2024 United States Senate election in West Virginia|
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Congressional district results Justice: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% |
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The 2024 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia. Democratic Wheeling mayor Glenn Elliott and Republican Governor Jim Justice were seeking their first term in office. Justice won the general election with more than 68% of the vote, succeeding independent incumbent Joe Manchin, who did not seek a third full term. This was the first time since the 1956 special election that a Republican won West Virginia's Class I Senate Seat.
Manchin, a Democrat until his final year in the senate, announced he would not run for re-election shortly before switching to independent. He endorsed Elliott, who won the Democratic nomination with 45% of the vote against political activist Zach Shrewsbury and businessman Don Blankenship. Justice won the Republican nomination with 62% of the vote against Congressman Alex Mooney.
Due to West Virginia's heavy Republican lean, the absence of Manchin, and being held concurrently with a presidential race in a state in which Donald Trump was expected to win by a wide margin, this seat was universally expected to be easily picked up by Republicans in 2024. Justice was sworn in as a Senator on January 14, 2025, giving elected Republicans control of both of West Virginia’s Senate seats for the first time since 1931 and giving the state an entirely Republican congressional delegation for the first time since 1923. Also with Justice’s swearing in, West Virginia became one of several states to have a younger senior senator (Shelley Moore Capito) and an older junior senator (Justice).