The Green Papers: West Virginia 2024 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 14 May 2024
General Election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Monday 8 January - Saturday 27 January 2024 - Filing Deadline - Primary .
Tuesday 26 March 2024 - Filing Deadline - Primary Write-in .
Tuesday 14 May 2024 - Primary . Polling hours 6:30a-7:30p EDT (1030-2330 UTC).
Thursday 1 August 2024 - Filing Deadline - Independent/Third/Minor/President .
Tuesday 17 September 2024 - Filing Deadline - Write-in .
Tuesday 5 November 2024 - General Election . Polling hours 6:30a-7:30p EST (1130-0030 UTC).
 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:1,795,045 (0.58% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:4(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:2(0.46% of 435)
Capital:Charleston
 

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West Virginia State and Local Government

West Virginia 2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


Candidates affiliated with a recognized political party who run for election in a primary election and who lose the nomination cannot change her or his voter registration to a minor party organization/unaffiliated candidate to take advantage of the later filing deadlines and have their name on the subsequent general election ballot.

The Democratic, Libertarian, Mountain, and Republican political parties are recognized in West Virginia. "No party" candidates include minor parties, unaffiliated or independent candidates.

The primary includes the Democratic and Republican parties. The Libertarian and Mountain parties nominate by convention.


2024 Running for Office Guide from the West Virginia Secretary of State.

Candidate Listing By Office and General Election Sample Ballots from the West Virginia Secretary of State.

14 May 2023 Primary returns from the West Virginia Secretary of State.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 4 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2024
 Candidate list (5, 31 write-ins)
  Candidate Democratic     Vice President  Kamala Devi Harris
for Vice President: Minnesota Governor Timothy J. "Tim" Walz
FEC P00009423; 16 Oct 24; Tot $997,236,360; Dsb $880,268,088
  Candidate Republican     former President Donald John Trump
for Vice President: Ohio Senator James D. "J.D." Vance
FEC P80001571; 16 Oct 24; Tot $388,126,364; Dsb $354,932,583
  Candidate Libertarian     Chase Russell Oliver
for Vice President: Mike ter Maat
FEC P40011983; 16 Oct 24; Tot $441,081; Dsb $435,801
  Candidate Mountain     former Lexington Town Meeting Member Jill Ellen Stein
for Vice President: Rudolph T. "Butch" Ware, III
FEC P20003984; 30 Sep 24; Tot $2,582,503; Dsb $2,668,132
  Candidate Independent     Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr.
for Vice President: Nicole Ann Shanahan
FEC P40011793; 16 Oct 24; Tot $62,846,924; Dsb $61,628,901
  Candidate Write-in     Mary "CZ" "Carol" Asher
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Shiva Ayyadurai
Ballot name: Dr. Shiva

FEC P40012015; 16 Oct 24; Tot $163,391; Dsb $139,389
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Douglas Anthony "Doug" Bell
for Vice President: Sarah Bell
FEC P40019523; 30 Sep 24; Tot $1,991; Dsb $1,655
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     R. Boddie
Ballot name: President R. Boddie

FEC P40015463
  Candidate Write-in     Paij Jean Boring
for Vice President: Jaimey Rutschman
Jaimey Rutschman is from Gilbert, AZ 85233

