# 2024 U.S. Senate election in West Virginia — what pundits predicted

Senate · Election Day 2024-11-05 · certified.

## The ballot

- **Jim Justice (Republican) — won** · 68.8%
- Glenn Elliott (Democratic) · 27.3%
- David Moran (Libertarian) · 4.0%

Result: Jim Justice by 41.5 points (general); held by the Independent party going in; flipped. Source: wikipedia-2024-senate.

## What the field called

- Jim Justice: 14 picks (won)

## Every claim about this race (14)

- **Carl Cannon** — Jim Justice wins WV Senate (2024) (Race Winners, Nov 6, 2024) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/b2689d3e-dc9d-495f-bcc8-52599bb46dac)
- **Ben Shapiro** — Jim Justice wins WV Senate (2024) (Race Winners, Nov 5, 2024) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/41065840-38b7-4207-b0de-b7ebb6151443)
- **Carl Cannon** — Jim Justice wins WV Senate (2024) (Race Winners, Nov 5, 2024) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/e547bc00-0a2f-4c5f-a4a1-00db57d1e7ca)
- **Lakshya Jain** — Jim Justice wins WV Senate (2024) (Race Winners, Nov 4, 2024) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/5a57d1ed-c7db-49ba-b385-900b5d93d6c5)
- **Clay Travis** — Jim Justice wins WV Senate (2024) (Race Winners, Nov 4, 2024) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/ad214907-640b-4318-93d7-c7898ed7403d)
- **Steve Kornacki** — Jim Justice wins WV Senate (2024) (Race Winners, Nov 3, 2024) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/e333e162-6be8-4ddd-b66a-100f72fdde24)
- **Ben Shapiro** — Jim Justice wins WV Senate (2024) — “very likely” (Race Winners, Nov 2, 2024) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/5767f355-55ea-4248-8259-a4c375632918)
- **Megyn Kelly** — Jim Justice wins WV Senate (2024) (Race Winners, Nov 1, 2024) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/7ffc53c1-37d9-49a8-9879-6715c3aee52a)
- **Clay Travis** — Jim Justice wins WV Senate (2024) (Race Winners, Nov 1, 2024) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/74bb14b3-12ff-46ca-b63c-1d45efbd34cc)
- **David Beard** — Jim Justice wins WV Senate (2024) — “almost certainly going to take” (Race Winners, Nov 1, 2024) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/abc1a83c-85a9-403d-bf04-308e86e28faf)
- **Megyn Kelly** — Jim Justice wins WV Senate (2024) (Race Winners, Oct 23, 2024) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/4899c8da-dc3b-431b-8c63-8a9a07537e6e)
- **Ryan Grim** — Jim Justice wins WV Senate (2024) (Race Winners, Oct 23, 2024) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/f4a3e1e7-6da5-48ab-9f26-b7a1917a444a)
- **Tom Bevan** — Jim Justice wins WV Senate (2024) (Race Winners, Oct 22, 2024) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/74975ea0-527e-4284-89af-f2b7c7fb0ae2)
- **Domenico Montanaro** — Jim Justice wins WV Senate (2024) — “already favored to win” (Race Winners, Oct 22, 2024) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/4bc06f52-ef67-4398-b9c5-29ca5b639bb0)