# 2024 West Virginia elections

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West Virginia held elections on November 5, 2024. Primary elections were held on May 14, 2024.
Every state-wide election was won by Republicans, while the Republican supermajorities in both legislative chambers increased. This resulted in every state-level and federal-level office in West Virginia being held by Republicans for the first time since the 1920s.

## Federal offices
### President

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump carried every county in West Virginia, for the third election in a row. Trump won with 70% of the vote share in the state, the largest percentage of the vote ever for any presidential candidate in West Virginia history. West Virginia was his strongest state in 2016 and his second-strongest state in 2020.

### Senate

Incumbent senator Joe Manchin announced that he would not run for reelection in 2024. Manchin was the only state-wide elected Democrat in West Virginia before he left the party and became an independent in early 2024.
Term-limited incumbent governor Jim Justice won the Republican party primary over U.S. representative Alex Mooney. Justice went on to receive 68% of the vote in the general election, defeating mayor of Wheeling Glenn Elliott.

### House of Representatives

In the first district, incumbent Carol Miller won the election with 66% of the vote, returning her to office for her fourth term.
In the second district, incumbent Alex Mooney announced his retirement in order to run for the United States Senate. Republican candidate Riley Moore, the incumbent state Treasurer, won the election with 71% of the vote.

## Governor

Incumbent Republican governor Jim Justice is term-limited and is instead running for the United States Senate. Republican candidate and incumbent Attorney General Patrick Morrisey won the election with 62% of the vote.
2024 West Virginia gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Patrick Morrisey | 459,300 | 61.99% |
| | Democratic | Steve Williams | 233,976 | 31.58% |
| | Constitution | S. Marshall Wilson | 16,828 | 2.27% |
| | Libertarian | Erika Kolenich | 21,228 | 2.87% |
| | Mountain | Chase Linko-Looper | 9,596 | 1.30% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 10 | 0.00% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 740,938 | |

## State legislature
### State Senate

17 of the 34 seats in the West Virginia State Senate will hold elections, including 15 Republican-held seats and two Democratic-held seats. Three incumbents chose not to seek re-election: Republican David Stover and both Democrats Mike Caputo and Robert Plymale.
Of the 17 seats up for election, 16 were won by Republican candidates. This left only two democrats serving in the 34-member State Senate.

### House of Delegates

All 100 seats in the West Virginia House of Delegates are up for election. Sixteen incumbents chose not to seek re-election including three Democrats and thirteen Republicans.
91 seats were won by Republican candidates, increasing their majority from 89 seats.

## Attorney General

Incumbent Patrick Morrisey is not running for reelection, instead running for governor. Incumbent State Auditor JB McCuskey won the election.
West Virginia Attorney General election, 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | JB McCuskey | 501,452 | 70.02% |
| | Democratic | Teresa Toriseva | 214,654 | 29.98% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 716,106 | |

## Secretary of State

Incumbent Mac Warner is not running for reelection, instead running for governor. Mac's brother and former chair of the West Virginia Republican Party Kris Warner won the election.
West Virginia Secretary of State election, 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Kris Warner | 510,992 | 71.15% |
| | Democratic | Thornton Cooper | 207,238 | 28.85% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 718,230 | |

## Treasurer

Incumbent Riley Moore is not running for reelection, instead running for the second district in the United States House. Larry Pack, the incumbent acting West Virginia Secretary of Revenue, ran unopposed in the general election.

### Results

West Virginia State Treasurer election, 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Larry Pack | 602,718 | 99.93% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 444 | 0.07% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 603,162 | 100.00% |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## Auditor

Incumbent JB McCuskey is not running for reelection, instead running for Attorney General. Republican state senator Mark Hunt won the election.
West Virginia State Auditor election, 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Mark Hunt | 488,737 | 68.72% |
| | Democratic | Mary Ann Claytor | 222,491 | 31.28% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 711,228 | |

## Commissioner of Agriculture

The incumbent is Kent Leonhardt, who was first elected in 2016. He won re-election.

### General election

General election results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Kent Leonhardt (incumbent) | 490,964 | 69.14% |
| | Democratic | Deborah Stiles | 219,131 | 30.86% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 710,095 | |

## Judiciary
### Supreme Court of Appeals
#### Division 1

Justice C. Haley Bunn is the incumbent and was appointed to the seat by Governor Jim Justice in 2022 following the resignation of Evan Jenkins. Bunn ran unopposed in the race and thus won reelection.

#### Division 2

The incumbent is Justice John A. Hutchison, who was elected to a full term in 2020. Hutchison is not running for reelection. Charles S. Trump IV, a member of West Virginia State Senate and the former minority leader of the West Virginia House of Delegates, announced his candidacy in 2023. Trump ran unopposed in the race and thus won reelection.

### Intermediate Court of Appeals

The 2024 election is the first election for the Intermediate Court of Appeals following its creation in 2022.
The incumbent is Thomas E. Scarr of Huntington, who was appointed to the court by Governor Jim Justice for a two and one half year term. Scarr elected to not run for reelection.

#### Candidates

* Mychal Schulz, attorney
* Elgine McArdle, attorney and former chairwoman of the West Virginia Republican Party
* Ryan White, attorney and lobbyist
West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals election, 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Ryan White | 160,732 | 59.1% |
| | Nonpartisan | Elgine McArdle | 58,775 | 21.6% |
| | Nonpartisan | Michael Schulz | 52,238 | 19.2% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 271,745 | 100% |

## Ballot measures

In 2024, one amendment appeared on the ballot.

### Amendment 1

The Prohibit "Medically-Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Mercy Killing" Measure was a legislatively-referred ballot measure which proposed to amend the state Constitution to prohibit medically-assisted suicide from being practiced in the state. The ballot measure was narrowly accepted by voters. The practice was already illegal in the state by the West Virginia Health Care Decisions Act.
Amendment 1 :
| Choice | Votes | % |
| Yes | 340,403 | 50.44 |
| No | 334,521 | 49.56 |
| Total votes | 674,924 | 100.00 |