FEC P60016888
  Candidate Write-in     John Steven Cheng
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Christine Maria Chisholm
FEC P40019309
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Claudia De la Cruz
for Vice President: Karina Alexandra Garcia
FEC P40015406; 16 Oct 24; Tot $360,917; Dsb $333,692
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Angela Joyce Dwyer
FEC P40008724
  Candidate Write-in     Paul Raymond Farrow, Jr.
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican)     Cherunda Lynn Fox
FEC P60005303; 30 Sep 24; Tot $64,253; Dsb $64,253
  Candidate Write-in; (None)     Christopher Michael "Chris" Garrity
for Vice President: Cody Larry Ballard
FEC P40013351; 16 Oct 24; Tot $40,400; Dsb $37,895
  Candidate Write-in; (Reform)     John R. Gibb, Jr.
FEC P40021347
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Garry B. Hubbard
for Vice President: Elizabeth Ardis Seymour
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Shondra Yevette Irving
FEC P40013922
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Douglas "Doug" Jenkins
FEC P00011635
  Candidate Write-in     Brian Larry Kienitz
FEC P40021198
  Candidate Write-in     Rick Mattox
  Candidate Write-in     Richard Mayers
  Candidate Write-in; (Constitutional)     Brandon L. McIntyre
FEC P40016735
  Candidate Write-in; (Unaffiliated)     André Ramon McNeil, Sr.
FEC P40015265
  Candidate Write-in     William Cody Nalbach
FEC P40007148
  Candidate Write-in     Future Madam Potus
FEC P40021735
  Candidate Write-in; (Democratic)     Christin Noel Powers
FEC P00008946; 30 Sep 24; Tot $31,203; Dsb $25,203
  Candidate Write-in; (Constitutional)     Roger Dale Richard
  Candidate Write-in     Dennis Andrew Schuller
  Candidate Write-in; (American Solidarity)     Connecticut Regional School Board of Education Member  Peter A. Sonski
for Vice President: Lauren Michelle Onak
FEC P40013724; 16 Oct 24; Tot $86,006; Dsb $63,189
  Candidate Write-in     Christopher Stried
FEC P00009084
  Candidate Write-in; (Unaffiliated)     Lester H. "Les" Waller, Jr.
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Cornel Ronald West
for Vice President: Melina Abdullah
FEC P40013708; 16 Oct 24; Tot $1,345,338; Dsb $1,338,498
  Candidate Write-in     Demetra Jefferson "Mama" Wysinger
FEC P40018467

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 118th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1
Seat up for regular election
Open
Democratic Senator Joseph "Joe" Manchin, III
First elected in a special election to a partial term to fill the vacancy caused by the 28 June 2010 death of Senator Robert C. Byrd (Democratic): 2 November 2010. He replaces Senator Carte P. Goodwin (Democrat) who had been appointed by Governor Joe Manchin (Democratic) to temporarily fill the vacancy. Won the special election for the term ending in Jaunary 2013 and the the concurrent regular election for the term ending January 2019: 6 November 2012, re-elected: 2018 as a Democrat.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 9 November 2023: "I have made one of the toughest decisions of my life and decided that I will not be running for re-election to the United States Senate...."
31 May 2024: "My commitment to do everything I can to bring out country together has led me to register as an independent with no party affiliation."
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (3, 3 write-ins)
  Candidate Democratic     Wheeling Mayor  Glenn Frederick Elliott, Jr.
FEC S4WV00399; 16 Oct 24; Tot $761,171; Dsb $608,069
  Candidate Republican     Governor  James Conley "Jim" Justice, II
27 April 2023: Candidate for the U.S. Senate Class 1 Seat in 2024.

FEC S4WV00332; 16 Oct 24; Tot $4,342,811; Dsb $3,223,996
  Candidate Libertarian     David Dunstan Moran
FEC S0WV00264
  Candidate Write-in     Lewie Andrews
  Candidate Write-in     Joshua Standridge
  Candidate Write-in     Tim Stevenski

Class 2 Republican Senator  Shelley Moore Capito
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (3)
  Candidate Republican     Senator  Shelley Moore Capito
FEC S4WV00159
  Candidate Republican     former state Delegate Jonathan Derrick "Derrick" Evans
FEC H4WV01058; 30 Sep 24; Tot $1,039,739; Dsb $987,276
  Candidate Republican     Alexander David "Alex" Gaaserud
FEC H4WV02197; 30 Sep 24; Tot $4,150; Dsb $4,848

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

Chair up for regular election
Open
Republican Governor  James Conley "Jim" Justice, II
First elected: 2016 (as a Democrat); changed party affiliation to Republican: 3 August 2017; re-elected: 2020 (as a Republican)
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - 27 April 2023: Candidate for the U.S. Senate Class 1 Seat in 2024.
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (5, 3 write-ins)
  Candidate Democratic     Huntington Mayor  Stephen Taylor "Steve" Williams
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General  Patrick James Morrisey
4 April 2023: Announced candidacy for Governor.
  Candidate Constitution     former state Delegate Stephen Marshall "S. Marshall" Wilson
former Republican state legislator
  Candidate Libertarian     Erika Klie Kolenich
  Candidate Mountain     Chase G. Linko-Looper
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Quintin Gerard "Browwn Clowwn" Caldwell
  Candidate Write-in     Troy Green
  Candidate Write-in     William Allen Meadows

118th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Republican (1 Renominated, 1 Open)

