1984 United States Senate election in West Virginia
January 01, 1970
The 1984 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jennings Randolph chose to retire instead of seeking re-election to a fifth term, and was succeeded by West Virginia Governor Jay Rockefeller, who defeated Republican John Raese in one of the closer races of the year.
1984 United States Senate election in West Virginia
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January 01, 1970
1984, united, states, senate, election, west, virginia, held, november, 1984, incumbent, democratic, senator, jennings, randolph, chose, retire, instead, seeking, election, fifth, term, succeeded, west, virginia, governor, rockefeller, defeated, republican, jo. The 1984 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 6 1984 Incumbent Democratic U S Senator Jennings Randolph chose to retire instead of seeking re election to a fifth term and was succeeded by West Virginia Governor Jay Rockefeller who defeated Republican John Raese in one of the closer races of the year 1984 United States Senate election in West Virginia 1978 November 6 1984 1990 Nominee Jay Rockefeller John Raese Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 374 233 344 680 Percentage 51 82 47 73 County resultsRockefeller 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Raese 50 60 60 70 70 80 U S senator before election Jennings Randolph Democratic Elected U S Senator Jay Rockefeller Democratic Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Results 4 See also 5 ReferencesDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Ken Auvil businessman from Belington Homer L Harris Republican nominee for U S Representative in 1982 Jay Rockefeller incumbent governor of West Virginia Lacy W Wright Jr state senator from Welch Results edit Democratic primary results 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jay Rockefeller 240 559 66 33 Democratic Lacy Wright 51 591 14 22 Democratic Ken Auvil 41 408 11 42 Democratic Homer Harris 29 138 8 03 Total votes 362 696 100 00 Republican primary editCandidates edit Frank Deem former state senator and delegate from Vienna Samuel Kusic state senator from Weirton John Raese businessman Henry C Vigilianco Frederick A Weiland Results edit Republican primary results 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican John Raese 61 389 47 83 Republican Samuel Kusic 44 820 34 92 Republican Frank Deem 13 707 10 68 Republican Frederick Weiland 5 308 4 14 Republican Henry C Vigilianco 3 113 2 43 Total votes 128 337 100 00 General election editResults edit General election results 3 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jay Rockefeller 374 233 51 82 nbsp 1 34 Republican John Raese 344 680 47 73 nbsp 1 79 Socialist Workers Mary E Radin 3 299 0 46 N A Total votes 722 212 100 00 N A Democratic holdSee also edit1984 United States Senate elections 1984 West Virginia gubernatorial electionReferences edit Our Campaigns WV US Senate D Primary Race Jun 05 1984 Our Campaigns OR US Senate R Primary Race May 15 1984 WV U S Senate OurCampaigns com Retrieved May 3 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1984 United States Senate election in West Virginia amp oldid 1187173597, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
