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Parents > United States > West Virginia > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline February 03, 2008 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 11:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
ContributorJ.R.
Last ModifiedPoliticoomer January 02, 2022 05:17am
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Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/05/2002
NameJay Rockefeller Votes275,281 (63.11%)
Term01/03/2003 - 01/03/2009 Margin114,379 (+26.22%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
May 13, 2008 WV US Senate - R Primary Jay Wolfe
May 13, 2008 WV US Senate - D Primary Jay Rockefeller
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 2.5000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Jay Rockefeller
Safe 47
Strong 1
Slight 3
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

09/24/2008 11/01/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Sen. Jay Rockefeller Jay Wolfe (W) John R. "Rick" Bartlett (W) Charles R. "Chad" Shaffer
PartyDemocratic Republican Constitution Independent
Votes447,560 (63.73%) 254,629 (36.26%) 83 (0.01%) 36 (0.01%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -192,931 (-27.47%) -447,477 (-63.72%) -447,524 (-63.72%)
Predict Avg.65.20% 34.60% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
YouGov 
10/18-11/01
55.00% (+0.0) 37.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Public Policy Polling 
10/29-10/30
58.00% (+0.0) 40.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Orion Strategies 
10/20-10/21
60.00% (+0.0) 36.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
09/24-09/24
61.00% (+0.0) 33.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
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