The Green Papers: West Virginia 2017 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:1,859,815 (0.60% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:5(0.93% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:3(0.69% of 435)
Capital:Charleston
 

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West Virginia State and Local Government


16 February 2017: State Senator Jeff "Bubblegum" Mullins introduces SB 33 which moves all West Virginia primaries from May to the 2nd Friday in February.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 115th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator 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
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (10)
  Candidate Democratic     Chase Henderson
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Joe Manchin, III
FEC S0WV00090; 30 Sep 17; Tot $2,902,910; Dsb $443,574
  Candidate Democratic     Paula Jean Swearengin
FEC S8WV00119; 30 Sep 17; Tot $201,470; Dsb $68,070
  Candidate Republican     Don Blankenship
FEC S8WV00150
  Candidate Republican     Jimmy Dale "Bo" Copley, II
FEC S8WV00135
  Candidate Republican     Scott Ernst
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Evan H. Jenkins
8 May 2017: Announced.

FEC S8WV00127; 30 Sep 17; Tot $902,137; Dsb $364,042
  Candidate Republican     Billy Marcum
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General Patrick James Morrisey
10 July 2017: Candidate for the U.S. Senate Class 1 Seat in 2018.

FEC S8WV00143; 30 Sep 17; Tot $673,562; Dsb $124,702
  Candidate Republican     Jack Newbrough

Class 2 Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Senator Shelley Moore Capito
FEC S4WV00159

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor Jim Justice
First elected: 2016 (as a Democrat)
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
3 August 2017: Announced he was changing his affiliation from Democratic to Republican: "... tomorrow I will be changing my registration to Republican."

115th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Republican (2 Undetermined, 1 Open)

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 1 Republican Congressman David Bennett McKinley
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Ralph Baxter
FEC H8WV01067; 30 Sep 17; Tot $83,763; Dsb $51,276
  Candidate Democratic     Kendra Jean Huard Fershee
FEC H8WV01075; 30 Sep 17; Tot $7,890; Dsb $555
  Candidate Democratic     former state Delegate Mike Manypenny
  Candidate Republican     Congressman David Bennett McKinley
FEC H0WV01072; 30 Sep 17; Tot $360,509; Dsb $207,226

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 2 Republican Congressman Alexander Xavier "Alex" Mooney
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (5) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Brian Leben
  Candidate Democratic     Aaron Scheinberg
FEC H8WV02107; 30 Sep 17; Tot $163,096; Dsb $21,068
  Candidate Democratic     Talley Sergent
FEC H8WV02115; 30 Sep 17; Tot $113,262; Dsb $7,381
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Alexander Xavier "Alex" Mooney
FEC H4WV02080; 30 Sep 17; Tot $642,256; Dsb $184,694
  Candidate Republican     Daniel Stapleton

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 3 Republican Congressman Evan H. Jenkins
First elected: 2014.
Previously served as a Democrat in the state Senate 2002-2010 and state House 1994-1998. Switched from Democratic to Republican: 30 July 2013.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Open Seat - 8 May 2017: Running for the U.S. Senate Class 2 seat in 2018.
 Candidate list (9) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Paul E. Davis
FEC H8WV03063; 30 Sep 17; Tot $2,530; Dsb $1,358
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Richard Neece Ojeda, II
FEC H8WV03048; 30 Sep 17; Tot $11,372; Dsb $7,607
  Candidate Democratic     Edwin Vanover
  Candidate Democratic     Huntington Mayor Steve Williams
FEC H8WV03089; 30 Sep 17; Tot $49,848; Dsb $7,646
  Candidate Republican     Ayne Amjad
FEC H8WV03071; 30 Sep 17; Tot $0; Dsb $801
  Candidate Republican     Conrad G. Lucas, II
FEC H8WV03105
  Candidate Republican     state Delegate Carol Devine Miller
FEC H8WV03097; 30 Sep 17; Tot $136,793; Dsb $2,585
  Candidate Republican     state Delegate Rupert Wilson "Rupie" Phillips, Jr.
FEC H8WV03055; 30 Sep 17; Tot $28,456; Dsb $13,927
  Candidate Republican     former state Delegate Richard R. "Rick" Snuffer

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

  Republican Secretary of State Andrew "Mac" Warner
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

  Republican Attorney General Patrick James Morrisey
First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
10 July 2017: Candidate for the U.S. Senate Class 1 Seat in 2018.

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

  Democratic Treasurer Johnny Duane "John" Perdue
First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

  Republican Auditor John B. "J.B." McCuskey
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

  Republican Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 

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): 2 incumbents, 13 candidates
  Republican: 9 incumbents, 16 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.


 


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