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Grant County, West Virginia

2026 election results. Shelley Moore Capito (R) got 81% of the U.S. Senate vote in Grant County. The margin is 13.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Grant County

U.S. Senate

Shelley Moore Capito
81.3%2,352
Rachel Anderson
16.2%469
S. Marshall Wilson
2.5%71
100% counted

Statewide: Shelley Moore Capito wins. Called.

The leader in Grant County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 9, 4:03 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
WV SenateR +66.7R +79.9D +13.2
WV-02R +66.3R +79.9D +13.7

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Grant County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris9.9%Donald Trump88.9%R +79.05,569
2020Joe Biden11.0%Donald Trump88.4%R +77.45,508
2016Hillary Clinton10.3%Donald Trump87.7%R +77.44,956
2012Barack Obama15.7%Mitt Romney82.5%R +66.84,586
2008Barack Obama23.6%John McCain75.1%R +51.44,218
2004John Kerry19.1%George W. Bush80.5%R +61.45,047
2000Al Gore19.7%George W. Bush78.8%R +59.14,534

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +19.8.

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West Virginia results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until West Virginia certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. West Virginia's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.