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| Registered | 1,209,977[1] | |||
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| Turnout | 63.69% ( 20.78%) | |||
West Virginia held elections on November 5, 2024. Primary elections were held on May 14, 2024.[2][3]
Every state-wide election was won by Republicans, while the Republican supermajorities in both legislative chambers increased. This resulted in every state-level and federal-level office in West Virginia being held by Republicans for the first timesince the 1920s.
Republican presidential candidateDonald Trump carried every county in West Virginia, for the third election in a row. Trump won with 70% of the vote share in the state, the largest percentage of the vote ever for any presidential candidate in West Virginia history.[4] West Virginia was his strongest state in2016 and his second-strongest state in2020.[5]
Incumbent senatorJoe Manchin announced that he would not run for reelection in 2024. Manchin was the only state-wide elected Democrat in West Virginia before he left the party and became an independent in early 2024.[6]
Term-limited incumbent governorJim Justice won the Republican party primary over U.S. representativeAlex Mooney. Justice went on to receive 68% of the vote in the general election, defeating mayor ofWheeling Glenn Elliott.[7]
In thefirst district, incumbentCarol Miller won the election with 66% of the vote, returning her to office for her fourth term.
In thesecond district, incumbentAlex Mooney announced his retirement in order to run for the United States Senate.[8] Republican candidateRiley Moore, the incumbent state Treasurer, won the election with 71% of the vote.
Incumbent Republican governorJim Justice is term-limited and is instead running for the United States Senate.[9] Republican candidate and incumbent Attorney GeneralPatrick Morrisey won the election with 62% of the vote.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Patrick Morrisey | 459,300 | 61.99% | |
| Democratic | Steve Williams | 233,976 | 31.58% | |
| Constitution | S. Marshall Wilson | 16,828 | 2.27% | |
| Libertarian | Erika Kolenich | 21,228 | 2.87% | |
| Mountain | Chase Linko-Looper | 9,596 | 1.30% | |
| Write-in | 10 | 0.00% | ||
| Total votes | 740,938 | |||
17 of the 34 seats in theWest Virginia State Senate will hold elections, including 15 Republican-held seats and two Democratic-held seats. Three incumbents chose not to seek re-election: RepublicanDavid Stover and both DemocratsMike Caputo andRobert Plymale.
Of the 17 seats up for election, 16 were won by Republican candidates. This left only two democrats serving in the 34-member State Senate.[12]
All 100 seats in theWest Virginia House of Delegates are up for election. Sixteen incumbents chose not to seek re-election including three Democrats and thirteen Republicans.
91 seats were won by Republican candidates, increasing their majority from 89 seats.[12]
IncumbentPatrick Morrisey did not seek a 4th term in office, instead running for governor.[13] Incumbent State AuditorJB McCuskey won the election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | JB McCuskey | 501,452 | 70.02% | |
| Democratic | Teresa Toriseva | 214,654 | 29.98% | |
| Total votes | 716,106 | |||
IncumbentMac Warner did not seek re-election, instead running for governor.[14] Mac's brother and former chair of theWest Virginia Republican Party Kris Warner won the election.[15]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Kris Warner | 510,992 | 71.15% | |
| Democratic | Thornton Cooper | 207,238 | 28.85% | |
| Total votes | 718,230 | |||
IncumbentRiley Moore is not running for reelection, instead running for the second district in the United States House.[16] Larry Pack, the incumbent acting West Virginia Secretary of Revenue, ran unopposed in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Republican | Larry Pack | 602,718 | 99.93% | ||
| Write-in | 444 | 0.07% | |||
| Total votes | 603,162 | 100.00% | |||
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IncumbentJB McCuskey is not running for reelection, instead running for Attorney General.[19] Republican state senatorMark Hunt won the election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Mark Hunt | 488,737 | 68.72% | |
| Democratic | Mary Ann Claytor | 222,491 | 31.28% | |
| Total votes | 711,228 | |||
The incumbent isKent Leonhardt, who was first elected in 2016. He won re-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Kent Leonhardt (incumbent) | 490,964 | 69.14% | |
| Democratic | Deborah Stiles | 219,131 | 30.86% | |
| Total votes | 710,095 | |||
JusticeC. Haley Bunn is the incumbent and was appointed to the seat by Governor Jim Justice in 2022 following the resignation ofEvan Jenkins. Bunn ran unopposed in the race and thus won reelection.[20][21][22]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | C. Haley Bunn (incumbent) | 246,109 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 246,109 | 100.00% | ||
The incumbent is JusticeJohn A. Hutchison, who was elected to a full term in 2020. Hutchison is not running for reelection.Charles S. Trump IV, a member ofWest Virginia State Senate and the former minority leader of theWest Virginia House of Delegates, announced his candidacy in 2023.[20] Trump ran unopposed in the race and thus won the election.[21][23]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Charles S. Trump | 230,877 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 230,877 | 100.00% | ||
The 2024 election is the first election for theIntermediate Court of Appeals following its creation in 2022.
The incumbent isThomas E. Scarr ofHuntington, who was appointed to the court by Governor Jim Justice for a two and one half year term. Scarr elected to not run for reelection.[24]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Ryan White | 160,732 | 59.1% | |
| Nonpartisan | Elgine McArdle | 58,775 | 21.6% | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Schulz | 52,238 | 19.2% | |
| Total votes | 271,745 | 100% | ||
In 2024, one amendment appeared on the ballot.
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Prohibit "Medically-Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Mercy Killing" Measure | ||||
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TheProhibit "Medically-Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Mercy Killing" Measure was a legislatively-referred ballot measure which proposed to amend thestate Constitution to prohibitmedically-assisted suicide from being practiced in the state.[26][27] The ballot measure was narrowly accepted by voters. The practice was alreadyillegal in the state by theWest Virginia Health Care Decisions Act.[28]
| Choice | Votes | % |
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 Yes | 340,403 | 50.44 |
| No | 334,521 | 49.56 |
| Total votes | 674,924 | 100.00 |
