2024 West Virginia Senate election

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2024 West Virginia Senate elections
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17 of 34 seats in the West Virginia Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
 
GOP
DEM
Leader Craig Blair
(lost renomination)		 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 or lost renomination
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 is retiring. [2]
  2. District 13: Mike Caputo is retiring. [3]

Republicans

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

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

Four incumbent senators, all Republicans, were defeated in the May 14 primary election. [5]

Republicans

  1. District 2: Mike Maroney lost renomination to Chris Rose.
  2. District 6: Chandler Swope lost renomination to Craig A. Hart.
  3. District 11: Robert L. Karnes lost renomination to Robbie Morris.
  4. District 15: Craig Blair lost renomination to Tom Willis.

Seats for Election

DistrictMemberPartyFirst electedStatus
District 1 Ryan Weld Republican2016Running
District 2 Mike Maroney Republican2016Primaried
District 3 Donna Boley Republican1985 (appointed)Running
District 4 Amy Grady Republican2020Running
District 5 Robert Plymale Democratic1992Retiring
District 6 Chandler Swope Republican2016Primaried
District 7 Rupie Phillips Republican2020Running
District 8 Glenn Jeffries Republican2016Running
District 9 David Stover Republican2020Retiring
District 10 Jack Woodrum Republican2020Running
District 11 Robert Karnes Republican2020Primaried
District 12 Patrick Martin Republican2020Running
District 13 Mike Caputo Democratic2020Retiring
District 14 Randy Smith Republican2016Running
District 15 Craig Blair Republican2012Primaried
District 16 Patricia Rucker Republican2016Running
District 17 Eric Nelson Republican2020Running

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
CNalysis [6] Solid RMay 14, 2024

List of districts

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 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 Ryan Weld (incumbent)
Total votes100.0

District 2

Incumbent Mike Maroney was first elected in 2016. He lost renomination to challenger Chris Rose.

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

General election

West Virginia's 2nd Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris Rose
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

Predictions
SourceRankingAs of
CNalysis [7] Solid RMay 20, 2024
Results
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. [8]

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

Predictions
SourceRankingAs of
CNalysis [9] TossupMay 20, 2024
Results
West Virginia's 5th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ric Griffith
Republican Scott Fuller
Total votes100.0

District 6

Incumbent Chandler Swope was first elected in 2016. He lost renomination to challenger Craig Hart.

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

General election

Predictions
SourceRankingAs of
CNalysis [7] Solid RMay 20, 2024
Results
West Virginia's 6th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Craig A. Hart
Democratic Randy Fowler
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

Predictions
SourceRankingAs of
CNalysis [7] Solid RMay 20, 2024
Results
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. He lost renomination to challenger Robbie Morris.

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

General election

Predictions
SourceRankingAs of
CNalysis [7] Solid RMay 20, 2024
Results
West Virginia's 11th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robbie Morris
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

Predictions
SourceRankingAs of
CNalysis [9] TossupMay 20, 2024
Results
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

Predictions
SourceRankingAs of
CNalysis [7] Solid RMay 20, 2024
Results
West Virginia's 14th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Randy Smith (incumbent)
Mountain Betsy-Orndoff Sayers
Total votes100.0

District 15

Incumbent Craig Blair was first elected in 2012. He lost renomination to challenger Tom Willis.

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

General election

Predictions
SourceRankingAs of
CNalysis [7] Solid RMay 20, 2024
Results
West Virginia's 15th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tom Willis
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

Predictions
SourceRankingAs of
CNalysis [7] Very Likely RMay 20, 2024
Results
West Virginia's 16th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Patricia Rucker (incumbent)
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
Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bil Lepp
Total votes100.0

General election

Predictions
SourceRankingAs of
CNalysis [7] Solid RMay 20, 2024
Results
West Virginia's 17th Senate district, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Eric Nelson (incumbent)
Democratic Bil Lepp
Total votes100.0

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