| Turnout | Robert Byrd* (D) |
Cleve Benedict (R) |
William Hovland (Socialist Workers) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 41% | 5,775 | 74.1% | 1,978 | 25.4% | 45 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 3,797 | 7,798 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Robert Byrd* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,694,900 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,558,810 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $9,184 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $271,340 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-262,156 |
| Net Spending: | $1,432,744 |
| Cleve Benedict | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,064,120 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,038,555 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $3,050 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $3,050 |
| Net Spending: | $1,067,170 |
**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/WV/1982