2020 United States Senate election in West Virginia

The 2020 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.

Incumbent senator Shelley Moore Capito won a second term against Democrat Paula Jean Swearengin by a margin of 43.3%, winning every county, and becoming the first West Virginia Republican to win reelection to the U.S. Senate since 1907.

Swearengin's 27% of the vote was the lowest vote percentage and worst margin of defeat for any Democratic Senate candidate in West Virginia history.

• Shelley Moore Capito, incumbent U.S. Senator

• Larry Butcher, farmer

• Allen Whitt, president of the West Virginia Family Policy Council

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Paula Jean Swearengin won the nomination with 38.8% of the vote in the state's Democratic primary on June 9, 2020.

• Paula Jean Swearengin, environmental activist and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2018

• Richard Ojeda, former state senator, nominee for West Virginia's 3rd congressional district in 2018, and former candidate for president of the United States in 2020

• Richie Robb, former mayor of South Charleston

• Mike Pushkin, state delegate

• Earl Ray Tomblin, former governor of West Virginia

Results by county Swearengin   Swearengin—30–40%   Swearengin—40–50%   Swearengin—50–60% Ojeda   Ojeda—40–50%   Ojeda—30–40%   Ojeda—20–30% Robb   Robb—30–40%   Robb—40–50%   Robb—50–60%

• David Moran

• Franklin Riley

Capito won all 55 of the state's counties for the second election in a row, earning more than 70% of the vote over Swearengin in all but nine counties.

Moore Capito won all three congressional districts.

Partisan clients

Voter samples and additional candidates

• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "West Virginia", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "West Virginia: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of West Virginia". (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• West Virginia at Ballotpedia

Official campaign websites (archived)

• Shelley Moore Capito (R) for Senate
• Paula Jean Swearengin (D) for Senate