2002 United States Senate election in West Virginia

The 2002 United States Senate election in West Virginia  was held on November 5. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller won re-election to a fourth term, defeating Republican Jay Wolfe.

Democratic

 * Jay Rockefeller, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

 * Jay Wolfe, State Senator and nominee for U.S. Senate for 1988

Campaign
Wolfe ran a Grassroots campaign. Rockefeller was the heavy favorite. Rockefeller had $2.9 million cash on hand to Wolfe at $100,536 (In mid-October). Wolfe was endorsed by President George W. Bush and the National Rifle Association of America, but it wasn't enough to make the election competitive.

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

 * Doddridge (largest municipality: West Union)
 * Morgan (largest municipality: Berkeley Springs)
 * Grant (largest municipality: Petersburg)
 * Ritchie (largest municipality: Harrisville)