New poll from “DFM Research” (who?) has Rahall up by 9.
Interesting that the WV GOP had a better year in ‘42 than ‘46, at least in the state House (in the US House it was 3-3 in ‘42 and 4-2 R in ‘46). Boy ‘42 was a massive gain, from 20 seats to 44.
Some big swings, 1922 was a brief disaster.
Also remember in 1924, the Dem Presidential standard bearer (former Congressman and Wilson’s Solicitor-General John William Davis) hailed from WV. It was the last time a Conservative was on the Dem ticket for President (and the last time two Conservatives faced off on both tickets). The left was hysterical at the time, complaining about not having a choice (of course, we knew that feeling in 2008 and 2012).
1942 was also the last year the GOP was able to win a 6-year Senate race with Chapman Revercomb (he lost in 1948, but made a comeback for a 2-year term in 1956 when a young Cecil Underwood won the Governorship for the first time for the GOP since 1928).