The Green Papers: West Virginia 2025 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
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


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.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 119th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Republican Senator  James Conley "Jim" Justice, II
First elected: 2024.
[Previously served as Governor being first elected: 2016 (as a Democrat); changed party affiliation to Republican: 3 August 2017; re-elected: 2020 (as a Republican).]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2030

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; 25 Nov 24; Tot $4,150; Dsb $4,848

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2024, 2028. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor  Patrick James Morrisey
First elected: 2024.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

119th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2026, 2028. No Term Limit. 119th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Republican (2 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 1 Republican Member of Congress  Carol Devine Miller
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (2) - 120th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Larry Jackson
FEC H6WV01111
  Candidate Independent     Isaiah Patrick Rucker
FEC H6WV01103

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 2 Republican Member of Congress  Riley McGowan Moore
First elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2024, 2028

  Republican Secretary of State  Kristian Escridge "Kris" Warner
First elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2024, 2028

  Republican Attorney General  John Bohen "J.B." McCuskey
First elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2024, 2028

  Republican Treasurer  Lawrence Allen "Larry" Pack
First elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2024, 2028

  Republican Auditor  Mark Allen Hunt
First elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2024, 2028

  Republican Agriculture Commissioner  Kent Albin Leonhardt
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020, 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028
 

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)
  Republican: 10 incumbents, 4 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.
  Green (affiliates)
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  Americans Coming Together Party
  Justice Party
  Right to Life
  Unity
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
 
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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