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West Virginia

5 electoral votes

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Trump (R) has won. An estimated 100 percent of votes have been counted.

Illustration of Joe Biden
Biden
29.7%
235,984
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Trump
68.6%
545,382
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U.S. Senate

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R) is projected to defeat Paula Jean Swearengin (D) and leads by 337,145 votes.

VotesPct.
CapitoGOP
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547,454
70.3%
SwearenginDEM210,309
27.0

Governor

Jim Justice (R) is projected to defeat Ben Salango (D) and leads by 260,920 votes.

VotesPct.
JusticeGOP
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497,944
64.0%
SalangoDEM237,024
30.5

West Virginia has three U.S. House races. Jump to results

How much of the vote has been counted?

The Post estimates around all votes were counted here within 3 months.

100%

Polls closed

Final results

Note: Maps on this page won’t indicate a leading candidate in each county until an estimated 35 percent of the vote has been reported there.

Updated Dec 6, 2020 at 8:50 a.m. ET

Presidential results

In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won West Virginia by a margin of 41.7 points, adding five electoral college votes to his total.

Charleston

Parkersburg

Beckley

Clarksburg

LEAD/WON

Trump

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Donald Trump *Trump *GOP		545,38268.6%
Joe Biden Biden DEM		235,98429.7
Jo Jorgensen Jorgensen LIB		10,6871.3
Howie Hawkins Hawkins GRN		2,5990.3
Write-ins Write-ins WRI		00.0
An estimated 100% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent
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U.S. Senate results

In the West Virginia U.S. Senate race, the incumbent Shelley Moore Capito (R) is running against Paula Jean Swearengin (D). Capito has represented West Virginia in the Senate since 2015. The state's other Senate seat is held by Joe Manchin III (D).

Charleston

Parkersburg

Beckley

Clarksburg

LEAD/WON

Capito

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Shelley Moore Capito *Capito *GOP		547,45470.3%
Paula Jean Swearengin Swearengin DEM		210,30927.0
David Moran Moran LIB		21,1552.7
An estimated 96% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

Governor results

In the West Virginia governor race, the incumbent Jim Justice (R) is running against Ben Salango (D).

Charleston

Parkersburg

Beckley

Clarksburg

LEAD/WON

Justice

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Jim Justice *Justice *GOP		497,94464.0%
Ben Salango Salango DEM		237,02430.5
Erika Kolenich Kolenich LIB		22,5272.9
Danny Lutz Lutz MNP		11,3091.5
Write-ins Write-ins WRI		8,7831.1
An estimated 97% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

U.S. House results

Charleston

Parkersburg

Beckley

Clarksburg

LEAD/WON

Republican

Seat

Current leader

CandidateVotes Pct.
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David McKinley *McKinley *GOP		180,48869.0%
Natalie Cline Cline DEM		81,17731.0
Write-ins Write-ins WRI		00.0
An estimated 97% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

* Incumbent

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Sources: Edison Research, Associated Press, ProPublica, U.S. Census Bureau, National Center for Health Statistics, Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, Cook Political Report. Illustrations by Ben Kirchner for The Washington Post.