Robert C. Byrd won with 64.8% of the vote (410,983 votes), ahead of M. Jay Wolfe with 35.2% (223,564 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 29.5 percentage points (187,419 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 29.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 25.4 points toward Democrats.
634,547 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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