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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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • 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

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

Candidates

Results

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

Results

General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jay Rockefeller 374,233 51.82% Increase1.34
Republican John Raese 344,680 47.73% Decrease1.79
Socialist Workers Mary E. Radin 3,299 0.46% N/A
Total votes 722,212 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - WV US Senate- D Primary Race - Jun 05, 1984".
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - OR US Senate- R Primary Race - May 15, 1984".
  3. ^ "WV U.S. Senate". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_United_States_Senate_election_in_West_Virginia
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