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Kris Warner
Kris Warner (Republican Party) is the West Virginia Secretary of State. He assumed office on January 13, 2025. His current term ends on January 15, 2029.
Warner (Republican Party) ran for election for West Virginia Secretary of State. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Kris Warner graduated from George Washington High School in 1979. He attended West Virginia University from 1981 to 1985 and the Capitol Page School in 1980. Warner's career experience includes working in real estate and finance. He was appointed by President Donald Trump (R) to lead the United States Department of Agriculture in West Virginia, and he was appointed by Governor Jim Justice (R) to lead the West Virginia Economic Development Authority.[1][2]
Political career
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Warner's political career includes the following offices:
- 2025-present: West Virginia Secretary of State
Elections
2024
See also: West Virginia Secretary of State election, 2024
General election
General election for West Virginia Secretary of State
Kris Warner defeated Thornton Cooper in the general election for West Virginia Secretary of State on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kris Warner (R) | 71.1 | 510,992 |
 | Thornton Cooper (D)  | 28.9 | 207,238 | |
| Total votes: 718,230 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia Secretary of State
Thornton Cooper advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia Secretary of State on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Thornton Cooper | 100.0 | 82,262 |
| Total votes: 82,262 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia Secretary of State
Kris Warner defeated Douglas Skaff, Jr., Ken Reed, and Brian Wood in the Republican primary for West Virginia Secretary of State on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kris Warner | 45.9 | 92,911 |
 | Douglas Skaff, Jr. | 21.0 | 42,515 | |
 | Ken Reed | 16.8 | 34,101 | |
 | Brian Wood | 16.3 | 33,083 | |
| Total votes: 202,610 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Warner in this election.
2014
Elections for the West Virginia State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 13, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 25, 2014. Incumbent Robert Beach was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Kris Warner was unopposed in the Republican primary. Beach defeated Warner and Harry Bertram (American Freedom Party) in the general election.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Bob Beach Incumbent |
51.5% | 12,055 | |
| Republican | Kris Warner | 45.2% | 10,589 | |
| American Freedom | Harry Bertram | 3.3% | 767 | |
| Total Votes | 23,411 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Kris Warner did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Warner’s campaign website stated the following:
| “ |
West Virginia Values Matter. As the world has changed to a place many of us can hardly recognize, I am committed to protecing those values and the freedoms they provide to every West Virginian Fair & Secure Elections Easier To Do Business Fight Federal Overreach |
” |
| —Kris Warner’s campaign website (2024)[6] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Warner was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from West Virginia. Warner was one of 30 delegates from West Virginia bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[7] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Delegate rules
District-level and at-large delegates from West Virginia were elected directly by voters in the state's primary election on May 10, 2016. Delegates were allowed to run as unpledged delegates or to designate a candidate to whom they wished to be bound at the national convention.
West Virginia primary results
| West Virginia Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
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Donald Trump |
77.1% | 157,238 | 30 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9% | 18,301 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 6.7% | 13,721 | 1 | |
| Ben Carson | 2.2% | 4,421 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 1.4% | 2,908 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.1% | 2,305 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.9% | 1,798 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.9% | 1,780 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.4% | 727 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.3% | 659 | 0 | |
| David Hall | 0.1% | 203 | 0 | |
| Totals | 204,061 | 31 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
West Virginia had 34 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, nine were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's three congressional districts) and 22 served as at-large delegates. According to the Republican National Committee, West Virginia's district and at-large delegates were "elected on the primary ballot and [may have specified an] intention to be committed to a candidate."[8][9]
In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[8][9]
See also
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External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Kris Warner Secretary of State, "Home," accessed September 26, 2024
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Kris Warner," accessed December 12, 2024
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Official primary candidate list," accessed February 7, 2014
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed June 18, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Kris Warner’s campaign website, “Home,” accessed September 26, 2024
- ↑ Charleston Gazette Mail, "West Virginia Delegates to the Republican National Convention," May 11, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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