Glenn Elliott
Glenn Elliott (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent West Virginia. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
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Biography
Glenn Elliott was born in and lives in Wheeling, West Virginia. Elliott graduated from The Linsly School in 1990. He earned bachelor's degrees in finance and political science from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business in 1994 and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2001. Elliott also received honorary doctorate degrees from Wheeling University and West Liberty University. His career experience includes working as a real estate broker and an attorney. He also worked as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd from 1994 to 1999. Elliott served as mayor of Wheeling for two terms. He has been affiliated with the Rotary Club of Wheeling.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: United States Senate election in West Virginia, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. Senate West Virginia
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate West Virginia on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jim Justice (R) | 68.8 | 514,079 |
 | Glenn Elliott (D)  | 27.8 | 207,548 | |
 | David Moran (L) | 3.5 | 26,075 | |
| Tim Stevenski (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 7 | ||
| Lewie Andrews (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 6 | ||
| Joshua Standridge (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 747,717 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Christopher Rose (R)
- Michael Sigmon (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate West Virginia
Glenn Elliott defeated Zachary Shrewsbury and Don Blankenship in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate West Virginia on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Glenn Elliott | 45.4 | 46,176 |
 | Zachary Shrewsbury | 36.1 | 36,754 | |
 | Don Blankenship | 18.5 | 18,778 | |
| Total votes: 101,708 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joe Manchin III (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate West Virginia
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate West Virginia on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jim Justice | 61.8 | 138,307 |
 | Alexander Mooney | 26.5 | 59,348 | |
 | Bryan Bird | 3.1 | 7,001 | |
 | Bryan McKinney | 2.9 | 6,573 | |
 | Zane Lawhorn | 2.0 | 4,517 | |
 | Janet McNulty | 2.0 | 4,404 | |
| Don Lindsay | 1.6 | 3,503 | ||
| Total votes: 223,653 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Glenn Elliott completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Elliott's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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in the 2024 election. I am a seventh Generation West Virginian currently serving in my second term as Mayor of my hometown of Wheeling. My journey to public service followed a roundabout path. After high school, I attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. I majored in finance, but it was my political science minor that led me to my first job as a legislative assistant for then-Senator Robert Byrd. This experience was a formative one, allowing me to witness firsthand the successes attainable through strategic compromise, along with the reward of public service. Inspired, I enrolled at Georgetown University Law Center. By 2008, after working as an attorney, I was—candidly—burnt out and seeking something more meaningful. At age 38, I returned home to Wheeling in search of a more impactful career. Before long, I purchased a vacant historic bank in the heart of downtown and made improving my city a personal quest. Today, that building houses two law firms along with me, my wife Cassandra, and our son Harrison. I ran for Mayor in 2016 because I felt Wheeling had all the essential ingredients of a great city but was lacking in strategic vision. Now, nearly eight years later, I look back with pride knowing that we have
changed the conversation about what is possible in Wheeling.- Restoring women's reproductive rights is a top priority of my campaign. After the Dobbs Decision, women across the country lost their right to make choices about their own body. If elected to the United States Senate, I will vote to codify Roe.
- Strengthening the middle class is another priority of this campaign. For decades, we have seen the middle class shrink to where it once was. Investing in child care and workforce development, creating a fairer tax structure, and keeping costs low will create an environment for the middle class in this country to grow. We must relearn the lesson that when the middle class does well, our society does well.
- I believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. How many of us know someone who has turned to the internet for help for healthcare costs? It's 2024, we live in the richest country in the world, but getting severely ill for some us means entering the Go Fund Me society. If elected to the United States Senate, I will prioritize fixing our healthcare system and make Go Fund Me pleas a thing of the past.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Glenn Elliott for U.S. Senate, "About," accessed March 10, 2024
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 16, 2024
