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
Democratic primary
Declared
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Isaac Sponaugle 84,289 50.2%
Democratic Sam Petsonk 83,583 49.8%
Total votes 167,872 100.0%
General election
General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Patrick Morrisey (incumbent)
Democratic TBD
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Withdrawn
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Withdrawn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]
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
Republican primary
Declared
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
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]
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) 113,513 63.4%
Republican Roy Ramey 65,496 36.6%
Total votes 179,009 100.0%
Democratic primary
Declared
Withdrawn
  • Patricia Bunner, attorney[18]
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bob Beach 81,337 48.0%
Democratic William Keplinger 44,150 26.1
Democratic Dave Miller 43,920 25.9%
Total votes 169,407 100.0%
General election
General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kent Leonhardt (incumbent)
Democratic Bob Beach
Total votes 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.[19][20]

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.[21][22]

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_State_Senate_elections,_2020
  20. https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_State_Senate
  21. https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_elections,_2020
  22. https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_House_of_Delegates
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Official campaign websites for Auditor
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