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Election 1976 Results

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1976 US Senate election in West Virginia

Robert C. Byrd (Democrat) won in West Virginia in 1976 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1970, when Robert C. Byrd also won.

Democrats led in 55 of the 55 counties as they stood then. The largest, Kanawha, cast 68,468 votes and went to the Democrat by 99.9 points. The closest was Wirt, where 1,625 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Robert C. Byrd won Democratic 566,359 100.0%
Total566,359

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Kanawha 68,389 99.9% 0 0.0% 79 68,468 D+99.9
Harrison 28,787 99.5% 0 0.0% 155 28,942 D+99.5
Wood 26,774 100.0% 0 0.0% 26,774 D+100.0
Cabell 25,618 100.0% 0 0.0% 25,618 D+100.0
Raleigh 23,816 100.0% 0 0.0% 23,816 D+100.0
Monongalia 23,360 100.0% 0 0.0% 23,360 D+100.0
Marion 21,614 100.0% 0 0.0% 21,614 D+100.0
Mercer 19,835 100.0% 0 0.0% 19,835 D+100.0
Ohio 19,753 100.0% 0 0.0% 19,753 D+100.0
Fayette 18,021 100.0% 0 0.0% 18,021 D+100.0
Logan 13,767 100.0% 0 0.0% 13,767 D+100.0
Berkeley 13,177 100.0% 0 0.0% 13,177 D+100.0
Marshall 13,160 100.0% 0 0.0% 13,160 D+100.0
Hancock 12,139 100.0% 0 0.0% 12,139 D+100.0
McDowell 11,939 99.7% 0 0.0% 35 11,974 D+99.7
Putnam 11,223 100.0% 0 0.0% 11,223 D+100.0
Greenbrier 11,044 100.0% 0 0.0% 11,044 D+100.0
Wayne 10,635 100.0% 0 0.0% 10,635 D+100.0
Brooke 10,410 99.8% 0 0.0% 25 10,435 D+99.8
Boone 9,872 99.9% 0 0.0% 10 9,882 D+99.9
Randolph 9,565 100.0% 0 0.0% 9,565 D+100.0
Mingo 9,100 99.8% 0 0.0% 19 9,119 D+99.8
Wyoming 9,009 100.0% 0 0.0% 9,009 D+100.0
Mason 8,429 100.0% 0 0.0% 8,429 D+100.0
Preston 8,349 100.0% 0 0.0% 8,349 D+100.0
Mineral 8,266 100.0% 0 0.0% 8,266 D+100.0
Nicholas 7,803 100.0% 0 0.0% 7,803 D+100.0
Jefferson 7,481 100.0% 0 0.0% 7,481 D+100.0
Jackson 7,425 100.0% 0 0.0% 7,425 D+100.0
Wetzel 7,021 100.0% 0 0.0% 7,021 D+100.0
Lewis 6,067 100.0% 0 0.0% 6,067 D+100.0
Lincoln 5,810 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,810 D+100.0
Upshur 5,615 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,615 D+100.0
Taylor 5,348 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,348 D+100.0
Barbour 5,059 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,059 D+100.0
Summers 4,988 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,988 D+100.0
Braxton 4,638 99.8% 0 0.0% 11 4,649 D+99.8
Roane 4,444 99.7% 0 0.0% 13 4,457 D+99.7
Monroe 4,185 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,185 D+100.0
Hampshire 4,031 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,031 D+100.0
Webster 3,293 99.8% 0 0.0% 5 3,298 D+99.8
Ritchie 3,169 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,169 D+100.0
Hardy 3,100 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,100 D+100.0
Clay 3,095 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,095 D+100.0
Pocahontas 3,077 99.7% 0 0.0% 10 3,087 D+99.7
Morgan 3,000 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,000 D+100.0
Tucker 2,861 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,861 D+100.0
Tyler 2,815 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,815 D+100.0
Gilmer 2,814 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,814 D+100.0
Calhoun 2,578 99.9% 0 0.0% 3 2,581 D+99.9
Pendleton 2,531 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,531 D+100.0
Pleasants 2,477 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,477 D+100.0
Grant 2,041 99.9% 0 0.0% 2 2,043 D+99.9
Doddridge 1,981 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,981 D+100.0
Wirt 1,625 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,625 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1976; 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

YearWinnerMargin
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