| The Green Papers: West Virginia 2018 General Election |
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West Virginia
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress ✓ Primary: Tuesday 8 May 2018 ✓ General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 |
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16 February 2017: State Senator Jeff "Bubblegum" Mullins introduces SB 33 which moves all West Virginia primaries from May to the 2nd Friday in February. The primary includes the Democratic and Republican parties. The Libertarian and Mountain parties nominate by convention. Candidates affiliated with a recognized political party who run for election in a primary election and who lose the nomination cannot change her or his voter registration to a minor party organization/unaffiliated candidate to take advantage of the later filing deadlines and have their name on the subsequent general election ballot. 2018 Elections from the West Virginia Secretary of State. Candidate Listing By Office from the West Virginia Secretary of State. 8 May 2018 Primary: Returns from an official source. 6 November 2018: |
| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 115th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 1 |
Democratic | Senator Joseph "Joe" Manchin, III • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018 • First elected in a special election to a partial term to fill the vacancy caused by the 28 June 2010 death of Senator Robert C. Byrd (Democratic): 2 November 2010. He replaces Senator Carte P. Goodwin (Democrat) who had been appointed by Governor Joe Manchin (Democratic) to temporarily fill the vacancy. Won the special election for the term ending in Jaunary 2013 and the the concurrent regular election for the term ending January 2019: 6 November 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Renominated |
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| Candidate list (3, 4 write-ins) | |||||
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Democratic | 290,510 | 49.57% | Senator Joseph "Joe" Manchin, III • FEC S0WV00090; 26 Nov 18; Tot $8,400,452; Dsb $7,682,192 |
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Republican | 271,113 | 46.26% | Attorney General Patrick James Morrisey • 10 July 2017: Candidate for the U.S. Senate Class 1 Seat in 2018. • FEC S8WV00143; 26 Nov 18; Tot $6,171,331; Dsb $6,082,678 |
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Libertarian | 24,411 | 4.17% | Rusty Lee Hollen • FEC S8WV00192 |
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Write-in | Morgantown City Deputy Mayor and Councilor Mark Brazaitis | |||
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Write-in | Larry Butcher | |||
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Write-in | Christopher M. Cross | |||
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Write-in | Ry Hutcherson | |||
| Total | 586,034 | 100.00% | |||
| Class 2 | Republican | Senator Shelley Moore Capito • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 |
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Republican | Senator Shelley Moore Capito • FEC S4WV00159 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
| Republican | Governor Jim Justice • First elected: 2016 (as a Democrat) • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • 3 August 2017: Announced he was changing his affiliation from Democratic to Republican: "... tomorrow I will be changing my registration to Republican." |
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| Candidate list (1) | |||||
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Democratic | Stephen Noble Smith | |||
| 115th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Republican (2 Renominated); 1 Vacancy | |||||
| Incumbent - 115th Congress | |||||
CD 1 |
Republican | Congressman David Bennett McKinley • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018 • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Renominated |
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| Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 116th Congress | |||||
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Republican | 127,997 | 64.58% | Congressman David Bennett McKinley • FEC H0WV01072; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,325,311; Dsb $1,309,360 |
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Democratic | 70,217 | 35.42% | Kendra Jean Huard Fershee • FEC H8WV01075; 26 Nov 18; Tot $274,573; Dsb $276,609 |
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Write-in; (Independent) | Alex Weinstein | |||
| Total | 198,214 | 100.00% | |||
| Incumbent - 115th Congress | |||||
| CD 2 |
Republican | Congressman Alexander Xavier "Alex" Mooney • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018 • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Renominated |
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| Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress | |||||
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Republican | 110,504 | 53.96% | Congressman Alexander Xavier "Alex" Mooney • FEC H4WV02080; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,817,971; Dsb $1,178,406 |
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Democratic | 88,011 | 42.98% | Rebekah Talbott "Talley" Sergent • FEC H8WV02115; 26 Nov 18; Tot $705,197; Dsb $682,226 |
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Mountain | 6,277 | 3.07% | Daniel Perettie "Danny" Lutz, Jr. • FEC H8WV02123; 13 Nov 18; Tot $2,230; Dsb $2,121 |
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| Total | 204,792 | 100.00% | |||
| Incumbent - 115th Congress | |||||
CD 3 Vacant |
Republican | Congressman Evan H. Jenkins • First elected: 2014. Previously served as a Democrat in the state Senate 2002-2010 and state House 1994-1998. Switched from Democratic to Republican: 30 July 2013. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Vacant Office - 8 May 2017: Lost the primary for the U.S. Senate Class 2 seat in 2018. Now running for state Supreme Court Justice. 25 August 2018: Governor Jim Justice has names Congressman Evan Jenkins to the state Supreme Court. The Congressman will resign from Congress when he takes the bench. 28 August 2018: There will be no special election according to the Secretary of State. Once Congressman Jenkins resigns, the seat will remain vacant until the successor is seated on 3 January 2019. 30 September 2018: Resigned. |
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| ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | |||||
| Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress | |||||
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Republican | 98,645 | 56.37% | state Delegate Carol Devine Miller • FEC H8WV03097; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,942,490; Dsb $1,922,793 |
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Democratic | 76,340 | 43.63% | state Senator Richard Neece Ojeda, II • FEC H8WV03048; 26 Nov 18; Tot $2,850,434; Dsb $2,808,058 |
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| Total | 174,985 | 100.00% | |||
| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020 | |||||
| Republican | Secretary of State Andrew "Mac" Warner • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020 | |||||
| Republican | Attorney General Patrick James Morrisey • First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • 10 July 2017: Candidate for the U.S. Senate Class 1 Seat in 2018. |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020 | |||||
| Democratic | Treasurer Johnny Duane "John" Perdue • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 |
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| Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020 | |||||
| Republican | Auditor John B. "J.B." McCuskey • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 |
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| Commissioner of Agriculture 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020 | |||||
| Republican | Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 |
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| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
| Major Parties Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties. | |
| • Democratic (affiliates): 2 incumbents, 5 candidates | |
| • Republican: 9 incumbents, 5 candidates | |
| Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties. | |
| • Libertarian: 1 candidate | |
| Other Third Parties | |
| • Mountain (affiliate of Green): 1 candidate | |
| Independents | |
| • Independent: 1 candidate | |
| Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable | |
| • Write-in: 5 candidates | |
| Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted. | |
| Notes |
| Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot. |
| Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change. |
"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary. When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details. If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements. |
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