WEST VIRGINIA

Your complete directory of West Virginia candidates for Governor, United State Senator and Congress in the current election cycle ... state political parties ... the official state election office ... and state news sources.

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ELECTION CALENDAR: Filing Deadline (Major Parties): January 27, 2024 Filing Deadline (Primary Write-Ins): March 26, 2024 Filing Deadline (Third Parties & Independents): August 1, 2024 Filing Deadline (Write-Ins): September 17, 2024 Primary: May 14, 2024

CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND: Bold = Active Candidate Italics = Potential Candidate * = Incumbent = Winner (Incumbent Party Listed First)

This page was last updated on November 7, 2024

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
[ Jim Justice (R)* - Candidate for US Senate in 2024.
Patrick Morrisey (R) - Attorney General, Ex-Congressional Aide & '18 US Sen Candidate

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2028.

SECRETARY OF STATE:
[ Mac Warner (R)* - Candidate for Governor in 2024. ]
Kris Warner (R) - State Economic Development Exec Director, Ex-State GOP Chair & Businessman

STATE AUDITOR:
[ J.B. McCuskey (R)* - Candidate for Attorney General in 2024. ]
Mark Hunt (R) - State Sen., Ex-State Del., Attorney & '16 US Rep Candidate

STATE TREASURER:
[ Riley Moore (R)* - Candidate for Congress in 2024. ]
Larry Pack (R) - Ex-State Del., RNC Member, Gubernatorial Aide & Retired Businessman

STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER:
Kent Leonhardt (R)* - (Campaign Site)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
[ Patrick Morrisey (R)* - Candidate for Governor in 2024. ]
J.B. McCuskey (R) - State Auditor, Ex-State Del. & Attorney

U.S. SENATOR:

[ Joe Manchin (I)* - Retiring in 2024. ]
Jim Justice (R) - Governor & Businessman

Shelley Moore Capito (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2026.
Derrick Evans (R) - Ex-State Del., Convicted Jan 6 Rioter & '24 US Rep Candidate

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
Carol Miller (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 2:
[ Alex Mooney (R)* - Lost Primary for US Senate in 2024. ]
Riley Moore (R) - State Treasurer, Ex-State Del., Businessman & Ex-NATO Official

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Constitution Party of West Virginia (C)
West Virginia Democratic Party (D)
Libertarian Party of West Virginia (L)
Mountain Party of West Virginia (M)
West Virginia Republican Party (R)
West Virginia Working Families Party (WF)
Independent (I)
Write-In (WI)

STATE ELECTION OFFICE:

Secretary of State's Office

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Beckley Register-Herald
Black By God / The West Virginian (African-American)
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Braxton Citizens' News
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Clarksburg Exponent and Telegram
Concordia College Concordian
Fairmont Times West Virginian
Fayette Tribune
Hampshire Review
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Lewisburg Mountain Messenger
Lincoln Journal
Logan Banner
Marshall University Parthenon
Martinsburg Journal
Mineral Daily News-Tribune
Montgomery Herald
Morgantown Dominion Post
Mountain State Spotlight
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Parsons Advocate
Pendleton Times
Pineville Independent Herald
The State Journal (Business News)
Weirton Daily Times
West Virginia Metro News
West Virginia State University Yellow Jacket
West Virginia Watch
WV Metro News
WV News
WV Statewide News
WVU Daily Athenaeum
Weston Democrat
Wheeling News-Register & Intelligencer
Williamson Daily News



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