2020 West Virginia Secretary of State election

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2020 West Virginia Secretary of State election
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  2016 November 3, 2020 2024  
  Secretary of State Mac Warner.jpg NatalieTennant7.jpg
Nominee Mac Warner Natalie Tennant
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote447,537320,650
Percentage58.26%41.74%

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2020 WV Secretary of State election by precinct.svg
Warner:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tennant:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:      50%

Secretary of State before election

Mac Warner
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Mac Warner
Republican

The 2020 West Virginia Secretary of State election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Secretary of State of West Virginia. It was held concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, along with elections to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, as well as various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Mac Warner won re-election to a second term by a much larger margin than expected. [1]

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrawn
  • Tyrin Smith-Holmes [2]

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mac Warner (incumbent) 176,915 100.0%
Total votes176,915 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Natalie Tennant 175,600 100.0%
Total votes175,600 100.0%

General election

This race was viewed as competitive as Natalie Tennent was considered to be a strong candidate. [4]

Debates

2022 West Virginia Secretary of State debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Mac Warner Natalie Tennant
1Sep. 17, 2020 West Virginia
Public Broadcasting
Dave Mistich [5] PP

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)

administered

Sample

size [a]

Margin

of error

Mac

Warner (R)

Natalie

Tennant (D)

Undecided
Triton Polling and Research/WMOV [6] October 19–21, 2020544 (LV)± 4.2%51%45%5%
Triton Polling & Research/WMOV [7] September 29–30, 2020 [b] 525 (RV)± 4.3%50%43%7%

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [8] Likely RJune 25, 2020

Results

2020 West Virginia Secretary of State election [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mac Warner (incumbent) 447,537 58.26%
Democratic Natalie Tennant 320,65041.74%
Total votes768,187 100.0%
Republican hold

By congressional district

Warner won all three congressional districts. [10]

DistrictWarnerTennantRepresentative
1st 57%43% David McKinley
2nd 57%43% Alex Mooney
3rd 61%39% Carol Miller

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Additional data sourced from FiveThirtyEight

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