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 September 18, 2020

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
Jim Justice (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Ben Salango (D) - Kanawha County Commissioner & Attorney
Erika Kolenich (L) - Attorney & Community Activist
Danny Lutz (M) - Conservation District Supervisor & Retired USAF Officer
Quintin Caldwell (WI) - Consultant
S. Marshall Wilson (WI) - State Del., National Guard Officer, Iraq War Veteran & Ex-Republican

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2020.

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Mac Warner (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Natalie Tennant (D) - Ex-Secretary of State, Ex-TV News Reporter & '14 US Sen Nominee

STATE AUDITOR:
J.B. McCuskey (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Mary Ann Claytor (D) - Accountant, Auditor, Prison Minister & '16 State Del. Nominee

STATE TREASURER:
John Perdue (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Riley Moore (R) - Ex-State Del., Businessman, Ex-NATO Official & Ex-Congressional Aide

STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER:
Kent Leonhardt (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Bob Beach (D) - State Sen. & Ex-State Del.

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Patrick Morrisey (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Isaac Sponaugle (D) - State Del. & Attorney

U.S. SENATOR:

Shelley Moore Capito (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Paula Jean Swearengin (D) - Environmental Activist & '18 Candidate
David Moran (L) - Farmer, Retired Engineer & '12/'16 Gov Nominee

Joe Manchin (D)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2024.

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
David McKinley (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Natalie Cline (D) - Computational Linguist

District 2:
Alex Mooney (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Cathy Kunkel (D) - Energy Analyst, Writer & Working Families Party State Co-Chair

District 3:
Carol Miller (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Lacy Watson (D) - College Professor, Psychologist & '18 St Del Nominee

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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