WEST VIRGINIA

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ELECTION CALENDAR: Filing Deadline (Major Parties): January 25, 2020 Filing Deadline (Third Parties/Independents): August 2020 Filing Deadline (Write-Ins): September 2020 Primary: June 9, 2020

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

This page was last updated on November 6, 2020

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
Jim Justice (R)* - Term-Limited in 2024.

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:
[ John Perdue (D)* - Lost for Reelection in 2020. ]
Riley Moore (R) - Ex-State Del., Businessman, Ex-NATO Official & Ex-Congressional Aide

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.

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
David McKinley (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 2:
Alex Mooney (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 3:
Carol Miller (R)* - (Campaign Site)

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
Berkeley Springs Morgan Messenger
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Braxton Citizens' News
Change West Virgina Blog
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Clarksburg Exponent and Telegram
Fairmont Times West Virginian
Hamlin Lincoln Journal
Hampshire Review
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Jackson Herald
Keyser Mineral Daily News-Tribune
Lewisburg Mountain Messenger
Logan Banner
Martinsburg Journal
Morgantown Dominion Post
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
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
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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