West Virginia 2020 General Election

The Green Papers: West Virginia 2020 General Election

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West Virginia
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 9 June 2020
✓ General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

✓ Saturday 25 January 2020 - Filing Deadline - Primary .
✓ Tuesday 9 June 2020 - Primary . Polling hours 6:30a-7:30p EDT (1030-2330 UTC).
✓ Friday 31 July 2020 - Filing Deadline - Independent/Third/Minor/President .
✓ Tuesday 15 September 2020 - Filing Deadline - Write-in .
✓ Tuesday 3 November 2020 - General Election . Polling hours 6:30a-7:30p EST (1130-0030 UTC).

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	1,859,815	(0.60% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	5	(0.93% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	3	(0.69% of 435)
Capital:	Charleston

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West Virginia State and Local Government

West Virginia 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans

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.

The Democratic, Libertarian, Mountain, and Republican political parties are recognized in West Virginia. "No party" candidates include minor parties, unaffiliated or independent candidates.

The primary includes the Democratic and Republican parties. The Libertarian (4 April) and Mountain (6 June) parties nominate by convention.

1 April 2020: Due to the COVID-19 virus, Governor Jim Justice has moved the primaries from 12 May to 9 June.

Elections Frequently Asked Questions (under "Voting FAQs" => "When is the next election?) and (under "Voting FAQs" => "Who is running for office?") from the Secretary of State.

West Virginia Running for Office Guide from the Secretary of State.

Polling Hours from the Secretary of State.

2020 Elections Calendar from the Secretary of State.

Candidate Listing By Office from the Secretary of State.

9 June Primary returns a from a media source.

9 June 2020 Primary returns from the Secretary of State.

3 November 2020: General Election from the Secretary of State.

3 November 2020: returns from the Secretary of State.

17 December 2020: Write-in obtained from the Certificate of Vote from the National Archives.



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 5 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.

	Candidate list (4, 26 write-ins)

		Republican	545,382	68.62%	President Donald John Trump • for Vice President: Vice President Michael R. "Mike" Pence (5 Electoral Votes) • FEC P80001571; 23 Nov 20; Tot $717,303,371; Dsb $718,174,436

		Democratic	235,984	29.69%	former Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • for Vice President: California Senator Kamala D. Harris • FEC P80000722; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,064,613,463; Dsb $1,063,053,521

		Libertarian	10,687	1.34%	Jo Jorgensen • for Vice President: Jeremy "Spike" Cohen • FEC P00013524; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,405,357; Dsb $3,373,521

		Mountain	2,599	0.33%	Howie Gresham Hawkins • for Vice President: Angela Nichole Walker • FEC P00012211; 23 Nov 20; Tot $495,566; Dsb $476,095

		Write-in; (Constitution)	25	0.00%	Don Blankenship • FEC P00014209; 20 Dec 20; Tot $83,880; Dsb $83,880
		Write-in; (Independent)	11	0.00%	Mark Robert Charles • FEC P00012039; 23 Nov 20; Tot $157,733; Dsb $155,506
		Write-in; (Peace And Freedom)	9	0.00%	Gloria Estela La Riva • FEC P80005572; 23 Nov 20; Tot $43,674; Dsb $39,726
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	8	0.00%	Albert L. Raley
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	6	0.00%	Thomas "Tom" Hoefling • for Vice President: Andy Prior
		Write-in; (Independent)	6	0.00%	Jade Simmons • for Vice President: Caudeliah J. Rose • FEC P00015537; 23 Nov 20; Tot $125,500; Dsb $72,644
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	5	0.00%	Brock Jeffrey Pierce • for Vice President: Karla Marie Ballard • FEC P00016550; 23 Nov 20; Tot $6,347,587; Dsb $6,315,486
		Write-in; (Republican)	2	0.00%	Barbara Ruth Bellar • FEC P00012799; 30 Sep 20; Tot $5,051; Dsb $729
		Write-in; (No Affiliation)	2	0.00%	Deborah Ann "Debbie" Rouse • FEC P00005207
		Write-in; (Libertarian)	2	0.00%	Andy Hope Williams, Jr. • FEC P00015271
		Write-in; (Non Affiliated)	1	0.00%	Shawn W. Howard • for Vice President: Alyssa C. Howard • FEC P00011189; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,386; Dsb $3,281
		Write-in; (Independent)	1	0.00%	Princess Khadijah Maryam Jacob-Fambro • for Vice President: Khadijah Maryam Jacob, Sr. • FEC P20004768
		Write-in	1	0.00%	Michael Arthur "Mike" Laboch • FEC P00017293
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Dennis Andrew Ball
		Write-in; (Non Affiliated)	0	0.00%	President R19 Boddie • Filed as President R. Boddie • FEC P00017202
		Write-in; (Green)	0	0.00%	Susan Maude Buchser-Lochocki • Listed as Susan B. Lochocki • FEC P00014357; 30 Nov 20; Tot $12,794; Dsb $12,652
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, Jr. • FEC P60016342; 23 Nov 20; Tot $14,220,189; Dsb $14,208,041
		Write-in			Randall Patrick Foltyniewicz • Filed as Randell F.
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Kathryn Gibson
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Louis Marie Gillaspie-Greenwood
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Abram Loeb • FEC P00016329
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Silvia Stagg
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	Christopher Stried • FEC P00009084
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Marcus Errellius Sykes • FEC P00013417; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,310; Dsb $1,310
		Write-in; (Socialist Equality)	0	0.00%	Joseph Kishore Tanniru • Filed as Joseph Kishore • FEC P00015230; 03 Dec 20; Tot $25,816; Dsb $25,738
		Write-in; (Non Affiliated)	0	0.00%	Kasey J. Wells • FEC P00007864; 14 Oct 20; Tot $10,625; Dsb $10,578
Total			794,731	100.00%

