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Martin Pengelly in Washington

Republicans hope for Senate majority after strong West Virginia primary result

Donald Trump Jim Justice Republican Nikki Haley West Virginia Democratic Party Alex Mooney Don Blankenship Joe Biden Joe Manchin
An older man in front of a US flag.
Jim Justice at an election night watch party at the governor's mansion in Charleston, West Virginia, on 14 May 2024. Photograph: Chris Jackson/AP

Republicans’ chances of retaking the US Senate were boosted on Tuesday when the governor of West Virginia, Jim Justice, cruised to victory in that state’s primary, the highest-profile result on a night of such votes.

Justice is overwhelmingly favoured to beat his Democratic challenger, Glenn Elliott, and fill the US Senate seat now held by Joe Manchin, the only Democrat in statewide elected office.

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