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The 2024 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 5,2024,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia. Democratic Wheeling mayor Glenn Elliott and Republican Governor Jim Justice were seeking their first term in office. Justice will succeed independent incumbent Joe Manchin,who did not seek a third full term.
The 2024 West Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 5,2024,to elect the governor of West Virginia,concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Republican state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey was elected to his first term in office after defeating Democratic Huntington mayor Steve Williams in the general election. Incumbent Republican Jim Justice was term-limited and was unable to seek re-election to a third consecutive term in office;he instead ran for the U.S. Senate.
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- ↑ Hall, Jacob (June 12, 2015). "What if you Owned West Virginia". WV News. Retrieved August 4, 2024.. State Journal , August 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Mayor of Wheeling". City of Wheeling, West Virginia. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
- ↑ "Andy McKenzie - Wall of Honor". West Liberty University . Retrieved August 4, 2024.
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