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1 Democratic primary  



1.1  Candidates  



1.1.1  Declared  





1.1.2  Withdrew  





1.1.3  Declined  







1.2  Endorsements  





1.3  Polling  





1.4  Results  







2 Republican primary  



2.1  Candidates  



2.1.1  Declared  





2.1.2  Withdrew  





2.1.3  Declined  







2.2  Endorsements  





2.3  Polling  





2.4  Results  







3 Independents and third parties  



3.1  Candidates  



3.1.1  Declared  





3.1.2  Withdrawn  









4 General election  



4.1  Debates  





4.2  Predictions  





4.3  Polling  





4.4  Results  



4.4.1  Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican  







4.5  By congressional district  







5 See also  





6 References  





7 External links  














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2014 United States Senate election in West Virginia

← 2008 November 4, 2014 2020 →
 
Nominee Shelley Moore Capito Natalie Tennant
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 281,820 156,360
Percentage 62.12% 34.47%

Moore Capito:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%


U.S. senator before election

Jay Rockefeller
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Shelley Moore Capito
Republican

The 2014 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. This election was the fifth consecutive even-number year in which a senate election was held in West Virginia after elections in 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012.

Incumbent Democratic senator Jay Rockefeller decided to retire rather than run for reelection for a sixth term. The Democrats nominated Secretary of State of West Virginia Natalie Tennant and the Republicans nominated U.S. Representative Shelley Moore Capito. It was the thirteenth U.S. Senate election that involved two major party female nominees in U.S. history.[1]

Capito defeated Tennant and became the first female senator elected in West Virginia's history as well as the first Republican elected to the Senate from West Virginia since 1956, and their victory in this seat since 1942.[2] The results of this election were a near complete flip from 2008, in which Democrat Jay Rockefeller received 64% of the vote. This was the first open-seat non-special election since 1984.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Declared[edit]

Withdrew[edit]

Declined[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Natalie Tennant
Individuals
Organizations
Newspapers

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Sheirl
Fletcher
David
Harless
Natalie
Tennant
David
Wamsley
Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling September 19–22, 2013 600 ± 4% 8% 3% 51% 4% 34%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Ralph
Baxter
Robin
Davis
Nick
Preservati
Natalie
Tennant
Other Undecided
MBE Research May 1–2, 2013 207 1% 12% 1% 40% 38%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Robin
Davis
Carte
Goodwin
Nick
Rahall
Other Undecided
Harper Polling Archived February 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine January 21, 2013 579 ± 4.07% 17% 8% 38% 37%

Results[edit]

Results by county
  Tennant
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Democratic primary results[36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Natalie Tennant 104,598 77.95%
Democratic Dennis Melton 15,817 11.79%
Democratic David Wamsley 13,773 10.26%
Total votes 134,188 100.00%

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Declared[edit]

Withdrew[edit]

Declined[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Shelley Moore Capito
Politicians
Organizations
Newspapers
Individuals

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Shelley
Moore Capito
Rick
Lemasters
Pat
McGeehan
Patrick
Morrisey
Scott
Regan
Edwin
Vanover
Undecided
Harper Polling Archived February 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine January 21, 2013 462 ± 4.56% 73% 10% 18%
Public Policy Polling September 19–22, 2013 348 ± 5.3% 72% 5% 4% 1% 2% 17%
Harper Polling September 24–25, 2013 354 ± 5.21% 77% 7% 16%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Shelley
Moore Capito
Someone more
conservative
Undecided
Public Policy Polling September 19–22, 2013 348 ± 5.3% 65% 21% 14%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Shelley
Moore Capito
David
McKinley
Undecided
Harper Polling Archived February 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine January 21, 2013 462 ± 4.56% 70.5% 14.75% 14.75%

Results[edit]

Republican primary results[36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shelley Moore Capito 74,655 87.50%
Republican Matthew Dodrill 7,072 8.29%
Republican Larry Butcher 3,595 4.21%
Total votes 85,322 100.00%

Independents and third parties[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Declared[edit]

