2020 West Virginia elections

Federal

President

Senate
Main article: 2020 United States Senate election in West Virginia

House of Representatives
Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia

Statewide

Governor
Main article: 2020 West Virginia gubernatorial election

Attorney General

[1]
Republican incumbent Patrick Morrisey was re-elected with 51.63% of the vote in 2016. He is seeking re-election.

Republican primary

Declared
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Patrick Morrisey (incumbent) 175,837 100.0%
Total votes 175,837 100.0%

Democratic primary

Declared
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sam Petsonk 86,849 50.0%
Democratic Isaac Sponaugle 86,704 50.0%
Total votes 173,553 100.0%

General election
General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Patrick Morrisey (incumbent)
Democratic Sam Petsonk
Total votes 100.0%

Secretary of State

[5]
Republican incumbent Mac Warner was elected with 48.52% of the vote in 2016, defeating Democratic incumbent Natalie Tennant. He is seeking re-election.

Republican primary

Declared

Withdrawn
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mac Warner (incumbent) 176,915 100.0%
Total votes 176,915 100.0%

Democratic primary

Declared
  • Natalie Tennant, former Secretary of State, candidate for Governor of West Virginia in 2011, and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2014[7]

Withdrawn
  • Brent Pauley, journalist at EnAct West Virginia[8]
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Natalie Tennant 175,600 100.0%
Total votes 175,600 100.0%

General election
General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mac Warner (incumbent)
Democratic Natalie Tennant
Total votes 100.0%

Treasurer

[9]
Democratic incumbent John Perdue was re-elected with 50.33% of the vote in 2016. He is seeking re-election.

Democratic primary

Declared
  • John Perdue, incumbent West Virginia State Treasurer and candidate for Governor of West Virginia in 2011
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Perdue (incumbent) 170,519 100.0%
Total votes 170,519 100.0%

Republican primary

Declared
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Riley Moore 166,977 100.0%
Total votes 166,977 100.0%

General election
General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Perdue (incumbent)
Republican Riley Moore
Total votes 100.0%

Auditor

[10]
Republican incumbent JB McCuskey was elected with 58.48% of the vote in 2016. He is seeking re-election.

Republican primary

Declared
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican JB McCuskey (incumbent) 169,577 100.0%
Total votes 169,577 100.0%

Democratic primary

Declared
  • Mary Ann Claytor, accountant and auditor, nominee for West Virginia State Auditor in 2016, candidate for West Virginia State Senate in 2018, and former candidate for the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2020[11]
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary Ann Claytor 156,089 100.0%
Total votes 156,089 100.0%

General election
General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican JB McCuskey (incumbent)
Democratic Mary Ann Claytor
Total votes 100.0%

Commissioner of Agriculture

[12]
Republican incumbent Kent Leonhardt was elected with 48.41% of the vote in 2016, defeating Democratic incumbent Walt Helmick. He is seeking re-election.

Republican primary

Declared
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kent Leonhardt (incumbent) 113,586 63.5%
Republican Roy Ramey 65,336 36.5%
Total votes 178,922 100.0%

Democratic primary

Declared

Withdrawn
  • Patricia Bunner, attorney[18]
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bob Beach 81,074 48.0%
Democratic William Keplinger 44,084 26.1%
Democratic Dave Miller 43,916 26.0%
Total votes 169,074 100.0%

General election
General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kent Leonhardt (incumbent)
Democratic Bob Beach
Total votes 100.0%

Supreme Court of Appeals

Division 1

[19]
The incumbent is Tim Armstead, who was appointed to the court to replace justice Menis Ketchum, who resigned from the court shortly before being convicted on a felony fraud charge. Armstead then won a 2018 special election to serve the remainder of Ketchum's term with 26.1% of the vote. He is seeking re-election to a full term.[20]

Candidates

Declared
  • Tim Armstead, incumbent justice and Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals[21]
  • David Hummel Jr., justice on the Second West Virginia Circuit Court[22]
  • Richard Neely, former Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals[23]
General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Tim Armstead (incumbent) 151,755 41.0%
Nonpartisan Richard Neely 132,069 35.7%
Nonpartisan David Hummel Jr. 86,112 23.3%
Total votes 369,936 100.0%

Division 2

[24]
The incumbent is Margaret Workman, who was elected with 32.9% of the vote in 2008. She is not seeking re-election.[25]