U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 116^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Joseph "Joe" Manchin, III • 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, re-elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
	Candidate list (1)

		*Democratic*			*Senator Joseph "Joe" Manchin, III* • FEC S0WV00090

Class 2		Republican	Senator Shelley Moore Capito • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (3)

		Republican	547,454	70.28%	Senator Shelley Moore Capito • FEC S4WV00159; 23 Nov 20; Tot $4,943,306; Dsb $3,108,615

		Democratic	210,309	27.00%	Paula Jean Swearengin • FEC S0WV00215; 23 Nov 20; Tot $2,064,710; Dsb $1,934,526

		Libertarian	21,155	2.72%	David Durstan Moran • FEC S0WV00264
Total			778,918	100.00%

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Republican	Governor James C. "Jim" Justice • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • 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. • Renominated - 3 August 2017: Announced he was changing his affiliation from Democratic to Republican: "... tomorrow I will be changing my registration to Republican."
	Candidate list (4, 5 write-ins)

		Republican	497,944	64.77%	Governor James C. "Jim" Justice • 7 January 2019: Announced that he would run for re-election.

		Democratic	237,024	30.83%	Kanawha County Commissioner Carlos Benjamin "Ben" Salango

		Libertarian	22,527	2.93%	Erika Klie Kolenich

		Mountain	11,309	1.47%	Daniel Perettie "Danny" Lutz, Jr.

		Write-in; (Independent)			Quintin Gerard Caldwell
		Write-in			former state Delegate Michael "Mike" Folk
		Write-in			Kimberly Gross
		Write-in			Mitch Roberts
		Write-in; (Independent)			state Delegate S. Marshall Wilson • Elected as state Delegate as a Republican but switched Independent in 2019.
Total			768,804	100.00%

116^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 3 Republican (3 Renominated)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1		Republican	Member of Congress David Bennett McKinley • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress

		Republican	180,488	68.98%	Member of Congress David Bennett McKinley • FEC H0WV01072; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,093,754; Dsb $1,071,740

		Democratic	81,177	31.02%	Natalie Ann Cline • FEC H0WV01114; 15 Dec 20; Tot $81,203; Dsb $82,052

		Write-in			Shawn Paul Cosner • FEC H0WV01130
Total			261,665	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2		Republican	Member of Congress Alexander Xavier "Alex" Mooney • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress

		Republican	172,195	63.08%	Member of Congress Alexander Xavier "Alex" Mooney • FEC H4WV02080; 23 Nov 20; Tot $2,107,690; Dsb $756,271

		Democratic	100,799	36.92%	Catherine Marie "Cathy" Kunkel • FEC H0WV02179; 04 Dec 20; Tot $649,360; Dsb $649,360
Total			272,994	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 3		Republican	Member of Congress Carol Devine Miller • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress

		Republican	161,585	71.34%	Member of Congress Carol Devine Miller • FEC H8WV03097; 23 Nov 20; Tot $911,619; Dsb $749,510

		Democratic	64,927	28.66%	Hilary Anne Turner • FEC H0WV03151; 23 Nov 20; Tot $99,213; Dsb $97,333

		Write-in; (Independent)			Belinda Fox-Spencer • FEC H0WV03193; 23 Nov 20; Tot $5,207; Dsb $5,207
Total			226,512	100.00%

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

		Republican	Secretary of State Andrew McCoy "Mac" Warner • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican	447,537	58.26%	Secretary of State Andrew McCoy "Mac" Warner

		Democratic	320,650	41.74%	former Secretary of State Natalie Ethel Tennant • First elected as Secretary of State: 2008; re-elected: 2012. Lost re-election in 2016.
Total			768,187	100.00%

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

		Republican	Attorney General Patrick James Morrisey • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican	487,250	63.77%	Attorney General Patrick James Morrisey

		Democratic	276,798	36.23%	Samuel Brown "Sam" Petsonk
Total			764,048	100.00%

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 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican	425,745	56.31%	former state Delegate Riley McGowan "Riley" Moore

		Democratic	330,316	43.69%	Treasurer Johnny Duane "John" Perdue
Total			756,061	100.00%

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

		Republican	Auditor John Bohen "J.B." McCuskey • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican	496,845	67.03%	Auditor John Bohen "J.B." McCuskey

		Democratic	244,427	32.97%	Mary Ann Roebuck "MAC" Claytor
Total			741,272	100.00%

Commissioner of Agriculture 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

		Republican	Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican	480,386	64.98%	Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt

		Democratic	258,912	35.02%	state Senator Robert Del "Bob" Beach
Total			739,298	100.00%

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, 12 candidates
	• Republican: 9 incumbents, 12 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.
	• Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Libertarian: 4 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Mountain (affiliate of Green): 2 candidates
	• Peace And Freedom: 1 candidate
	• Socialist Equality: 1 candidate
Independents
	• Independent: 7 candidates
	• No Affiliation: 1 candidate
	• Non Affiliated: 3 candidates
	• Unaffiliated: 3 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 33 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.