2020 West Virginia elections

Federal

President

Senate

House of Representatives

Statewide

Governor

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

Patrick Morrisey, incumbent Attorney General of West Virginia and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018[2]

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

Democratic primary

Declared

Sam Petsonk, attorney[3]
Isaac Sponaugle, state delegate[4]

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	%
	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

Mac Warner, incumbent Secretary of State of West Virginia

Withdrawn

Tyrin Smith-Holmes of Huntington[6]

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Withdrawn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	%
	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

Riley Moore, former state delegate

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	%
	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

JB McCuskey, incumbent West Virginia State Auditor

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	%
	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

Kent Leonhardt, incumbent West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture
Roy Ramey, farm owner and American Freedom nominee for West Virginia State Senate in 2014[13][14]

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

Bob Beach, state senator[15]
William Keplinger, farmer and businessman[16]
Dave Miller, farmer[17]

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	%
	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

Lora Dyer, justice on the Fifth West Virginia Circuit Court[33]
John A. Hutchison, incumbent justice[34]
William Schwartz, attorney[35]

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]

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References

External links

Official campaign websites for Attorney General

Official campaign websites for Secretary of State

Official campaign websites for Treasurer

Official campaign websites for Auditor

Official campaign websites for Commissioner of Agriculture

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[2] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Patrick_Morrisey

[3] ttps://www.samforwv.com/

[4] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Isaac_Sponaugle

[sos-5] ttps://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_Secretary_of_State_election,_2020

[6] ttps://www.weirtondailytimes.com/news/local-news/2019/09/2020-candidates-file-early-in-west-virginia/

[7] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Natalie_Tennant

[8] ttp://enactwv.org/author/brent/

[a-9] ttps://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_Treasurer_election,_2020

[10] ttps://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_Auditor_election,_2020

[11] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Mary_Ann_Claytor

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[14] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Roy_L._Ramey

[15] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Robert_Beach_(West_Virginia)

[16] ttps://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] ttps://www.herald-dispatch.com/elections/wv_candidates/w-va-commissioner-of-agriculture-candidate-dave-miller-d/article_9a73f136-67b2-11ea-8039-2f5a1ab0a80a.html

[18] ttps://www.avvo.com/attorneys/26570-wv-patricia-bunner-4510542.html

[19] ttps://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_Supreme_Court_of_Appeals_elections,_2020#Division_1

[20] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Tim_Armstead

[21] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Tim_Armstead

[22] ttps://ballotpedia.org/David_W._Hummel,_Jr.

[23] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Richard_Neely

[24] ttps://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_Supreme_Court_of_Appeals_elections,_2020#Division_2

[25] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Margaret_Workman

[26] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Jim_Douglas

[27] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Kris_Raynes

[28] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Joanna_I._Tabit

[29] ttps://ballotpedia.org/William_Wooton

[30] ttps://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_Supreme_Court_of_Appeals_elections,_2020#Division_3

[31] ttps://ballotpedia.org/John_A._Hutchinson

[32] ttps://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_judicial_elections,_2012

[33] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Lora_Dyer

[34] ttps://ballotpedia.org/John_A._Hutchinson

[35] ttps://www.schwartzforwv.com/

[36] ttps://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_State_Senate_elections,_2020

[37] ttps://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_State_Senate

[38] ttps://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_elections,_2020

[39] ttps://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_House_of_Delegates

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