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Due to the state's heavy partisan lean, the narrow margin by which Manchin was re-elected in 2018, and a likely strong Republican presidential performance on the same ballot, Republicans were favored to win this seat even if Manchin sought re-election. [13]
West Virginia’s Republican Governor Jim Justice has won a seat in the Senate, flipping a seat previously held by now-former Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, who is not seeking re-election.
Manchin won the 2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election by a large margin and was reelected by an even larger margin in 2008. He won the 2010 special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by incumbent Democrat Robert Byrd's death with 53% of the vote, and in 2012 was elected to a full term with 61% of the vote.
This was one of ten Democratic-held Senate seats up for election in a state won by Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. Incumbent Senator Joe Manchin was considered to be among the most vulnerable Democratic senators facing re-election in 2018 due to the state's deepening partisan lean and his declining popularity.
Jim Justice, West Virginia's current governor, won the seat vacated by former Democrat Joe Manchin, while Bernie Moreno in Ohio unseated Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown.
President Joe Biden won Kean’s district by almost 4 percentage points in 2020 and won LaLota’s district by 0.2 percentage points. ... Since 2010, Independent Joe Manchin has held the seat.
[18] [14] [19] Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate with 53 seats by flipping the open seat in West Virginia and defeating Democratic incumbents in Montana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, while Republicans retained all the seats they previously held. This is the first time since 1980 that Republicans flipped control of either chamber of Congress ...
Tester, Brown and retiring West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin − who will be replaced by Republican Sen.-elect Jim Justice − were some of the last remaining Senate Democrats from red states.