2014 United States Senate election in West Virginia

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2014 United States Senate election in West Virginia
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Nominee Shelley Moore Capito Natalie Tennant
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote281,820156,360
Percentage62.12%34.47%
2014 United States Senate election in West Virginia results map by county.svg
2014 US Senate Election in West Virginia by Congressional District.svg
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.

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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

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

  • Sheirl Fletcher, former Republican State Delegate and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2008, 2010 and 2012 [6]

Declined

Endorsements

Natalie Tennant

Individuals

Organizations

Newspapers

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Sheirl
Fletcher		David
Harless		Natalie
Tennant		David
Wamsley		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [36] September 19–22, 2013600± 4%8%3%51%4%—34%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Ralph
Baxter		Robin
Davis		Nick
Preservati		Natalie
Tennant		OtherUndecided
MBE Research [37] May 1–2, 20132071%12%1%40%—38%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Robin
Davis		Carte
Goodwin		Nick
Rahall		OtherUndecided
Harper Polling [38] January 21, 2013579± 4.07%17%8%38%—37%

Results

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Results by county
  Tennant
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Democratic primary results [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Natalie Tennant 104,598 77.95%
Democratic Dennis Melton15,81711.79%
Democratic David Wamsley13,77310.26%
Total votes134,188 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

  • Rick LeMasters, retired Marine officer and state employee [5] [6]
  • Pat McGeehan, former state delegate and former Air Force Intelligence Officer and Captain (running for House of Delegates) [41]
  • Scott Regan, Democratic candidate for the state senate in 2010 [5] [6]
  • Edwin Vanover, former Bramwell Police Chief and Democratic candidate for the House of Delegates in 2012 [6] [42]

Declined

Endorsements

Shelley Moore Capito

Politicians

Organizations

Newspapers

Individuals

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Shelley
Moore Capito		Rick
Lemasters		Pat
McGeehan		Patrick
Morrisey		Scott
Regan		Edwin
Vanover		Undecided
Harper Polling [38] January 21, 2013462± 4.56%73%——10%——18%
Public Policy Polling [36] September 19–22, 2013348± 5.3%72%5%4%—1%2%17%
Harper Polling [50] September 24–25, 2013354± 5.21%77%—7%———16%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Shelley
Moore Capito		Someone more
conservative		Undecided
Public Policy Polling [36] September 19–22, 2013348± 5.3%65%21%14%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Shelley
Moore Capito		David
McKinley		Undecided
Harper Polling [38] January 21, 2013462± 4.56%70.5%14.75%14.75%

Results

Republican primary results [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Shelley Moore Capito 74,655 87.50%
Republican Matthew Dodrill7,0728.29%
Republican Larry Butcher3,5954.21%
Total votes85,322 100.00%

Independents and third parties

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

General election

Debates

A televised debate between Tennant and Capito was held on October 7 in Charleston. [55]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [56] Likely R (flip)November 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [57] Safe R (flip)November 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report [58] Safe R (flip)November 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics [59] Likely R (flip)November 3, 2014

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Natalie
Tennant (D)		Shelley Moore
Capito (R)		OtherUndecided
West Virginia Poll [60] August 15–22, 2013400± 4.9%40%45%—15%
Public Policy Polling [36] September 19–22, 20131,110± 2.9%36%50%—14%
Harper Polling [50] September 24–25, 2013640± 3.87%34%51%—15%
Clarity Campaigns [61] January 29–30, 20141,727± 2.35%39%45%—16%
Rasmussen Reports [62] February 19–20, 2014500± 4.5%35%49%4%12%
Vox Populi Polling [63] April 16–17, 2014571± 4.1%33%49%—19%
Rasmussen Reports [62] May 14–15, 2014750± 4%39%48%5%9%
West Virginia Poll [64] May 19–22, 2014400± 4.9%38%49%—13%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [65] July 5–24, 20141,750± 2.7%40%47%1%11%
Rasmussen Reports [62] August 19–20, 2014750± 4%33%50%—17%
West Virginia Poll [66] August 15–23, 2014401± 4.9%37%54%—9%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [67] August 18 – September 2, 20141,284± 4%32%55%1%12%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [68] September 20 – October 1, 20141,066± 4%33%56%1%9%
Rasmussen Reports [62] September 30 – October 1, 2014750± 4%39%50%3%8%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [68] October 16–23, 2014877± 5%34%56%0%10%
Hypothetical polling

With Davis

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Robin
Davis (D)		Shelley Moore
Capito (R)		OtherUndecided
Harper Polling [69] January 21, 20131,444± 2.58%24%51%—25%
MBE Research [37] May 1–2, 2013406± 4.87%32%51%—18%

With Fletcher

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Sheirl
Fletcher (D)		Shelley Moore
Capito (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [36] September 19–22, 20131,110± 2.9%26%54%—20%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Sheirl
Fletcher (D)		Pat
McGeehan (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [36] September 19–22, 20131,110± 2.9%24%27%—48%

With Goodwin

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Carte
Goodwin (D)		Shelley Moore
Capito (R)		OtherUndecided
Harper Polling [69] January 21, 20131,444± 2.58%19%53%—28%

With Rahall

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Nick
Rahall (D)		Shelley Moore
Capito (R)		OtherUndecided
Harper Polling [69] January 21, 20131,444± 2.58%32%50%—18%

With Rockefeller

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jay
Rockefeller (D)		Shelley Moore
Capito (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [70] September 30 – October 2, 2011932± 3.2%44%48%—7%
Repass & Partners [71] August 22–25, 2012401± 4.9%44%48%—8%

With Tennant

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Natalie
Tennant (D)		Pat
McGeehan (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [36] September 19–22, 20131,110± 2.9%42%32%—26%

Results

2014 United States Senate election in West Virginia [72]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Shelley Moore Capito 281,820 62.12% +25.86%
Democratic Natalie Tennant 156,36034.47%−29.27%
Libertarian John Buckley 7,4091.63%N/A
Mountain Bob Henry Baber5,5041.21%N/A
Constitution Phil Hudok2,5660.57%N/A
Total votes453,659 100.00% N/A
Republican gain from Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Capito won all three congressional districts. [73]

DistrictCapitoTennantRepresentative
1st 62.19%33.92% David McKinley
2nd 63.13%33.72% Alex Mooney
3rd 60.94%35.86% Evan Jenkins

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