Jim Justice won with 64.8% of the vote (497,944 votes), ahead of Ben Salango with 30.8% (237,024 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 33.9 percentage points (260,920 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 33.9 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 40.7 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
768,804 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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