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General election
U.S. President
Presidential election in West Virginia, 2020
Candidate/Running mate |
% |
Popular votes |
Electoral votes |
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| Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) |
68.6
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545,382 | 5 |
 
| Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D) |
29.7
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235,984 | 0 | |
 
| Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L) |
1.3
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10,687 | 0 | |
 
| Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (Mountain Party of West Virginia) |
0.3
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2,599 | 0 | |
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Total votes: 794,652 |
U.S. Senate
General election
General election for U.S. Senate West Virginia
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Shelley Moore Capito (R) | 70.3 | 547,454 |
 | Paula Jean Swearengin (D)  | 27.0 | 210,309 | |
 | David Moran (L) | 2.7 | 21,155 | |
| Total votes: 778,918 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Franklin Riley (Unaffiliated)
U.S. House
West Virginia U.S. House Elections 2020 |
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| West Virginia's 1st Congressional District |
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Shawn Cosner (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) Did not make the ballot: |
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| West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District |
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| West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District |
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Belinda Fox-Spencer (Independent) (Write-in) |
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Primary election
U.S. President
West Virginia Democratic presidential primary on June 9, 2020
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
Pledged delegates |
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| Joe Biden |
65.3
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122,518 | 28 |
 | Bernie Sanders |
12.2
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22,793 | 0 |
 | David L. Rice |
8.3
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15,470 | 0 |
 | Elizabeth Warren |
3.1
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5,741 | 0 |
 | Tulsi Gabbard |
2.2
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4,163 | 0 |
 | Michael Bloomberg |
2.0
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3,759 | 0 |
 | Pete Buttigieg |
1.8
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3,455 | 0 |
 | Amy Klobuchar |
1.6
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3,011 | 0 |
 | Andrew Yang |
1.4
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2,590 | 0 |
 | Michael Bennet |
1.0
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1,865 | 0 |
 | Thomas Steyer |
0.7
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1,235 | 0 |
 | Deval Patrick |
0.5
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882 | 0 |
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Total votes: 187,482 • Total pledged delegates: 28 |
West Virginia Republican presidential primary on June 9, 2020
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
Pledged delegates |
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| Donald Trump |
94.4
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198,741 | 35 |
 | Joe Walsh |
1.8
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3,806 | 0 |
 | Bill Weld |
1.8
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3,721 | 0 |
 | Roque De La Fuente |
0.7
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1,537 | 0 |
 | Bob Ely |
0.7
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1,436 | 0 |
 | Matthew Matern |
0.6
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1,316 | 0 |
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Total votes: 210,557 • Total pledged delegates: 35 |
U.S. Senate
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate West Virginia
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Paula Jean Swearengin | 38.3 | 71,725 |
 | Richard Ojeda | 32.9 | 61,712 | |
 | Richie Robb | 28.8 | 53,944 | |
| Total votes: 187,381 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate West Virginia
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shelley Moore Capito | 83.3 | 173,331 |
 | Allen Whitt | 9.6 | 19,972 | |
| Larry Butcher | 7.1 | 14,673 | ||
| Total votes: 207,976 | |||
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U.S. House
West Virginia U.S. House Primary Elections 2020 |
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