Shelley Moore Capito won with 62.1% of the vote (281,820 votes), ahead of Natalie Tennant with 34.5% (156,360 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 27.7 percentage points (125,460 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 27.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 51.8 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
453,689 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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