Withdrawn[edit]

General election[edit]

Debates[edit]

A televised debate between Tennant and Capito was held on October 7 in Charleston.[51]

Predictions[edit]

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[52] Likely R (flip) November 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[53] Safe R (flip) November 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report[54] Safe R (flip) November 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics[55] Likely R (flip) November 3, 2014

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Natalie
Tennant (D)
Shelley Moore
Capito (R)
Other Undecided
West Virginia Poll August 15–22, 2013 400 ± 4.9% 40% 45% 15%
Public Policy Polling September 19–22, 2013 1,110 ± 2.9% 36% 50% 14%
Harper Polling September 24–25, 2013 640 ± 3.87% 34% 51% 15%
Clarity Campaigns Archived February 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine January 29–30, 2014 1,727 ± 2.35% 39% 45% 16%
Rasmussen Reports February 19–20, 2014 500 ± 4.5% 35% 49% 4% 12%
Vox Populi Polling April 16–17, 2014 571 ± 4.1% 33% 49% 19%
Rasmussen Reports May 14–15, 2014 750 ± 4% 39% 48% 5% 9%
West Virginia Poll May 19–22, 2014 400 ± 4.9% 38% 49% 13%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov July 5–24, 2014 1,750 ± 2.7% 40% 47% 1% 11%
Rasmussen Reports August 19–20, 2014 750 ± 4% 33% 50% 17%
West Virginia Poll Archived August 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine August 15–23, 2014 401 ± 4.9% 37% 54% 9%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov August 18 – September 2, 2014 1,284 ± 4% 32% 55% 1% 12%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov September 20 – October 1, 2014 1,066 ± 4% 33% 56% 1% 9%
Rasmussen Reports September 30 – October 1, 2014 750 ± 4% 39% 50% 3% 8%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 2014 877 ± 5% 34% 56% 0% 10%
Hypothetical polling
With Davis
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Robin
Davis (D)
Shelley Moore
Capito (R)
Other Undecided
Harper Polling January 21, 2013 1,444 ± 2.58% 24% 51% 25%
MBE Research May 1–2, 2013 406 ± 4.87% 32% 51% 18%
With Fletcher
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Sheirl
Fletcher (D)
Shelley Moore
Capito (R)
Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling September 19–22, 2013 1,110 ± 2.9% 26% 54% 20%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Sheirl
Fletcher (D)
Pat
McGeehan (R)
Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling September 19–22, 2013 1,110 ± 2.9% 24% 27% 48%
With Goodwin
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Carte
Goodwin (D)
Shelley Moore
Capito (R)
Other Undecided
Harper Polling January 21, 2013 1,444 ± 2.58% 19% 53% 28%
With Rahall
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Nick
Rahall (D)
Shelley Moore
Capito (R)
Other Undecided
Harper Polling January 21, 2013 1,444 ± 2.58% 32% 50% 18%
With Rockefeller
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Jay
Rockefeller (D)
Shelley Moore
Capito (R)
Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling September 30 – October 2, 2011 932 ± 3.2% 44% 48% 7%
Repass & Partners August 22–25, 2012 401 ± 4.9% 44% 48% 8%
With Tennant
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Natalie
Tennant (D)
Pat
McGeehan (R)
Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling September 19–22, 2013 1,110 ± 2.9% 42% 32% 26%

Results[edit]

2014 United States Senate election in West Virginia[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Shelley Moore Capito 281,820 62.12% +25.86%
Democratic Natalie Tennant 156,360 34.47% -29.27%
Libertarian John Buckley 7,409 1.63% N/A
Mountain Bob Henry Baber 5,504 1.21% N/A
Constitution Phil Hudok 2,566 0.57% N/A
Total votes 453,659 100.00% N/A
Republican gain from Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican[edit]

By congressional district[edit]

Capito won all three congressional districts.[57]

District Capito Tennant Representative
1st 62.19% 33.92% David McKinley
2nd 63.13% 33.72% Alex Mooney
3rd 60.94% 35.86% Evan Jenkins

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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