1958 United States Senate election in West Virginia

none 1958 United States Senate special election in West Virginia December 2024 March 2026 September 2023 1958 United States Senate election in West Virginia West Virginia presidential no 1956 United States Senate special election in West Virginia 1956 (special) November 4, 1958 1964 United States Senate election in West Virginia 1964 File:Robert C. Byrd – 1967.jpg 150x150px Robert Byrd Democratic Party (United States) 381,745 59.19% 1958 United States Senate election in West Virginia results map by county.svg 250px County resultsByrd: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Revercomb: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% U.S. Senator Chapman Revercomb Republican Party (United States) Robert Byrd Democratic Party (United States) File:WilliamCRevercomb.jpg Chapman Revercomb Republican Party (United States) 263,172 40.81% The 1958 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 4, 1958. In 1956, Senator Harley M. Kilgore died, and former Senator Chapman Revercomb won this seat in the 1956 special election. The election was held alongside the 1958 midterms, where Republicans had a net loss nationally. Revercomb lost re-election to incumbent Representative Robert Byrd. West Virginia was one of the many states that were flipped from Republican to Democratic in the 1958 midterms, as Democrats also flipped the other Senate seat in the state in a special election. This would be the closest race of Byrd's Senate career. Byrd would continue to hold the seat for over fifty years, until his death in 2010. This was the last time that Democrats simultaneously flipped both of a state's Senate seats until Georgia's elections in 2020 and 2021, and the last time this would occur for either party until the 1978 elections in Minnesota. This election, along with the simultaneous special election, is the last time a Senator from West Virginia lost re-election. Results 1958 United States Senate election in West Virginia https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=39753 WV US Senate January 12, 2019 Democratic Party (United States) Robert Byrd 381,745 59.19% +18.39% Republican Party (United States) Chapman Revercomb (incumbent) 263,172 40.81% -18.39% 644,917 100.00% -21.5 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) References 1958 West Virginia United States Senate Category:Robert Byrd