Joe Manchin won with 49.5% of the vote (288,808 votes), ahead of Patrick Morrisey with 46.3% (269,872 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 3.2 percentage points (18,936 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 3.2 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 30.9 points toward Democrats. The winning party changed.
582,911 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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