2024 West Virginia Secretary of State election

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2024 West Virginia Secretary of State election
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  2020 November 5, 20242028 
 
Nominee Kris Warner Thornton Cooper
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote510,992207,238
Percentage71.15%28.85%

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2024 West Virginia secretary of state election by congressional district.svg
Warner:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Secretary of State before election

Mac Warner
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Kris Warner
Republican

The 2024 West Virginia Secretary of State election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next secretary of state of West Virginia, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the U.S. Senate and various state and local elections, including for U.S. House and governor of West Virginia. Incumbent Republican secretary of state Mac Warner was eligible to seek re-election to a third term but has chosen instead to run for governor.

Contents

The Republican nominee, Kris Warner, was elected West Virginia's Secretary of State on November 5, 2024.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Ken
Reed
Doug
Skaff
Kris
Warner
Brian
Wood
OtherUndecided
American Pulse Research
& Polling
(R) [8] [A]
November 13–14, 2023414 (LV)± 4.8%4%8%20%6%4% [b] 58%

Results

Results by county:
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Warner
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Skaff
40-50%
Reed
40-50%
60-70%
Wood
70-80% 2024 West Virginia Republican Secretary of State primary election results by county map.svg
Results by county:
  Warner
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Skaff
  •   40–50%
  Reed
  •   40–50%
  •   60–70%
  Wood
  •   70–80%
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kris Warner 92,488 45.89%
Republican Doug Skaff 42,29120.98%
Republican Ken Reed 33,89116.81%
Republican Brian Wood32,89216.32%
Total votes201,562 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Thornton Cooper, attorney [6]
Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Thornton Cooper 81,773 100.0%
Total votes81,773 100.0%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [9] Safe RJuly 25, 2024

Results

2024 West Virginia Secretary of State election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Kris Warner 510,992 71.15% +12.89%
Democratic Thornton Cooper207,23828.85%−12.89%
Total votes718,230 100.00%
Republican hold

Counties that flipped Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Warner won both congressional districts. [10]

DistrictWarnerCooperRepresentative
1st 72%28% Carol Miller
2nd 70%30% Alex Mooney (118th Congress)
Riley Moore (119th Congress)

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Chris Pritt with 4%

Partisan clients

  1. This poll was commissioned by WMOV.

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References

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