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In Tom Searls otherwise solid coverage he didn't quite get Unger's 2006 election results right. Here are my tabulations. They are based on unofficial results I grabbed for the Eastern Panhandle the day after the election. If you've got better ("more official") numbers, let me know.
Race
Candidate
Berkeley County
Jefferson County
Total
U.S. Senate
Robert Byrd
10,900
8,212
19,112
U.S. House
Shelley Moore Capito
12,282
6,760
19,042
U.S. House
Mike Callaghan
7,027
5,715
12,742
State Senate
John Unger
11,081 **
8,260
19,341
** Unger's district includes: 59 of 65 (91%) of Berkeley County precincts. 30 of 30 (100%) of Jefferson Count precincts.
Even with 6 less precincts of eligible votes, Unger got more total votes than Capito or Byrd in his district. If he'd drawn votes at the same rate in those 6 precincts, he'd have picked up another ~1100 votes in Berkeley County, too.
Margin of Victory
In Jefferson and Berkeley Counties combined, Byrd received 60.2% of the votes cast in his race, Capito 59.9% in her race and Unger 64.7% in his.
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