Robert Byrd (D)	D+30.7
2002	John D. Rockefeller IV (D)	D+26.2
2000	Robert C. Byrd (D)	D+57.6
1996	John D. Rockefeller IV (D)	D+53.3
1994	Robert C. Byrd (D)	D+38.0
1990	John D. Rockefeller IV (D)	D+36.6
1988	Robert C. Byrd (D)	D+29.5
1984	Jay Rockefeller (D)	D+4.1
1982	Robert C. Byrd (D)	D+37.7
1978	Jennings Randolph (D)	D+1.0
1976	Robert C. Byrd (D)	D+100.0
1972	Jennings Randolph (D)	D+32.9
1970	Robert C. Byrd (D)	D+55.3
1966	Jennings Randolph (D)	D+19.0
1964	Robert C. Byrd (D)	D+35.3
1960	Jennings Randolph (D)	D+10.7
1958	Robert C. Byrd (D)	D+18.4
1954	Matthew Neely (D)	D+9.6
1952	Harley M. Kilgore (D)	D+7.2
1948	Matthew M. Neely (D)	D+14.0
1946	Harley M. Kilgore (D)	D+0.7
1942	Chapman Revercomb (R)	R+10.7
1940	Harley M. Kilgore (D)	D+12.7
1936	Matthew M. Neely (D)	D+18.2
1934	Rush D. Holt (D)	D+10.7
1930	Matthew M. Neely (D)	D+24.0
1928	Henry D. Hatfield (R)	R+1.5
1924	Guy D. Goff (R)	R+3.2
1922	Matthew M. Neely (D)	D+3.6
1918	Davis Elkins (R)	R+8.1
1916	Howard Sutherland (R)	R+2.0