Shelley Moore Capito won with 70.3% of the vote (547,454 votes), ahead of Paula Jean Swearengin with 27.0% (210,309 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 43.3 percentage points (337,145 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 43.3 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 46.5 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
778,918 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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