1984_United_States_Senate_election_in_West_Virginia Knowpia

1984 United States Senate election in West Virginia
	County results; Rockefeller: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Raese: 50–60% 60–70% 70-80%
U.S. senator before election; Jennings Randolph; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Jay Rockefeller; Democratic

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 edit

Candidates edit

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 edit

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 edit

Candidates edit

Frank Deem, former state senator and delegate from Vienna
Samuel Kusic, state senator from Weirton
John Raese, businessman
Henry C. Vigilianco
Frederick A. Weiland

Results edit

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 edit

Results edit

General election results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jay Rockefeller	374,233	51.82%	1.34
	Republican	John Raese	344,680	47.73%	1.79
	Socialist Workers	Mary E. Radin	3,299	0.46%	N/A
Total votes			722,212	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold