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| Registered | 597,149[1] |
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| Turnout | 47.93% |
West Virginia held elections on November 6, 2018. Elections for the United StatesHouse andSenate were held as well as two high-profile ballot measures. These elections were held concurrently with otherelections nationwide. Primary elections were held on May 8, 2018.
InDistrict 1, Republican incumbentDavid McKinley won reelection with 64.6% of the vote, defeating Democratic challenger Kendra Fershee, a West Virginia University law professor.
InDistrict 2, Republican incumbentAlex Mooney won reelection with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Talley Sergent, a former U.S. State Department official.
InDistrict 3, Republican incumbentEvan Jenkins resigned in September 2018. Democratic state SenatorRichard Ojeda challenged Republican Majority Whip of the West Virginia House of DelegatesCarol Miller. Miller won with 56.4% of the vote.[2]
Incumbent DemocratJoe Manchin was ranked by many outlets to be one of the most vulnerable incumbents up for election. His challenger wasAttorney General of West VirginiaPatrick Morrisey, who won a contentious Republican primary. Manchin won the election with 49.6% of the vote against Morrisey's 46.3% vote share. This was much lower than Manchin's previous performance of a vote share 60.6% in2012.[3]
17 of the 34State Senate seats were up for election in 2018. Democrats won a net gain of two seats, but Republicans maintained their majority with 20 seats to the Democrats' 14. A total of five Republican incumbents lost their election, three in their primaries and two in the general election.[4]
All 100 seats in theWest Virginia House of Delegates were up for election. The Republican majority sustained a net loss of four seats, decreasing the majority from 63 to 59. A total of five Democrats, seven Republicans, and one Independent incumbents lost reelection in either their primaries or in the general election.[5]
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"No Constitutional right to abortion Amendment"
To amend the West Virginia Constitution to clarify that nothing in the Constitution of West Virginia secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion.[6]
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
 Yes | 295,536 | 51.73 |
| No | 275,738 | 48.27 |
| Total votes | 571,274 | 100.00 |
Amended the state constitution to authorize the legislature to reduce the budget of the state judiciary by up to 15 percent, among other things relating to the judiciary.[7]
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 386,272 | 72.35 |
| No | 147,594 | 27.65 |
| Total votes | 533,866 | 100.00 |
Two special elections were held after the resignation of JusticesMenis Ketchum andRobin Davis in July and August respectively. The resignations came after revelations and legislative investigations into a misuse of state funds and corruption of the state judiciary.Tim Armstead was appointed to Ketchum's seat andEvan Jenkins was appointed to Davis's seat by GovernorJim Justice.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Tim Armstead | 131,296 | 26.1 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joanna I. Tabit | 111,915 | 22.2 | |
| Nonpartisan | Chris Wilkes | 66,037 | 13.1 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark Hunt | 60,705 | 12.0 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ronald Hatfield Jr. | 39,155 | 7.8 | |
| Nonpartisan | Others | 94,832 | 18.8 | |
| Total votes | 503,940 | 100.0% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Evan Jenkins | 182,133 | 36.0 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dennise Renee Smith | 70,394 | 13.9 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeffrey Kessler | 60,077 | 11.9 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jim Douglas | 47,609 | 9.4 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert Frank | 29,751 | 5.9 | |
| Nonpartisan | Others | 115,752 | 22.9 | |
| Total votes | 505,716 | 100.0% | ||