Candidates

Declared
  • Jim Douglas, justice on the Eleventh West Virginia Circuit Court[26]
  • Kris Raynes, bar grader with the West Virginia Supreme Court Board of Law Examiners[27]
  • Joanna Tabit, justice on the Thirteenth West Virginia Circuit Court[28]
  • Bill Wooton, former state senator and candidate for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in 2016[29]
General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Bill Wooton 115,668 31.0%
Nonpartisan Joanna Tabit 108,952 29.2%
Nonpartisan Kris Raynes 74,334 19.9%
Nonpartisan Jim Douglas 73,843 19.8%
Total votes 372,797 100.0%

Division 3

[30]
The incumbent is John A. Hutchison, who was appointed to the court to replace justice Allen Loughry, who resigned from the court in the midst of his impeachment trial. Hutchison is seeking re-election to serve the remainder of Loughry's term.[31][32]

Candidates

Declared
General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan John A. Hutchison (incumbent) 137,681 39.2%
Nonpartisan Lora Dyer 124,939 31.0%
Nonpartisan William Schwartz 88,369 25.6%
Total votes 350,989 100.0%

Legislature

State Senate

17 of the 34 seats in the West Virginia State Senate will have an election, including 11 Republican-held seats and 6 Democratic-held seats. Four incumbents chose not to seek re-election: Democrats Paul Hardesty, Roman Prezioso, and Corey Palumbo and Republican Kenny Mann. Republicans currently hold a 20-14 veto-proof majority in the senate. Democrats would need a net gain of 4 seats to flip the chamber.[36][37]

House of Delegates

All 100 seats in the West Virginia House of Delegates will have an election. Nineteen incumbents chose not to seek re-election: 11 Democrats and 8 Republicans. Republicans currently hold a 59-41 veto-proof majority in the house of delegates. Democrats would need a net gain of 10 seats to flip the chamber.[38][39]

References
  1. https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_Attorney_General_election,_2020
  2. https://ballotpedia.org/Patrick_Morrisey
  3. https://www.samforwv.com/
  4. https://ballotpedia.org/Isaac_Sponaugle
  5. https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_Secretary_of_State_election,_2020
  6. https://www.weirtondailytimes.com/news/local-news/2019/09/2020-candidates-file-early-in-west-virginia/
  7. https://ballotpedia.org/Natalie_Tennant
  8. http://enactwv.org/author/brent/
  9. https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_Treasurer_election,_2020
  10. https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_Auditor_election,_2020
  11. https://ballotpedia.org/Mary_Ann_Claytor
  12. https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_Agriculture_Commissioner_election,_2020
  13. https://www.facebook.com/pg/RameyforAg/about/
  14. https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_L._Ramey
  15. https://ballotpedia.org/Robert_Beach_(West_Virginia)
  16. https://www.herald-dispatch.com/elections/wv_candidates/w-va-commissioner-of-agriculture-candidate-william-jr-keplinger-d/article_07f72934-6ecb-11ea-8994-b39d419cd3d4.html
  17. https://www.herald-dispatch.com/elections/wv_candidates/w-va-commissioner-of-agriculture-candidate-dave-miller-d/article_9a73f136-67b2-11ea-8039-2f5a1ab0a80a.html
  18. https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/26570-wv-patricia-bunner-4510542.html
  19. https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_Supreme_Court_of_Appeals_elections,_2020#Division_1
  20. https://ballotpedia.org/Tim_Armstead
  21. https://ballotpedia.org/Tim_Armstead
  22. https://ballotpedia.org/David_W._Hummel,_Jr.
  23. https://ballotpedia.org/Richard_Neely
  24. https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_Supreme_Court_of_Appeals_elections,_2020#Division_2
  25. https://ballotpedia.org/Margaret_Workman
  26. https://ballotpedia.org/Jim_Douglas
  27. https://ballotpedia.org/Kris_Raynes
  28. https://ballotpedia.org/Joanna_I._Tabit
  29. https://ballotpedia.org/William_Wooton
  30. https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_Supreme_Court_of_Appeals_elections,_2020#Division_3
  31. https://ballotpedia.org/John_A._Hutchinson
  32. https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_judicial_elections,_2012
  33. https://ballotpedia.org/Lora_Dyer
  34. https://ballotpedia.org/John_A._Hutchinson
  35. https://www.schwartzforwv.com/
  36. https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_State_Senate_elections,_2020
  37. https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_State_Senate
  38. https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_elections,_2020
  39. https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_House_of_Delegates
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