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This profile of West Virginia's Class I U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Joe Manchin, is part of the RaceTracker project.

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Contents 1 Next election: 2012 2 Last election: 2006 3 West Virginia congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices 4 Articles and resources 4.1 See also 4.2 External resources 4.3 External articles

Next election: 2012

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Race status

Incumbent:	Joe Manchin
Incumbent running?	Yes
Primary challenge?	No primary challenge for incumbent.

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Joe Manchin	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	July 12, 2011
Shelley Moore Capito	Republican	Potential candidate	Source	January 25, 2011	Currently US Rep. for WV-02.
John Raese	Republican	Potential candidate	Source	January 25, 2011	Manchin's 2010 opponent.
David McKinley	Republican	Potential candidate	Source	January 25, 2011	Current U.S. Rep. for WV-01.

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Results

Primary winners:
General election winner:	TBD

Last election: 2006

Incumbent: Robert Byrd

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Robert Byrd	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
John Raese	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

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Results

Primary winners:	Robert Byrd, John Raese
General election winner:	Robert Byrd

West Virginia congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices

Joe Manchin's district offices
No district office information entered.

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the West Virginia congressional districts and candidates.
• The full U.S. Senate elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External resources

Blogs	Other Wiki sites
Swing State Project: Swing State Project: http://www.swingstateproject.com/tag.do?tag=WV-Sen Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/tag/WV-Sen MyDD: http://www.mydd.com/tag/WV-Sen The Next Right: http://www.thenextright.com/category/blog-tags/WV-Sen OpenLeft: http://www.openleft.com/tag.do?tag=WV-Sen RedState: http://www.redstate.com/tags/tag/WV-Sen	dKosopedia: http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/WV-Sen Left.Wikia: http://left.wikia.com/wiki/WV-Sen

External articles

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