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The 2010 United States Senate special election in West Virginia was held on November 2 2010. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd died in office on June 28 2010. Democrat Governor Joe Manchin appointed Carte Goodwin to temporarily fill the vacancy. Goodwin pledged to not run for election to the seat in exchange for the appointment. Governor Joe Manchin won the open seat and served out the remainder of Byrd’s elected term which ended on January 3 2013.
