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2024 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia

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The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the State of West Virginia, one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The primary elections were held on May 14, 2024.

2024 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
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November 5, 2024
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Both West Virginia seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 2 0
Seats won 2 0
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 496,681 200,813
Percentage 68.67% 27.76%
Swing Increase 2.56% Decrease 3.96%
Republican
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%
  80–90%

District 1

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2024 West Virginia's 1st congressional district election
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Nominee Carol Miller Chris Reed Wes Holden
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Popular vote 228,491 90,038 25,616
Percentage 66.4% 26.1% 7.4%
County results
Miller:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. Representative before election

Carol Miller
Republican

 Elected U.S. Representative

Carol Miller
Republican

The 1st district encompasses Southern West Virginia, taking in Huntington, Charleston, Bluefield, Princeton and Beckley. The incumbent was Republican Carol Miller, who was re-elected with 66.7% of the vote in 2022.[1]

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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Endorsements

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Derrick Evans

Executive branch officials

U.S. representatives

Individuals

Organizations

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Derrick Evans (R) $782,651 $717,393 $65,258
Carol Miller (R) $982,211 $1,066,230 $129,416
Source: Federal Election Commission[15]

Results

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Results by county:
  Miller—60–70%
  Miller—50–60%
  Evans—50–60%
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carol Miller (incumbent) 65,343 62.95
Republican Derrick Evans 38,466 37.05
Total votes 103,809 100.00

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Jim Umberger, teacher and therapist[16]

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Jim Umberger (D) $69,825 $53,617 $16,207
Source: Federal Election Commission[15]

Results

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Results by county:
  Reed
  •   Reed—70–80%
  •   Reed—60–70%
  •   Reed—50–60%
  Umberger
  •   Umberger—90–100%
  •   Umberger—80–90%
  •   Umberger—70–80%
  •   Umberger—60–70%
  •   Umberger—50–60%

The results were cleanly divided across the district: Reed carried 16 counties in the northwestern part of the district, while Umberger won 11 in its southeastern part. Reed recorded his best result in Logan County, which gave more than four fifths of its vote to Donald Trump in 2020.[17] Conversely, Umberger achieved his strongest performance in Greenbrier County.

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Reed 27,509 56.4
Democratic Jim Umberger 21,253 43.6
Total votes 48,762 100.0

Independents

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Declared

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Endorsements

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Wes Holden (I) $16,377[a] $17,313 $0
Source: Federal Election Commission[15]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[22] Solid R February 2, 2023
Inside Elections[23] Solid R March 10, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[24] Safe R February 23, 2023
Elections Daily[25] Safe R September 7, 2023
CNalysis[26] Solid R November 16, 2023

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Carol Miller (R) $1,548,720 $1,532,672 $229,482
Wes Holden (I) $35,425 $32,363 $3,061
Source: Federal Election Commission[15]

Results

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2024 West Virginia's 1st congressional district election[27][28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carol Miller (incumbent) 228,491 66.4
Democratic Chris Reed 90,038 26.1
Independent Wes Holden 25,616 7.4
Write-in 174 0.1
Total votes 344,319 100.0
Republican hold

By county

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County[27] Carol Miller
Republican		 Chris Reed
Democratic		 Wes Holden
Independent		 Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Boone 5,180 67.27% 1,958 25.43% 562 7.30% 3,222 41.84% 7,700
Braxton 3,435 68.87% 1,346 26.98% 207 4.15% 2,089 41.88% 4,988
Cabell 21,776 63.63% 10,706 31.28% 1,743 5.09% 11,070 32.34% 34,225
Calhoun 1,882 71.40% 571 21.66% 183 6.94% 1,311 49.73% 2,636
Clay 2,058 68.12% 726 24.03% 237 7.85% 1,332 44.09% 3,021
Fayette 9,569 64.62% 4,064 27.45% 1,174 7.93% 5,505 37.18% 14,807
Gilmer 1,448 66.73% 617 28.43% 105 4.84% 831 38.29% 2,170
Greenbrier 9,759 68.75% 3,686 25.97% 750 5.28% 6,073 42.78% 14,195
Jackson 8,430 68.58% 2,487 20.23% 1,375 11.19% 5,943 48.35% 12,292
Kanawha 36,376 50.90% 26,487 37.06% 8,603 12.04% 9,889 13.84% 71,466
Lincoln 5,002 73.46% 1,369 20.11% 438 6.43% 3,633 53.36% 6,809
Logan 7,647 74.69% 2,048 20.00% 543 5.30% 5,599 54.69% 10,238
Mason 7,496 73.87% 2,077 20.47% 575 5.67% 5,419 53.40% 10,148
McDowell 3,340 71.37% 1,063 22.71% 277 5.92% 2,277 48.65% 4,680
Mercer 16,933 75.29% 4,507 20.04% 1,050 4.67% 12,426 55.25% 22,490
Mingo 6,022 78.72% 1,305 17.06% 323 4.22% 4,717 61.66% 7,650
Monroe 4,658 76.31% 1,109 18.17% 337 5.52% 3,549 58.14% 6,104
Nicholas 7,088 74.27% 1,960 20.54% 496 5.20% 5,128 53.73% 9,544
Pendleton 2,338 74.39% 629 20.01% 176 5.60% 1,709 54.37% 3,143
Pocahontas 2,493 68.62% 923 25.41% 217 5.97% 1,570 43.21% 3,633
Putnam 17,882 68.04% 6,490 24.69% 1,909 7.26% 11,392 43.35% 26,281
Raleigh 20,705 71.22% 6,249 21.49% 2,119 7.29% 14,456 49.72% 29,073
Roane 3,651 69.45% 1,139 21.67% 467 8.88% 2,512 47.78% 5,257
Summers 3,504 70.67% 1,193 24.06% 261 5.26% 2,311 46.61% 4,958
Wayne 10,754 73.51% 3,144 21.49% 731 5.00% 7,610 52.02% 14,629
Webster 2,039 75.05% 555 20.43% 123 4.53% 1,484 54.62% 2,717
Wirt 1,761 74.30% 449 18.95% 160 6.75% 1,312 55.36% 2,370
Wyoming 5,265 76.07% 1,181 17.06% 475 6.86% 4,084 59.01% 6,921
Totals228,49166.39%90,03826.16%25,6167.44%138,45340.23%344,145

