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Raleigh County, West Virginia

2026 election results. Shelley Moore Capito (R) got 65% of the U.S. Senate vote in Raleigh County. The margin is 20.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Raleigh County

U.S. Senate

Shelley Moore Capito
65.1%10,609
Rachel Anderson
31.7%5,167
S. Marshall Wilson
3.1%511
100% counted

Statewide: Shelley Moore Capito wins. Called.

The leader in Raleigh 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 +34.5R +55.2D +20.8
WV-01R +31.0R +55.2D +24.2

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 Raleigh County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris22.0%Donald Trump76.3%R +54.330,974
2020Joe Biden24.1%Donald Trump74.5%R +50.433,087
2016Hillary Clinton21.8%Donald Trump74.4%R +52.729,618
2012Barack Obama26.8%Mitt Romney71.5%R +44.728,829
2008Barack Obama36.2%John McCain62.1%R +25.928,259
2004John Kerry38.7%George W. Bush60.7%R +22.030,525
2000Al Gore45.9%George W. Bush52.3%R +6.424,061

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 +47.9.

Other counties in West Virginia

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.