2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia

2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia

November 7, 2006
 
Nominee Robert Byrd John Raese
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 296,276 155,043
Percentage 64.42% 33.71%

County results
Byrd:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Raese:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Robert Byrd
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Robert Byrd
Democratic

The 2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democrat Robert Byrd won re-election to a ninth term. He was sworn in on January 3, 2007. However, he died in office on June 28, 2010, before the end of his term.

This was one of five Democratic-held Senate seats up for election in a state that George W. Bush won in the 2004 presidential election.