2024 West Virginia Senate election

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2024 West Virginia Senate elections
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  2022 November 5, 20242026 

17 of 34 seats in the West Virginia Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
 
GOP
DEM
Leader Craig Blair Mike Woelfel
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceJanuary 13, 2021January 11, 2023
Leader's seat 15th district 5th district
Last election30 seats, 67.0%4 seats, 28.6%
Current seats313
Seats neededSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 15
Seats up152

2024 West Virginia State Senate Election.svg
Map of the incumbents:
     Democratic incumbent retiring
     Republican incumbent     Republican incumbent retiring

Incumbent Senate President

Craig Blair
Republican



The 2024 West Virginia Senate elections will be held on November 5, 2024, with 17 of the chamber's 34 seats up for election. This will take place alongside elections to the House of Delegates, as well as a number of statewide elected positions and elections to Congress and the Presidency. Primary elections will be held on May 14, 2024. [1]

Contents

Retirements

Democrats

  1. District 5: Robert Plymale did not file for re-election. [2]
  2. District 13: Mike Caputo is retiring. [3]

Republicans

  1. District 9: David Stover is retiring. [4]

Seats for Election

DistrictMemberPartyFirst electedStatus
District 1 Ryan Weld Republican2016Running
District 2 Mike Maroney Republican2016Running
District 3 Donna Boley Republican1985 (appointed)Running
District 4 Amy Grady Republican2020Running
District 5 Robert Plymale Democratic1992Retiring
District 6 Chandler Swope Republican2016Running
District 7 Rupie Phillips Republican2020Running
District 8 Glenn Jeffries Republican2016Running
District 9 David Stover Republican2020Retiring
District 10 Jack Woodrum Republican2020Running
District 11 Robert Karnes Republican2020Running
District 12 Patrick Martin Republican2020Running
District 13 Mike Caputo Democratic2020Retiring
District 14 Randy Smith Republican2016Running
District 15 Craig Blair Republican2012Running
District 16 Patricia Rucker Republican2016Running
District 17 Eric Nelson Republican2020Running

List of districts

District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17

District 1

Incumbent Ryan Weld was first elected in 2016.

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ryan Weld (incumbent)
Republican Scott Adams
Total votes100.0

General election

West Virginia's 1st Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican TBD
Total votes100.0

District 2

Incumbent Mike Maroney was first elected in 2016.

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Maroney (incumbent)
Republican Chris Rose
Total votes100.0

General election


West Virginia's 2nd Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican TBD
Total votes100.0

District 3

Incumbent Donna Boley was first appointed in 1985.

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Donna Boley (incumbent)
Total votes100.0

General election

West Virginia's 3rd Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Donna Boley (incumbent)
Total votes100.0

District 4

Incumbent Amy Grady was first elected in 2020.

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Amy Grady (incumbent)
Total votes100.0
Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dwayne Russell
Total votes100.0

General election

West Virginia's 4th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Amy Grady (incumbent)
Democratic Dwayne Russell
Total votes100.0

District 5

Incumbent Robert Plymale was first elected in 1992. He did not file for re-election. [5]

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Scott Fuller
Republican Josh Mathis
Republican Dallas K. Thacker
Total votes100.0
Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ric Griffith
Total votes100.0

General election

West Virginia's 5th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ric Griffith
Republican TBD
Total votes100.0

District 6

Incumbent Chandler Swope was first elected in 2016.

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chandler Swope (incumbent)
Republican Craig A. Hart
Republican Eric Porterfield
Total votes100.0

General election

West Virginia's 6th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican TBD
Total votes100.0

District 7

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rupie Phillips (incumbent)
Total votes100.0

General election

West Virginia's 7th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rupie Phillips (incumbent)
Total votes100.0

District 8

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Glenn Jeffries (incumbent)
Total votes100.0

General election

West Virginia's 8th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Glenn Jeffries (incumbent)
Total votes100.0

District 9

Incumbent David Stover was first elected in 2020. He is retiring.

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Helton
Total votes100.0
Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Christy Cardwell
Total votes100.0

General election

West Virginia's 9th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Helton
Democratic Christy Cardwell
Total votes100.0

District 10

Incumbent Jack Woodrum was first elected in 2020.

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jack Woodrum (incumbent)
Total votes100.0

General election

West Virginia's 10th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jack Woodrum (incumbent)
Total votes100.0

District 11

Incumbent Robert Karnes was first elected in 2020.

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert Karnes (incumbent)
Republican Robbie Morris
Total votes100.0
Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mandy Smith Weirich
Total votes100.0

General election

West Virginia's 11th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican TBD
Democratic Mandy Smith Weirich
Total votes100.0

District 12

Incumbent Patrick Martin was first elected in 2020.

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Patrick Martin (incumbent)
Total votes100.0

General election

West Virginia's 12th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Patrick Martin (incumbent)
Total votes100.0

District 13

Incumbent Mike Caputo was first elected in 2020. Caputo is retiring.

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jonathan Board
Total votes100.0
Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joey Garcia
Total votes100.0

General election

West Virginia's 13th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joey Garcia
Republican Jonathan Board
Total votes100.0

District 14

Incumbent Randy Smith was first elected in 2016.

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Randy Smith (incumbent)
Total votes100.0

General election

West Virginia's 14th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Randy Smith (incumbent)
Total votes100.0

District 15

Incumbent Craig Blair was first elected in 2012.

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Craig Blair (incumbent)
Republican Michael Folk
Republican Tom Willis
Total votes100.0
Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Anthony Murray
Total votes100.0

General election

West Virginia's 15th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican TBD
Democratic Anthony Murray
Total votes100.0

District 16

Incumbent Patricia Rucker was first elected in 2016.

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Patricia Rucker (incumbent)
Republican Paul Espinosa
Total votes100.0
Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Doyle
Total votes100.0

General election

West Virginia's 16th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican TBD
Democratic John Doyle
Total votes100.0

District 17

Incumbent Eric Nelson was first elected in 2020.

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Eric Nelson (incumbent)
Republican Chris Pritt
Total votes100.0
West Virginia's 17th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican TBD
Total votes100.0

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