2024 West Virginia elections

{{main|2024 United States presidential election in West Virginia}}

{{See also|2024 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary|2024 West Virginia Republican presidential primary}}Republican presidential candidate Donald 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.{{Cite web |last=Coyne |first=Caity |date=2024-11-06 |title=For a third time, West Virginians show staunch support for a Trump presidency • West Virginia Watch |url=https://westvirginiawatch.com/2024/11/05/for-a-third-time-west-virginians-show-staunch-support-for-a-trump-presidency/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=West Virginia Watch |language=en-US}} West Virginia was his strongest state in 2016 and his second-strongest state in 2020.{{#invoke:cite web||title=2024 Senate Election Interactive Map - 270toWin|url=https://www.270towin.com/2024-senate-election/|access-date=2024-07-15|website=270toWin.com}}

{{main|2024 United States Senate election in West Virginia}}

Incumbent senator Joe 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.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-09 |title=Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin won't seek reelection, giving GOP a key pickup opportunity |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-manchin-west-virginia-election-35e5285934c5801db37215802ca2cd94 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=AP News |language=en}}

Term-limited incumbent governor Jim Justice won the Republican party primary over U.S. representative Alex Mooney. Justice went on to receive 68% of the vote in the general election, defeating mayor of Wheeling Glenn Elliott.{{Cite web |last=Wise |first=Alana |date=November 5, 2024 |title=Jim Justice wins West Virginia Senate race, flipping seat for Republicans |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/11/05/g-s1-32669/west-virginia-governor-race-result-jim-justice |access-date=November 10, 2024 |website=NPR}}

{{main|2024 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia}}

In the first district, incumbent Carol Miller won the election with 66% of the vote, returning her to office for her fourth term.

In the second district, incumbent Alex Mooney announced his retirement in order to run for the United States Senate.{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2022 |title=West Virginia Congressman Alex Mooney says he will run for Manchin's Senate seat |url=https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/west-virginia-congressman-alex-mooney-says-he-will-run-for-manchins-senate-seat/ |access-date=November 22, 2022 |website=WOWK-TV}} Republican candidate Riley Moore, the incumbent state Treasurer, won the election with 71% of the vote.

{{main|2024 West Virginia gubernatorial election}}

Incumbent Republican governor Jim Justice is term-limited and is instead running for the United States Senate.{{cite news |last1=Tsirkin |first1=Julie |last2=Bowman |first2=Bridget |date=April 27, 2023 |title=Gov. Jim Justice announces West Virginia Senate run, kicking off heated GOP primary |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/gov-jim-justice-announces-west-virginia-senate-run-kicking-heated-gop-rcna81656 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427215520/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/gov-jim-justice-announces-west-virginia-senate-run-kicking-heated-gop-rcna81656 |archive-date=April 27, 2023 |access-date=April 27, 2023}} Republican candidate and incumbent Attorney General Patrick Morrisey won the election with 62% of the vote.

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|party=Republican Party (United States)

|candidate=Patrick Morrisey

|votes=459,300

|percentage=61.99%

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|party=Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate=Steve Williams

|votes=233,976

|percentage=31.58%

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|party=Constitution Party (United States)

|candidate=S. Marshall Wilson

|votes=16,828

|percentage=2.27%

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|party=Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate=Erika Kolenich

|votes=21,228

|percentage=2.87%

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|party=Mountain Party

|candidate=Chase Linko-Looper

|votes=9,596

|percentage=1.30%

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{{Election box write-in with party link no change|votes=10|percentage=0.00%}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes=740,938

|percentage=}}

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{{main|2024 West Virginia Senate election}}

17 of the 34 seats in the West Virginia State Senate will hold elections, including 15 Republican-held seats and two Democratic-held seats. Three incumbents chose not to seek re-election: Republican David Stover and both Democrats Mike Caputo and Robert 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.{{Cite web |title=Bragging Rights: Republicans maintain supermajority in West Virginia Legislature |url=https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2024/11/bragging-rights-republicans-maintain-supermajority-in-west-virginia-legislature/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=newsandsentinel.com/ |language=en-US}}

{{Main|2024 West Virginia House of Delegates election}}

All 100 seats in the West 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.

