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Election 2006 Results

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2006 US Senate election in West Virginia

Robert Byrd (Democrat) beat John Raese (Republican) in West Virginia in 2006, 64.4% to 33.7%, a margin of 30.7 points and 141,233 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2000, when Robert C. Byrd also won.

Democrats led in 54 of the 55 counties and Republicans in 1. The largest, Kanawha, cast 53,884 votes and went to the Democrat by 32.1 points. The closest was Ritchie, where 22 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 Byrd won Democratic 296,276 64.4%
John Raese Republican 155,043 33.7%
All other candidates 8,565 1.9%
Total459,884

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Kanawha 34,998 65.0% 17,715 32.9% 1,171 53,884 D+32.1
Cabell 14,644 61.9% 8,580 36.3% 441 23,665 D+25.6
Wood 12,377 55.4% 9,570 42.8% 409 22,356 D+12.6
Monongalia 14,078 66.4% 6,715 31.7% 419 21,212 D+34.7
Berkeley 11,133 56.7% 8,206 41.8% 313 19,652 D+14.9
Harrison 12,587 67.7% 5,744 30.9% 272 18,603 D+36.8
Raleigh 10,981 63.8% 5,934 34.5% 303 17,218 D+29.3
Putnam 8,639 54.7% 6,822 43.2% 331 15,792 D+11.5
Marion 11,056 70.7% 4,337 27.7% 244 15,637 D+43.0
Ohio 8,321 63.7% 4,558 34.9% 191 13,070 D+28.8
Mercer 7,557 59.6% 4,855 38.3% 269 12,681 D+21.3
Jefferson 8,301 65.7% 4,129 32.7% 198 12,628 D+33.0
Wayne 7,070 65.1% 3,616 33.3% 177 10,863 D+31.8
Marshall 6,716 64.3% 3,514 33.7% 211 10,441 D+30.7
Fayette 7,084 74.4% 2,244 23.6% 197 9,525 D+50.8
Jackson 5,532 58.4% 3,752 39.6% 195 9,479 D+18.8
Greenbrier 5,524 64.0% 2,848 33.0% 258 8,630 D+31.0
Preston 4,710 55.6% 3,606 42.6% 148 8,464 D+13.0
Hancock 5,056 61.9% 2,931 35.9% 179 8,166 D+26.0
Randolph 5,317 69.5% 2,219 29.0% 118 7,654 D+40.5
Logan 6,071 80.7% 1,323 17.6% 125 7,519 D+63.1
Mineral 4,801 65.8% 2,429 33.3% 64 7,294 D+32.5
Mason 4,687 65.2% 2,370 33.0% 135 7,192 D+32.2
Nicholas 4,612 69.3% 1,940 29.2% 101 6,653 D+40.2
Brooke 4,300 70.1% 1,747 28.5% 90 6,137 D+41.6
Boone 4,850 80.4% 1,085 18.0% 96 6,031 D+62.4
Upshur 3,534 59.8% 2,261 38.3% 110 5,905 D+21.6
Mingo 4,748 83.6% 878 15.5% 53 5,679 D+68.1
Lincoln 3,884 70.8% 1,476 26.9% 123 5,483 D+43.9
Hampshire 2,894 55.5% 2,216 42.5% 103 5,213 D+13.0
Wyoming 3,806 74.5% 1,238 24.2% 63 5,107 D+50.3
Lewis 2,925 62.8% 1,639 35.2% 95 4,659 D+27.6
Wetzel 3,005 68.0% 1,353 30.6% 64 4,422 D+37.4
Barbour 2,845 65.8% 1,407 32.5% 72 4,324 D+33.3
Taylor 2,888 67.2% 1,354 31.5% 54 4,296 D+35.7
Morgan 2,313 53.9% 1,890 44.0% 88 4,291 D+9.9
Monroe 2,474 63.9% 1,312 33.9% 83 3,869 D+30.0
McDowell 3,199 83.0% 563 14.6% 94 3,856 D+68.4
Braxton 2,747 72.7% 974 25.8% 59 3,780 D+46.9
Roane 2,237 59.3% 1,447 38.3% 91 3,775 D+20.9
Hardy 2,273 69.3% 939 28.6% 67 3,279 D+40.7
Summers 2,152 67.0% 980 30.5% 81 3,213 D+36.5
Grant 1,525 52.2% 1,359 46.6% 35 2,919 D+5.7
Tucker 1,712 65.6% 867 33.2% 30 2,609 D+32.4
Ritchie 1,237 49.4% 1,215 48.5% 54 2,506 D+0.9
Pocahontas 1,662 66.5% 762 30.5% 77 2,501 D+36.0
Tyler 1,370 56.1% 1,030 42.1% 44 2,444 D+13.9
Webster 1,848 77.0% 509 21.2% 42 2,399 D+55.8
Clay 1,589 69.3% 642 28.0% 63 2,294 D+41.3
Pendleton 1,465 67.9% 663 30.8% 28 2,156 D+37.2
Pleasants 1,206 61.3% 719 36.6% 41 1,966 D+24.8
Gilmer 1,202 67.3% 512 28.7% 71 1,785 D+38.7
Doddridge 795 46.3% 890 51.9% 31 1,716 R+5.5
Calhoun 991 59.5% 612 36.7% 63 1,666 D+22.7
Wirt 748 56.4% 547 41.3% 31 1,326 D+15.2

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