2002 United States Senate election in West Virginia

2002 United States Senate election in West Virginia
November 5, 2002
 
Nominee Jay Rockefeller Jay Wolfe
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 275,281 160,902
Percentage 63.11% 36.89%
County results
Rockefeller:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Wolfe:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Jay Rockefeller
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Jay Rockefeller
Democratic

The 2002 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 5. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller won re-election to a fourth term, defeating Republican Jay Wolfe.

This was one of the six Democratic-held Senate seats up for election in a state that George W. Bush won in the 2000 presidential election.

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