{{Main|2024 West Virginia Attorney General election}}Incumbent Patrick Morrisey did not seek a 4th term in office, instead running for governor.{{cite web |date=April 4, 2023 |title=AG Morrisey announces 2024 run for Governor |url=https://www.wdtv.com/2023/04/04/ag-morrisey-announces-2024-run-governor/ |accessdate=April 30, 2023 |work=WDTV}} Incumbent State Auditor JB McCuskey won the election.{{Election box begin no change|title=West Virginia Attorney General election, 2024}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party=Republican Party (United States)

|candidate=JB McCuskey

|votes=501,452

|percentage=70.02%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party=Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate=Teresa Toriseva

|votes=214,654

|percentage=29.98%

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{{Election box total no change|votes=716,106

|percentage=

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{{Main|2024 West Virginia Secretary of State election}}Incumbent Mac Warner did not seek re-election, instead running for governor.{{cite web |date=10 January 2023 |title=W.Va. Secretary of State Mac Warner announces he will run for governor |url=https://wchstv.com/news/local/wva-secretary-of-state-mac-warner-announces-he-will-run-for-governor |access-date=19 May 2023 |website=WCHS-TV}} Mac's brother and former chair of the West Virginia Republican Party Kris Warner won the election.{{cite news |author=Weaver, Alexandra |date=December 8, 2023 |title=Kris Warner announces run for Secretary of State |url=https://www.wboy.com/news/west-virginia/west-virginia-politics/kris-warner-announces-run-for-secretary-of-state/ |access-date=December 11, 2023 |work=WBOY-TV}}

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|title=West Virginia Secretary of State election, 2024}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party=Republican Party (United States)

|candidate=Kris Warner

|votes=510,992

|percentage=71.15%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party=Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate=Thornton Cooper

|votes=207,238

|percentage=28.85%

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{{Election box total no change

|votes=718,230

|percentage=

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{{Main|2024 West Virginia State Treasurer election}}Incumbent Riley Moore is not running for reelection, instead running for the second district in the United States House.{{cite web |last=McElhinny |first=Brad |date=November 21, 2022 |title=Treasurer Riley Moore jumps into congressional race, another early political announcement |url=https://wvmetronews.com/2022/11/21/treasurer-riley-moore-announces-run-for-congress/ |access-date=November 22, 2022 |work=West Virginia MetroNews}} Larry Pack, the incumbent acting West Virginia Secretary of Revenue, ran unopposed in the general election.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Larry Pack|votes=602,718|percentage=99.93%}}{{Election box write-in with party link no change

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| winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Main article|2024 West Virginia State Auditor election}}Incumbent JB McCuskey is not running for reelection, instead running for Attorney General.{{cite news |last=McElhinny |first=Brad |date=24 July 2023 |title=McCuskey pivots to attorney general's race, and Weld and Stuart say they won't back down |url=https://wvmetronews.com/2023/07/24/mccuskey-pivots-to-attorney-generals-race-and-weld-and-stuart-say-they-wont-back-down/ |access-date=24 July 2023 |work=West Virginia MetroNews}} Republican state senator Mark Hunt won the election.

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|title=West Virginia State Auditor election, 2024}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party=Republican Party (United States)

|candidate=Mark Hunt

|votes=488,737

|percentage=68.72%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party=Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate=Mary Ann Claytor

|votes=222,491

|percentage=31.28%

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{{Election box total no change

|votes=711,228

|percentage=

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{{Main|2024 West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture election}}

