2024 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia

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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
 
Party Republican Democratic
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The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia will be 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 will coincide 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 are scheduled for May 14, 2024.

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District 1

2024 West Virginia's 1st congressional district election
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Nominee Carol Miller Chris Reed
Party Republican Democratic
Incumbent U.S. Representative

Carol Miller
Republican



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
Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Derrick Evans
U.S. Representatives
Federal officials
Individuals
Organizations
Carol Miller
Organizations

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash 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

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Results by county:
  Miller—60–70%
  Miller—50–60%
  Evans—50–60%
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Carol Miller (incumbent) 65,269 62.9
Republican Derrick Evans 38,42637.1
Total votes103,695 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Jim Umberger, teacher and therapist [16]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash 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% 2024 West Virginia Democratic 1st district primary results by county map.svg
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 the 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
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chris Reed 27,309 56.4
Democratic Jim Umberger21,12543.6
Total votes48,434 100.0

Independents

Declared

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Wes Holden (I)$16,377 [lower-alpha 1] $17,313$0
Source: Federal Election Commission [15]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [19] Solid RFebruary 2, 2023
Inside Elections [20] Solid RMarch 10, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [21] Safe RFebruary 23, 2023
Elections Daily [22] Safe RSeptember 7, 2023
CNalysis [23] Solid RNovember 16, 2023

Results

West Virginia's 1st congressional district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Carol Miller (incumbent)
Democratic Chris Reed
Independent Wes Holden
Total votes

District 2

2024 West Virginia's 2nd congressional district election
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Nominee Riley Moore Steven Wendelin
Party Republican Democratic
Incumbent U.S. Representative

Alex Mooney
Republican



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 is retiring to run for U.S. Senate. [24]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined

Endorsement

Nate Cain
Federal officials
Riley Moore
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Organizations
Labor unions

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Nate Cain (R)$118,750$110,967$8,215
Joseph Earley (R)$200,057 [lower-alpha 2] $167,484$33,601
Alexander Gaserud (R)$4,150 [lower-alpha 3] $4,848$20
Riley Moore (R)$882,833$608,629$407,863
Chris Walker (R)$731,886 [lower-alpha 4] $630,260$101,625
Source: Federal Election Commission [43]

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Riley Moore 46,839 45.0
Republican Joseph Earley21,07420.3
Republican Chris Walker15,12514.5
Republican Nate Cain13,53513.0
Republican Alexander Gaaserud7,4187.1
Total votes103,991 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of April 24, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Steven Wendelin (D)$12,421$9,630$2,791
Source: Federal Election Commission [43]

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Steven Wendelin 38,761 100.0
Total votes38,761 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [19] Solid RFebruary 2, 2023
Inside Elections [20] Solid RMarch 10, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [21] Safe RFebruary 23, 2023
Elections Daily [22] Safe RSeptember 7, 2023
CNalysis [23] Solid RNovember 16, 2023

Results

West Virginia's 2nd congressional district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Riley Moore
Democratic Steven Wendelin
Total votes

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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