Robert C. Byrd won with 69.0% of the vote (290,495 votes), ahead of Stan Klos with 31.0% (130,441 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 38.0 percentage points (160,054 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 38.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 1.4 points toward Democrats.
420,936 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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