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

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

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.

W.Va. (WSAZ) - Republican Patrick Morrisey captured the governor’s office in West Virginia on Tuesday. Morrisey defeated Huntington Democratic Mayor Steve Williams. Morrisey has served three terms as the state’s attorney general.

Jim Justice, a representative of the Republican Party in the US, won the Senate election in West Virginia. This shifted the balance of seats in the Senate to 50-50, allowing Republicans to seize control from the Democrats,

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice easily won election to the U.S. Senate, Edison Research projected on Tuesday, moving Republicans one step closer to their goal of taking control of the upper chamber of Congress after four years of Democratic majorities.

The West Virginia Senate seat previously held by Joe Manchin (I) has been won by current Governor Jim Justice (R).

Odds have favored the GOP this entire election cycle, with all of the most competitive races in states represented by vulnerable Democratic senators. The retirement of Democrat-turned-independent Sen.