1958 United States Senate special election in West Virginia

1958 United States Senate special election in West Virginia

← 1954 November 4, 1958 1960 →
 
Nominee Jennings Randolph John D. Hoblitzell Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 374,167 256,510
Percentage 59.32% 39.77%

County results
Randolph:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Hoblitzell:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election

John D. Hoblitzell Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Jennings Randolph
Democratic

The 1958 United States Senate special election in West Virginia was held on November 4, 1958, concurrent with a regular election. The election was called due to the death of Senator Matthew M. Neely.

Democrats Randolph and Byrd both won their seats, amid a national wave election. This would be the last time that Democrats simultaneously flipped both of a state's Senate seats until Georgia's elections in 2020 and 2021, and the last for either party until the 1978 elections in Minnesota.

This election, along with the simultaneous regular election, is the last time a Senator from West Virginia lost re-election.