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1970 West Virginia U.S. Senate Election
West Virginia · 2 candidates
Byrd +55.3 pts · won by 246,307 votes
Robert C. ByrdDemocraticWINNER77.64%
345,965 votes
Elmer DodsonRepublican22.36%
99,658 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).