The Green Papers: West Virginia 2022 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 10 May 2022
✓ General Election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Saturday 29 January 2022 - Filing Deadline - Primary .
Tuesday 10 May 2022 - Primary . Polling hours 6:30a-7:30p EDT (1030-2330 UTC).
Monday 1 August 2022 - Filing Deadline - Independent/Third/Minor .
Tuesday 20 September 2022 - Filing Deadline - Write-in .
Tuesday 8 November 2022 - 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(0.74% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:2(0.46% of 435)
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


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.


2022 ELECTIONS CALENDAR from the West Virginia Secretary of State.

Candidate Listing from the West Virginia Secretary of State.

10 May 2022 Primary returns from an official source, results from a media source, and results from a media source.


8 November 2022: returns and write-in returns from the Secretary of State. Votes totals last updated 31 January 2023 per the certified vote.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 117th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 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.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Joseph "Joe" Manchin, III
FEC S0WV00090
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Alexander Xavier "Alex" Mooney
Member of Congress CD 2

FEC S4WV00324
  Candidate Republican     Christopher Andrew "Chris" Rose
FEC S4WV00316

Class 2 Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

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

  Republican Governor James C. "Jim" Justice
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
 Candidate list (4)
  Candidate Republican     Terri Bradshaw
  Candidate Republican     Chris Miller
Son of Member of Congress Carol Devine Miller
  Candidate Republican     Rashida Yost
  Candidate Americans Coming Together Party     former state Delegate S. Marshall Wilson

117th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2022, 2024. No Term Limit. 117th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Republican (1 Lost / No longer running, 2 Renominated)

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Lost
Republican Member of Congress David Bennett McKinley
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Lost Primary / No Longer Running - --10 May 2022 Primary: Member of Congress McKinley was a candidate for re-election in the new CD 2.
 Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress
  Elected Republican 151,511 66.69% Member of Congress Carol Devine Miller
Member of Congress Miller, incumbent in the old CD 3, is a candidate for re- election in the new CD # 1.

FEC H8WV03097; 31 Dec 22; Tot $1,236,367; Dsb $1,189,939
  Candidate Democratic 65,428 28.80% Eugene Lacy "Mr. Lacy" Watson, III
FEC H0WV03144
  Candidate Independent 10,257 4.51% Belinda Gaye Fox-Spencer
Americans Coming Together Party

FEC H0WV03193
Total 227,196 100.00%  

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Alexander Xavier "Alex" Mooney
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Renominated -
15 November 2022: Candidate for the U.S. Senate Class 1 seat in 2024.
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 118th Congress
  Elected Republican 160,493 65.54% Member of Congress Alexander Xavier "Alex" Mooney
FEC H4WV02080; 31 Dec 22; Tot $4,477,287; Dsb $6,788,322
  Candidate Democratic 84,278 34.42% former Morgantown City Councilor Barry Lee Wendell
FEC H2WV02191; 31 Dec 22; Tot $28,025; Dsb $28,025
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican) 115 0.05% Susan Buchser-Lochocki
FEC H2WV02183; 28 Nov 22; Tot $26,703; Dsb $26,561
Total 244,886 100.00%  

Incumbent - 117th Congress - 2010 apportionment / Seat lost in 2020 apportionment - No election in 2022
CD 3 Republican Member of Congress Carol Devine Miller
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
First elected: 2018
Renominated - -- 10 May 2022 Primary: Member of Congress Miller is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 1.

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

  Republican Secretary of State Andrew "Mac" Warner
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

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

  Republican Attorney General Patrick James Morrisey
First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016, 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Treasurer Riley McGowan "Riley" 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.

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Auditor John Bohen "J.B." McCuskey
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

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

  Republican Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 

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, 3 candidates
  Republican: 10 incumbents, 8 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Americans Coming Together Party: 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 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.


 


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