District 2

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2024 West Virginia's 2nd congressional district election
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Nominee Riley Moore Steven Wendelin
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 268,190 110,775
Percentage 70.8% 29.2%
County results
Moore:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
U.S. Representative before election

Alex Mooney
Republican

 Elected U.S. Representative

Riley Moore
Republican

The 2nd district encompasses the industrial areas of the northern Panhandle including Wheeling, Fairmont, Clarksburg, Morgantown and Parkersburg, as well as the eastern Panhandle. The incumbent was Republican Alex Mooney, who was re-elected with 65.6% of the vote in 2022.[1] Mooney retired to run for U.S. Senate.[29]

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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Declined
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Endorsements

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Nate Cain

Executive branch officials

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Nate Cain (R) $118,750 $110,967 $8,215
Joseph Earley (R) $200,057[b] $167,484 $33,601
Alexander Gaserud (R) $4,150[c] $4,848 $20
Riley Moore (R) $882,833 $608,629 $407,863
Chris Walker (R) $731,886[d] $630,260 $101,625
Source: Federal Election Commission[48]

Results

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Results by county:
  Moore
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   70–80%
  Earley
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Riley Moore 47,033 45.0
Republican Joseph Earley 21,176 20.3
Republican Chris Walker 15,203 14.5
Republican Nate Cain 13,625 13.0
Republican Alexander Gaaserud 7,453 7.1
Total votes 104,490 100.0

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Steven Wendelin (D) $12,421 $9,630 $2,791
Source: Federal Election Commission[48]

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steven Wendelin 39,832 100.0
Total votes 39,832 100.0

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[22] Solid R February 2, 2023
Inside Elections[23] Solid R March 10, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[24] Safe R February 23, 2023
Elections Daily[25] Safe R September 7, 2023
CNalysis[26] Solid R November 16, 2023

Results

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2024 West Virginia's 2nd congressional district election[49]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Riley Moore 268,190 70.8
Democratic Steven Wendelin 110,775 29.2
Total votes 378,965 100.0
Republican hold

By county

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County[49] Riley Moore
Republican		 Steven Wendelin
Democratic		 Margin Total
# % # % # %
Barbour 4,800 79.38% 1,247 20.62% 3,553 58.76% 6,047
Berkeley 38,173 70.75% 15,783 29.25% 22,390 41.50% 53,956
Brooke 6,752 73.69% 2,411 26.31% 4,341 47.38% 9,163
Doddridge 2,420 86.34% 383 13.66% 2,037 72.67% 2,803
Grant 4,271 83.65% 835 16.35% 3,436 67.29% 5,106
Hampshire 7,626 76.51% 2,341 23.49% 5,285 53.02% 9,967
Hancock 9,269 75.14% 3,067 24.86% 6,202 50.28% 12,336
Hardy 4,113 66.65% 2,058 33.35% 2,055 33.30% 6,171
Harrison 20,290 72.28% 7,782 27.72% 12,508 44.56% 28,072
Jefferson 17,827 62.63% 10,635 37.37% 7,192 25.27% 28,462
Lewis 5,376 79.49% 1,387 20.51% 3,989 58.98% 6,763
Marion 15,691 66.73% 7,822 33.27% 7,869 33.47% 23,513
Marshall 9,617 76.04% 3,031 23.96% 6,586 52.07% 12,648
Mineral 9,721 78.12% 2,722 21.88% 6,999 56.25% 12,443
Monongalia 21,284 53.76% 18,304 46.24% 2,980 7.53% 39,588
Morgan 6,758 78.70% 1,829 21.30% 4,929 57.40% 8,587
Ohio 11,925 67.08% 5,853 32.92% 6,072 34.15% 17,778
Pleasants 2,495 79.64% 638 20.36% 1,857 59.27% 3,133
Preston 10,567 78.01% 2,979 21.99% 7,588 56.02% 13,546
Randolph 7,871 71.96% 3,067 28.04% 4,804 43.92% 10,938
Ritchie 3,212 85.84% 530 14.16% 2,682 71.67% 3,742
Taylor 5,400 77.22% 1,593 22.78% 3,807 54.44% 6,993
Tucker 2,467 71.69% 974 28.31% 1,493 43.39% 3,441
Tyler 2,807 82.58% 592 17.42% 2,215 65.17% 3,399
Upshur 7,351 78.79% 1,979 21.21% 5,372 57.58% 9,330
Wetzel 4,394 76.82% 1,326 23.18% 3,068 53.64% 5,720
Wood 25,713 72.80% 9,607 27.20% 16,106 45.60% 35,320
Totals268,19070.77%110,77529.23%157,41541.54%378,965

Notes

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  1. ↑ $500 of this total was self-funded by Holden.
  2. ↑ $80,000 of this total was self-funded by Earley.
  3. ↑ $3,350 of this total was self-funded by Gaserud.
  4. ↑ $70,000 of this total was self-funded by Walker.

References

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