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress  Carol Devine Miller
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 Candidate list (3, 2 write-ins) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Christopher Robert "Chris Bob" Reed
FEC H4WV01082
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Carol Devine Miller
FEC H8WV03097; 16 Oct 24; Tot $1,613,375; Dsb $1,587,946
  Candidate Independent     Wes Holden
FEC H4WV01074; 16 Oct 24; Tot $37,695; Dsb $48,788
  Candidate Write-in; (Democratic)     James Milton "Jim" Umberger
FEC H4WV01066; 07 Jun 24; Tot $80,166; Dsb $72,348
  Candidate Write-in     A. Warden

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Member of Congress  Alexander Xavier "Alex" Mooney
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - Candidate for the Class 1 Senate Seat in 2024.
14 May 2024: Did not receive his party's nomination for the Class 1 Senate Seat.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Steven Michael Wendelin
FEC H4WV02247; 16 Oct 24; Tot $31,131; Dsb $28,399
  Candidate Republican     Treasurer  Riley McGowan Moore
FEC H4WV02205; 16 Oct 24; Tot $1,326,425; Dsb $1,369,645

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Secretary of State  Andrew "Mac" Warner
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 11 January 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Stuart Thornton "Thornton" Cooper
  Candidate Republican     Kristian Escridge "Kris" Warner

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Attorney General Patrick James Morrisey
First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016, 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 4 April 2023: Announced candidacy for Governor.
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Teresa Clark Toriseva
  Candidate Republican     Auditor  John Bohen "J.B." McCuskey
24 July 2023: "My experience as the auditor and in the legal community makes a great fit for me to continue to serve in West Virginia as the attorney general..."
29 February 2023: "I am here today to announce my candidacy for governor of West Virginia."

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Treasurer  Riley McGowan Moore
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 21 November 2022: Candidate for U.S. House CD 2 in 2024.
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) and Uncontested Race **
 Candidate list (1, 2 write-ins)
  Candidate Republican     former state Delegate Lawrence Allen "Larry" Pack
  Candidate Write-in     Gabriel Covington
  Candidate Write-in     Mike Tremblay

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Auditor  John Bohen "J.B." McCuskey
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 24 July 2023: "My experience as the auditor and in the legal community makes a great fit for me to continue to serve in West Virginia as the attorney general..."
29 February 2023: "I am here today to announce my candidacy for governor of West Virginia."
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Mary Ann Roebuck Claytor
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Mark Allen Hunt

Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

Seat up for regular election Republican Agriculture Commissioner  Kent Albin Leonhardt
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Deborah Kay Stiles
  Candidate Republican     Agriculture Commissioner  Kent Albin Leonhardt
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 1 incumbent, 11 candidates
  Republican: 9 incumbents, 14 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Green (affiliates)
  Libertarian: 3 candidates
  Reform (affiliates): 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
  American Solidarity: 1 candidate
  Americans Coming Together Party
  Constitutional: 2 candidates
  Justice Party
  Mountain (affiliate of Green): 2 candidates
  Right to Life
  Unity
Independents
  Independent: 13 candidates
  None: 1 candidate
  Unaffiliated: 2 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 41 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
  West Virginia Secretary of State
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  West Virginia Legislature
Democratic
  West Virginia Democratic Party
Republican
  West Virginia Republican Party
Third Party
  Americans Coming Together Party 2022-2023.
  Green Party of West Virginia
  Justice Party of West Virginia
  Libertarian Party of West Virginia
  The Unity Party of West Virginia
  West Virginians for Life
Media & others
  Bluefield Daily Telegraph
  Braxton Citizens' News - Sutton
  Charleston Gazette-Mail
  Charleston Newspapers
  Clarksburg Exponent Telegram
  Hampshire Review - Romney
  Keyser Mineral Daily News-Tribune
  Mountain Messenger - Lewisburg
  Politics1.com - West Virginia
  The Dominion Post - Morgantown
  The Herald-Dispatch - Huntington
  The Inter-Mountain - Elkins
  The Lincoln Journal - Hamlin
  The Morgan Messenger - Berkeley Springs
  The Parkersburg News & Sentinel
  The Register Herald - Beckley
  The State Journal - Charleston
  The Times - Fairmont
  The Wayne County News
  The Weston Democrat
  WDTV TV - CBS - Bridgeport
  West Virginia Metro News - Charleston
  WSAZ TV - NBC - Charleston, Huntington

 


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