Trump-backed West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) won the state's closely watched U.S. Senate race on Tuesday, per AP, besting his Democratic challenger and flipping the seat long held by Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.

Gov. Jim Justice's victory in West Virginia signals a GOP resurgence as he takes over Joe Manchin's Senate seat.

Republican Jim Justice won Tuesday and flipped the U.S. Senate seat in West Virginia, held by Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Manchin who decided not to run for re-election.

Republican Jim Justice has won West Virginia’s open U.S. Senate race, the AP projects, flipping a key Senate seat that was held by Joe Manchin for 14 years.

More than a month before the election, Jim Justice declared victory in his U.S. Senate race in deep red West Virginia. It was a chest thump from a Republican who

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has won the state’s open Senate seat, according to a race call by the Associated Press, giving Republicans a boost in their fight to regain control of the chamber.

The Republican Party obtained a majority in the U.S. Senate after flipping Democratic seats in Ohio and West Virginia in Tuesday’s election. The Associated Press called the Ohio and West Virginia senate races for businessman Bernie Moreno and former Gov.