United States Senate election in West Virginia, 1988

November 8, 1988



Nominee	Robert Byrd	Jay Wolfe
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	410,983	223,564
Percentage	64.8%	31.0%

U.S. Senator before election

Robert Byrd
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Robert Byrd
Democratic

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The 1988 United States Senate election in West Virginia took place on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Robert Byrd won re-election to a sixth term.

Candidates

Democratic

Robert Byrd, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

Jay Wolfe, State Senator^[1]

Results

General election results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Robert Byrd (inc.)	410,983	64.8%
	Republican	Jay Wolfe	223,564	35.2%

References

Robert C. Byrd

Electoral history	1982 Senate 1988 Senate 1994 Senate 2000 Senate 2006 Senate

Books	The Senate, 1789–1989 series Senate of the Roman Republic: Addresses on the History of Roman Constitutionalism Losing America: Confronting A Reckless and Arrogant Presidency We Stand Passively Mute: Senator Robert C. Byrd's Iraq Speeches Robert C. Byrd: Child of the Appalachian Coalfields Letter to a New President: Commonsense Lessons for our Next Leader

Related topics	Reaction to the death of Robert Byrd List of places named after Robert Byrd Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program

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