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1954 United States Senate election in West Virginia

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Field	Value
election_name	1954 United States Senate election in West Virginia
country	West Virginia
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1948 United States Senate election in West Virginia
previous_year	1948
next_election	1958 United States Senate special election in West Virginia
next_year	1958 (special)
election_date	November 2, 1954
image1	File:Matthewneely.jpg
nominee1	Matthew M. Neely
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	325,263
percentage1	54.82%
image2	3x4.svg
image_size	150x150px
nominee2	Thomas Sweeney
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	268,066
percentage2	45.18%
map_image	1954 United States Senate election in West Virginia results map by county.svg
map_size	235px
map_caption	County results
Neely:
Sweeney:
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Matthew M. Neely
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Matthew M. Neely
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Neely:
Sweeney:
The 1954 United States Senate election in West Virginia took place on November 2, 1954. Incumbent Democratic Senator Matthew M. Neely was re-elected to a fifth term in office.

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on May 11, 1954.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Sam B. Chilton, attorney
Homer M. May, school official
Matthew M. Neely, incumbent U.S. Senator
Roy A. Warden, former State Delegate

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Latelle M. LaFollette, attorney and businessman, Republican candidate for West Virginia's 6th congressional district in 1950 and 1952
Thomas Sweeney, Republican candidate for U.S. Senator in 1940 and 1946

Results

General election

Results

References

Bibliography

References

. (August 1, 1954). ["5 Senators Face Primaries; Kefauver Has Opposition"](https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn89071106/1954-08-01/ed-1/seq-1/). *Ogdensburg Advance-News*.
"WV US Senate, 1954 - D Primary". Our Campaigns.
"WV US Senate, 1954 - R Primary". Our Campaigns.
"WV US Senate, 1954". Our Campaigns.
"West Virginia Blue Book 1955". Jarrett Printing Company.
[[Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives]]. (1955-10-15). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1954". [[U.S. Government Printing Office]].

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