2008 United States Senate election in West Virginia

2008 United States Senate election in West Virginia

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Nominee Jay Rockefeller Jay Wolfe
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 447,560 254,629
Percentage 63.74% 36.26%

County results
Rockefeller:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Wolfe:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Jay Rockefeller
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Jay Rockefeller
Democratic

The 2008 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 4. Incumbent senator Jay Rockefeller won re-election to a fifth term in a landslide, defeating Republican Jay Wolfe who had returned from the 2002 Senate election by a 27-point margin. Despite this overwhelming win, this remains the last time that a Democrat has won West Virginia's Class 2 U.S. Senate seat. In both of the two subsequent elections for the seat, Republicans have swept every single county.