2024 West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture election

2024 West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture election

←  2020 November 5, 2024 2028 →

Nominee Kent Leonhardt Deborah Stiles Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 490,964 219,131 Percentage 69.14% 30.86%

County results Congressional district results Leonhardt:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Commissioner of Agriculture before election Kent Leonhardt Republican Elected Commissioner of Agriculture Kent Leonhardt Republican

The 2024 West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture election will take place on November 5, 2024, to elect the next commissioner of agriculture. Incumbent Republican commissioner Kent Leonhardt was re-elected with 69% of the vote.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Kent Leonhardt, incumbent commissioner of agriculture ^[1]

Eliminated in primary

• Joshua Higginbotham, former state delegate from the 13th district (2016–2021)
• Roy Ramsey, farmer and candidate for commissioner of agriculture in 2020

Results

Results by county:

  Leonhardt

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Higginbotham

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%

  Ramsey

•   30–40%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  Tie

•   30–40%

Republican primary results ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kent Leonhardt (incumbent)	97,958	50.82%
	Republican	Joshua Higginbotham	57,950	30.07%
	Republican	Roy Ramsey	36,831	19.11%
Total votes			192,739	100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Deborah Stiles, farmer ^[3]

Results

Democratic primary results ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deborah Stiles	84,557	100.00%
Total votes			84,557	100.00%

General election

Results

West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture election, 2024 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kent Leonhardt (incumbent)	490,964	69.14%
	Democratic	Deborah Stiles	219,131	30.86%
Total votes			710,095	100.00%
	Republican hold

By county

County	Kent Leonhardt Republican		Deborah Stiles Democratic
	#	%	#	%
Barbour	4,470	74.08%	1,564	25.92%
Berkeley	35,906	67.42%	17,350	32.58%
Boone	5,265	71.18%	2,132	28.82%
Braxton	3,492	70.82%	1,439	29.18%
Brooke	6,124	67.89%	2,896	32.11%
Cabell	19,711	60.50%	12,871	39.50%
Calhoun	1,954	74.87%	656	25.13%
Clay	2,206	74.25%	765	25.75%
Doddridge	2,386	85.52%	404	14.48%
Fayette	9,758	67.39%	4,722	32.61%
Gilmer	1,631	74.00%	573	26.00%
Grant	4,300	85.13%	751	14.87%
Greenbrier	10,096	71.08%	4,107	28.92%
Hampshire	7,709	78.34%	2,132	21.66%
Hancock	8,607	70.65%	3,575	29.35%
Hardy	4,582	75.09%	1,520	24.91%
Harrison	19,152	68.70%	8,724	31.30%
Jackson	9,355	76.86%	2,816	23.14%
Jefferson	16,260	58.54%	11,517	41.46%
Kanawha	40,498	58.64%	28,563	41.63%
Lewis	5,230	77.30%	1,536	22.70%
Lincoln	4,965	75.64%	1,599	24.36%
Logan	7,406	76.63%	2,259	23.37%
Marion	16,047	68.15%	7,499	31.85%
Marshall	8,941	71.51%	3,562	28.49%
Mason	7,461	75.31%	2,446	24.69%
McDowell	3,263	72.79%	1,220	27.21%
Mercer	16,684	75.84%	5,316	24.16%
Mineral	9,434	76.79%	2,852	23.21%
Mingo	5,780	80.22%	1,425	19.78%
Monongalia	22,424	56.80%	17,056	43.20%
Monroe	4,865	80.32%	1,192	19.68%
Morgan	6,493	76.49%	1,996	23.51%
Nicholas	7,094	76.02%	2,238	23.98%
Ohio	10,950	62.51%	6,568	37.49%
Pendleton	2,414	76.20%	754	23.80%
Pleasants	2,420	77.86%	688	22.14%
Pocahontas	2,619	72.51%	993	27.49%
Preston	9,948	73.13%	3,655	26.87%
Putnam	18,493	72.36%	7,064	27.64%
Raleigh	21,266	74.85%	7,145	25.15%
Randolph	7,056	64.52%	3,880	35.48%
Ritchie	3,173	85.00%	560	15.00%
Roane	3,924	75.51%	1,273	24.49%
Summers	3,553	73.50%	1,281	26.50%
Taylor	5,177	74.16%	1,804	25.84%
Tucker	1,896	54.62%	1,575	45.38%
Tyler	2,856	82.95%	587	17.05%
Upshur	7,070	76.05%	2,226	23.95%
Wayne	10,121	72.39%	3,861	27.61%
Webster	2,093	77.38%	612	22.62%
Wetzel	4,361	76.03%	1,375	23.97%
Wirt	1,900	80.00%	475	20.00%
Wood	24,766	70.93%	10,150	29.07%
Wyoming	5,359	80.09%	1,332	19.91%
Totals	490,964	69.14%	219,131	30.86%

Counties that flipped Democratic to Republican

• Monongalia (largest city: Morgantown)

By congressional district

Leonhardt won both congressional districts. ^[6]

District	Leonhardt	Stiles	Representative
1st	70%	30%	Carol Miller
2nd	69%	31%	Alex Mooney (118th Congress)
			Riley Moore (119th Congress)

References

1. Adams, Steven (April 8, 2024). "Harvesting Votes: Leonhardt facing two challengers in GOP primary for third and final term as agriculture commissioner". The Parkersburg News and Sentinel . Retrieved June 29, 2024.
2. "Commissioner of Agriculture - REP" . Retrieved June 29, 2024.
3. Markland, Tom (April 30, 2024). "Stiles enters race for commissioner of agriculture". The Journal . Retrieved June 29, 2024.
4. "Commissioner of Agriculture - DEM" . Retrieved June 29, 2024.
5. https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/WV/122766/web.345435/#/detail/500
6. "2024 West Virginia Election Results by Congressional District".

External links

Official campaign websites

• Kent Leonhardt (R) for Commissioner of Agriculture
• Deborah Stiles (D) for Commissioner of Agriculture