WEST VIRGINIA

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ELECTION CALENDAR: Filing Deadline (Major Parties): January 29, 2022 Filing Deadline (Third Parties/Independents): August 1, 2022 Filing Deadline (Write-Ins): September 20, 2022 Primary: May 10, 2022

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

This page was last updated on August 4, 2022

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
[ Jim Justice (R)* - Term-Limited in 2024. ]
Craig Blair (R) - State Senate President, Ex-State Del. & Electrician
Terri Bradshaw (R) - Farmer
Kent Leonhardt (R) - State Agriculture Commissioner, Ex-State Sen., Farmer & USMC Veteran
J.B. McCuskey (R) - State Auditor, Ex-State Del. & Attorney
Chris Miller (R) - Auto Dealer & Son of Congresswoman Carol Miller
S. Marshall Wilson (ACT) - Ex-State Del., National Guard Officer & '20 Candidate

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2024.

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Mac Warner (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE AUDITOR:
J.B. McCuskey (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE TREASURER:
Riley Moore (R)* - (Campaign Site)

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

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Patrick Morrisey (R)* - (Campaign Site)

U.S. SENATOR:

Shelley Moore Capito (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2026.

Joe Manchin (D)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2024.
Stephen Smith (D) - Nonprofit Executive, Community Organizer & '20 Gov Candidate
Riley Moore (R) - State Treasurer, Ex-State Del., Businessman & Ex-NATO Official
Patrick Morrisey (R) - Attorney General, Ex-Congressional Aide & '18 Candidate

U.S. CONGRESS:

** NEW 2022 DISTRICTS USED BELOW **

District 1:
Carol Miller (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Lacy Watson (D) - College Professor, Psychologist, '20 Candidate & '18 St Del Nominee
Belinda Fox-Spencer (I) - Businesswoman, Artist, Pro-Life Activist & '20 Candidate

District 2:
[ David McKinley (R)* - Current CD-1 Congressman - Defeated for Renomination in 2022. ]
Alex Mooney (R)* - Current CD-2 Congressman - (Campaign Site)
Barry Lee Wendell (D) - Ex-Morgantown City Councilman & Music Teacher

Old District 3 - Eliminated in 2022

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Americans Coming Together Party (ACT)
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
Berkeley Springs Morgan Messenger
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Braxton Citizens' News
Change West Virgina Blog
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Clarksburg Exponent and Telegram
Concordia College Concordian
Fairmont Times West Virginian
Hamlin Lincoln Journal
Hampshire Review
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Jackson Herald
Keyser Mineral Daily News-Tribune
Lewisburg Mountain Messenger
Logan Banner
Marshall University Parthenon
Martinsburg Journal
Montgomery Herald
Morgantown Dominion Post
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Parsons Advocate
Pendleton Times
Pineville Independent Herald
Putnam-Cabell Post
The State Journal (Business News)
Weirton Daily Times
West Virginia Metro News
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Weston Democrat
West Virginia Metro News
West Virginia State University Yellow Jacket
WVU Daily Athenaeum
Wheeling News-Register & Intelligencer
Williamson Daily News

WBOY TV-12 (NBC - Clarksburg)
WDTV TV-5 (CBS - Bridgeport/Weston)
WSAZ TV-3 (NBC - Charleston/Huntington)

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