Republican Jim Justice has won West Virginia’s open U.S. Senate race, the AP projects, flipping a key Senate seat that was held by Joe Manchin for 14 years.

Jim Justice has won the West Virginia Senate race, defeating former Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott (D) and accomplishing a long-sought GOP goal in the Appalachian state: total control of its federal offices.

The seat was left largely uncontested by Democrats after Sen. Joe Manchin announced last year he would not seek reelection.

More than a month before the election, Jim Justice declared victory in his U.S. Senate race in deep red West Virginia. It was a chest thump from a Republican who

With Joe Manchin not running again, GOP Gov. Jim Justice and Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott battled for a pivotal Senate seat.

Joe Manchin, formerly a Democrat and now an independent, decided not to run for reelection in increasingly Republican-leaning West Virginia this year.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R) is the projected winner of the state’s gubernatorial race, according to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ. Morrisey defeated Democratic nominee Steve Williams (D),

Voters in ruby red West Virginia will decide whether a U.S. Senate seat will flip to the Republicans. Two-term GOP Gov.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has won the state’s open Senate seat, according to a race call by the Associated Press, giving Republicans a boost in their fight to regain control of the chamber.

Gov. Jim Justice's victory in West Virginia signals a GOP resurgence as he takes over Joe Manchin's Senate seat.