2024 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia

2024 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia

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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 Popular vote 496,681 200,813 Percentage 68.67% 27.76% Swing 2.56% 3.96%
Republican   60–70%   70–80%

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.

District 1

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

See also: West Virginia's 1st congressional district

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

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Carol Miller, incumbent U.S. representative (2019–present) ^[2]

Eliminated in primary

• Derrick Evans, former state delegate (2020–2021), convicted felon, and participant in the January 6 Capitol attack ^[3]

Endorsements

Derrick Evans

U.S. Representatives

• Bob Good, chair of the Freedom Caucus (2024–present) and VA-05 (2021–present) ^[4]

Federal officials

• Michael Flynn, former National Security Advisor (2017), former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (2012–2014) ^[5]

Individuals

• Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow ^[6]

Organizations

• Republicans for National Renewal ^[7]

Carol Miller

Organizations

• AIPAC ^[8]
• Maggie's List ^[9]
• National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund ^[10]
• West Virginia Chamber of Commerce ^[11]
• Republican Jewish Coalition ^[12]
• West Virginia Coal Association ^[13]
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce ^[14] (post-primary)

Fundraising

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

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

Candidates

Nominee

• Chris Reed ^[16]

Eliminated in primary

• Jim Umberger, teacher and therapist ^[16]

Fundraising

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

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

Declared

• Wes Holden, former deputy state director for U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller ^[18]

Endorsements

Wes Holden

Labor unions

• West Virginia AFL–CIO ^[19]
• United Mine Workers of America ^[20]
• Communications Workers of America ^[21]

Fundraising

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

Predictions

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

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

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

District 2

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

See also: West Virginia's 2nd congressional district

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 is 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

Candidates

Nominee

• Riley Moore, West Virginia State Treasurer (2021–present) ^[30]

Eliminated in primary

• Nate Cain, IT consultant ^[31]
• Joseph Earley, cybersecurity consultant ^[32]
• Alexander Gaaserud, third-party logistics executive ^[33]
• Chris Walker, retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general ^[34]

Declined

• Alex Mooney, incumbent U.S. representative (2015–present) (running for U.S. Senate; endorsed Moore) ^{[29] [35]}
• Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia Attorney General (2013–present) and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018 ^[36] (running for governor) ^[37]

Endorsement

Nate Cain

Federal officials

• Michael Flynn, former National Security Advisor (2017), former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (2012–2014) ^[38]

Riley Moore

U.S. senators

• JD Vance, U.S. senator from Ohio (2023–present) ^[39]

U.S. representatives

• Kevin McCarthy, U.S. representative from CA-20 (2007–2023) and former Speaker of the House (2023) ^[40]
• Alex Mooney, U.S. representative from WV-02 (2015–present) ^[35]

State legislators

• Patricia Rucker, state senator from the 16th district (2016–present) ^[41]
• 40 members of the West Virginia House of Delegates ^[41]

Organizations

• AIPAC ^[8]
• Americans for Prosperity ^[42]
• BIPAC ^[43]
• GOPAC ^[44]
• National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund ^[10]
• National Right to Life Committee ^[45]
• Republican Main Street Partnership PAC ^[46]
• Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America ^[47]
• West Virginia Chamber of Commerce ^[11]
• West Virginia Coal Association ^[13]

Labor unions

• United Mine Workers of America ^[20]

Fundraising

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

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

Candidates

Nominee

• Steven Wendelin, retired U.S. Navy commander ^[16]

Fundraising

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]

Results

Democratic primary results

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

General election

Predictions

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

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

Notes

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

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External links

Official campaign websites for 1st district candidates

• Wes Holden (I) for Congress
• Carol Miller (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites for 2nd district candidates

• Riley Moore (R) for Congress
• Steven Wendelin (D) for Congress