The incumbent is Kent Leonhardt, who was first elected in 2016. He won re-election.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|candidate=Kent Leonhardt (incumbent)

|party=Republican Party (United States)

|votes=490,964

|percentage=69.14%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate=Deborah Stiles

|party=Democratic Party (United States)

|votes=219,131

|percentage=30.86%

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|votes=710,095

|percentage=

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Justice C. Haley Bunn is the incumbent and was appointed to the seat by Governor Jim Justice in 2022 following the resignation of Evan Jenkins. Bunn ran unopposed in the race and thus won reelection.{{Cite web |title=Out for Justice: State Sen. Trump begins run for West Virginia Supreme Court |url=https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2023/06/out-for-justice-state-sen-trump-begins-run-for-west-virginia-supreme-court/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=newsandsentinel.com/ |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Nichanian |first=Daniel |date=2024-04-03 |title=Your State-by-State Guide to the 2024 Supreme Court Elections |url=https://boltsmag.org/your-state-by-state-guide-to-the-2024-supreme-court-elections/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Bolts |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=The winners of the 2024 West Virginia primary election |url=https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/winners-2024-west-virginia-primary-election |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=News From The States |language=en}}

[[File:2024 West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Division 1 Election results map by county.svg|250px|thumb|Division 1 Results by county

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The incumbent is Justice John A. Hutchison, who was elected to a full term in 2020. Hutchison is not running for reelection. Charles S. Trump IV, a member of West Virginia State Senate and the former minority leader of the West Virginia House of Delegates, announced his candidacy in 2023. Trump ran unopposed in the race and thus won reelection.{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-05-15 |title=Charles Trump IV elected to WV Supreme Court of Appeals; county voters re-elect Miller, choose Bohrer for Magistrate Court |url=https://www.morganmessenger.com/2024/05/14/county-voters-re-elect-miller-choose-bohrer-for-magistrate-court-bergen-and-rowland-to-fill-school-board-seats/ |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Morgan Messenger |language=en-US}}

[[File:2024 West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Division 2 Election results map by county.svg|250px|thumb|Division 2 Results by county

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The 2024 election is the first election for the Intermediate Court of Appeals following its creation in 2022.

The incumbent is Thomas E. Scarr of Huntington, 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.{{Cite web |title=Voters get chance to select first elected judge to West Virginia intermediate appeals court |url=https://www.weirtondailytimes.com/news/local-news/2024/05/voters-get-chance-to-select-first-elected-judge-to-west-virginia-intermediate-appeals-court/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=weirtondailytimes.com |language=en-US}}

• Mychal Schulz, attorney
• Elgine McArdle, attorney and former chairwoman of the West Virginia Republican Party
• Ryan White, attorney and lobbyist

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Nonpartisan politician|candidate=Ryan White|votes=160,732|percentage=59.1%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Nonpartisan politician|candidate=Elgine McArdle|votes=58,775|percentage=21.6%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Nonpartisan politician|candidate=Michael Schulz|votes=52,238|percentage=19.2%}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=271,745|percentage=100%}}

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In 2024, one amendment appeared on the ballot.

{{Infobox referendum

|name=Amendment 1

|country=West Virginia

|date=November 5, 2024

|title= Prohibit "Medically-Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Mercy Killing" Measure

|map= 2024 West Virginia Amendment 1 results map by county.svg

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The Prohibit "Medically-Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Mercy Killing" Measure was a legislatively-referred ballot measure which proposed to amend the state Constitution to prohibit medically-assisted suicide from being practiced in the state.{{Cite web |title=Amendment 1: Amendment 1 (2024 Voter Guide) |url=https://westvirginiawatch.com/ballot-measures/amendment-1/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=West Virginia Watch |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Curtis |first=Mark |date=Sep 3, 2024 |title=West Virginia voters will consider amendment to ban physician-assisted suicide |url=https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/west-virginia-politics/west-virginia-voters-will-consider-amendment-to-ban-physician-assisted-suicide/ |access-date=Sep 24, 2024 |website=WOWK 13 News}} The ballot measure was narrowly accepted by voters. The practice was already illegal in the state by the West Virginia Health Care Decisions Act.{{Cite web |title=West Virginia Secretary of State, Democratic Candidate at Odds Over Constitutional Amendment on Euthanasia |url=https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2024/09/west-virginia-secretary-of-state-democratic-candidate-at-odds-over-constitutional-amendment-on-euthanasia/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=theintelligencer.net |language=en-US}}

{{Referendum

| title = Amendment 1

| yes = 340,403

| yespct = 50.44

| no = 334,521

| nopct = 49.56

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