Jim Justice won with 49.1% of the vote (350,392 votes), ahead of Bill Cole with 42.3% (301,976 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 6.8 percentage points (48,416 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 6.8 points.
713,828 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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