1988 United States Senate election in West Virginia

The 1988 United States Senate election in West Virginia took place on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Robert Byrd won re-election to a sixth term.

1988 United States Senate election in West Virginia
November 8, 1988
 
Nominee Robert Byrd Jay Wolfe
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 410,983 223,564
Percentage 64.8% 31.0%
County results
Byrd:
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Wolfe:      50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Robert Byrd
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Robert Byrd
Democratic

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Candidates

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Results
General election results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Byrd (incumbent) 410,983 64.8%
Republican Jay Wolfe 223,564 35.2%
Democratic hold

See also

References
  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W1gvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8doFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1169,2129205&dq=jay+wolfe&hl=en
  2. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3544
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