West Virginia State Senate elections, 2026

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2026 West Virginia Senate Elections
Primäre	Anhängig
Allgemein	November 3, 2026

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Elections for the West Virginia State Senate will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026.

The West Virginia State Senate is one of 88 state legislative chambers holding elections in 2026. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.

Party control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates and State government trifectas

Party		As of September 2024
	Democratic Party	3
	Republican Party	31
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		34

Candidates

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

• Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
• Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

This list will be updated after the candidate filing deadline has passed and the official list of candidates becomes available. Please contact us if you notice an official candidate missing from the list or the inclusion of a candidate who withdrew.

Primäre

West Virginia State Senate primary 2026
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17

General election

West Virginia State Senate general election 2026
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name. The candidate list in this election may not be complete. Please contact Ballotpedia about candidate additions, withdrawals, or disqualifications. Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for each election into lists under general election headings. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated. Before the candidate filing deadline passes, Ballotpedia will separate these candidates into their respective primaries as appropriate.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9		Rollan Roberts (i)
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17

Voting information

See also: Voting in West Virginia

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

Competitiveness

This section will be updated with information about the competitiveness of state legislative elections in West Virginia. For more information about Ballotpedia's Competitiveness Analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.

Process to become a candidate

See also: Ballot access requirements for political candidates in West Virginia

See statutes: Chapter 3, Article 5 of the West Virginia Code

Certificate of announcement, 2013

Political party candidates

Before raising money for a campaign, a candidate must file a pre-candidacy registration form. The form must identify a campaign treasurer, who will be responsible for the campaign's financial transactions. A candidate must file a certificate of announcement declaring his or her candidacy with the West Virginia Secretary of State. The candidate must pay a filing fee, which is calculated as a percentage of the salary of the office sought. The candidate must also file a financial disclosure statement with the West Virginia Ethics Commission within 10 days of filing the certificate of announcement.

Independent candidates

An independent candidate must gain authorization to collect petition signatures by obtaining an official credentials form from the county clerk in each county in which the candidate wishes to collect signatures. This form must be presented to each voter canvassed or solicited.

The candidate must obtain a candidate nomination petition at the time of gaining authorization. The candidate must obtain signatures equaling at least 1 percent of the entire vote cast at the last preceding general election for the office being sought (or at least 25 signatures).

The candidate must file the certificate of announcement and nominating petition with the appropriate office. An independent candidate must also pay a filing fee (the same as that paid by political party candidates).

Write-in candidates

A write-in candidate must file a certificate of announcement with the West Virginia Secretary of State. Write-in candidates are not listed on the ballot, but a list of official write-in candidates is posted at each polling place during early voting and on Election Day.

A write-in candidate is not required to pay a filing fee or collect signatures.

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

Section 13 of Article 6 of the West Virginia Constitution states, "No person holding any other lucrative office or employment under this state, the United States, or any foreign government; no member of Congress; and no person who is sheriff, constable, or clerk of any court of record, shall be eligible to a seat in the Legislature."

Salaries and per diem

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries

State legislative salaries, 2024
Salary	Per diem
$20,000/year	$75/day for members who commute daily. $175/day for members who do not commute daily.

When sworn in

See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election

West Virginia legislators assume office on the first day of December following their election.

West Virginia political history

Trifectas

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.

West Virginia Party Control: 1992-2024
Nineteen years of Democratic trifectas  •  Seven years of Republican trifectas

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Governor	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
House	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

Presidential politics in West Virginia

2020

See also: Presidential election, 2020

Presidential election in West Virginia, 2020

		Candidate/Running mate	%	Popular votes	Electoral votes
✔		Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R)	68.6	545,382	5
		Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)	29.7	235,984	0
		Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L)	1.3	10,687	0
		Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (Mountain Party of West Virginia)	0.3	2,599	0

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Incumbents are bolded and underlined The results have been certified.

Total votes: 794,652

2016

See also: Presidential election, 2016

U.S. presidential election, West Virginia, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine	26.4%	188,794	0
	Republican	Donald Trump/Mike Pence	68.5%	489,371	5
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson/Bill Weld	3.2%	23,004	0
	Green	Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka	1.1%	8,075	0
	Constitution	Darrell Lane Castle/Scott Bradley	0.5%	3,807	0
	-	Other/Write-in	0.2%	1,372	0
Total Votes				714,423	5
Election results via: Federal Election Commission

West Virginia presidential election results (1900-2020)

• 15 Democratic wins
• 16 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	D	D	D	R	D	D	R	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R

Redistricting following the 2020 census

West Virginia enacted district maps for the Senate and House of Delegates on October 22, 2021. On September 30, 2021, the House Redistricting Committees released a single-member district map proposal for the West Virginia House of Delegates. The proposal passed the House on October 13, 2021, in a 79-20 vote and passed the Senate on October 18, 2021, in a 28-5 vote. On October 5, 2021, the Senate Redistricting Committee released five map proposals for West Virginia's State Senate districts. On October 11, 2021, the Senate Redistricting Committee voted to recommend Sen. Charles S. Trump IV's (R) 8th proposed senate map to the full Senate. The Senate approved a map that combined aspects of previous proposals in a 31-2 vote on October 19, 2021. The map, named after Sens. Trump, Tom Takubo (R), Eric Tarr (R) Patricia Rucker (R), and Robert Karnes (R) was approved by the House in a 72-19 vote. Both the House and Senate maps were signed into law by Gov. Jim Justice (R) on October 20, 2021. These maps took effect for West Virginia's 2022 legislative elections.

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Footnotes

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Current members of the West Virginia State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Craig Blair

Majority Leader:Tom Takubo

Minority Leader:Mike Woelfel

Senators

District 1

Laura Wakim Chapman (R)

Ryan Weld (R)

District 2

Charles Clements (R)

Mike Maroney (R)

District 3

Mike Azinger (R)

Donna Boley (R)

District 4

Amy Grady (R)

Eric Tarr (R)

District 5

Robert Plymale (D)

Mike Woelfel (D)

District 6

Mark Maynard (R)

Chandler Swope (R)

District 7

Rupie Phillips (R)

Mike Stuart (R)

District 8

Mark Hunt (R)

Glenn Jeffries (R)

District 9

Rollan Roberts (R)

David Stover (R)

District 10

Vince Deeds (R)

Jack Woodrum (R)

District 11

William Hamilton (R)

Robert Karnes (R)

District 12

Patrick Martin (R)

Ben Queen (R)

District 13

Michael Caputo (D)

Mike Oliverio (R)

District 14

Randy Smith (R)

Jay Taylor (R)

District 15

Craig Blair (R)

Charles Trump (R)

District 16

Jason Barrett (R)

Patricia Rucker (R)

District 17

Eric Nelson (R)

Tom Takubo (R)

Republican Party (31)

Democratic Party (3)