Jim Justice won with 68.8% of the vote (514,079 votes), ahead of Glenn Elliott with 27.8% (207,548 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 41.0 percentage points (306,531 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 41.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 2.3 points toward Democrats.
747,717 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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