Electoral History
| United States Senate election in West Virginia, 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Jay Rockefeller | 447,985 | 63.71% | |
| Republican | Jay Wolfe | 255,074 | 36.27% | |
| United States Senate election in West Virginia, 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Jay Rockefeller | 275,281 | 63.11% | |
| Republican | Jay Wolfe | 160,902 | 36.89% | |
| United States Senate election in West Virginia, 1996 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Jay Rockefeller | 456,526 | 76.65% | |
| Republican | Betty Burkes | 139,088 | 23.35% | |
| United States Senate election in West Virginia, 1990 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Jay Rockefeller | 276,234 | 68.32% | |
| Republican | John Yoder | 128,071 | 31.68% | |
| United States Senate election in West Virginia, 1984 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Jay Rockefeller | ' | 51.8% | |
| Republican | John Raese | 47.7% | ||
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