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United States House elections in West Virginia, 2022 (May 10 Democratic primaries)
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in West Virginia were on November 8, 2022. Voters elected two candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's two U.S. House districts. The primary was scheduled for May 10, 2022. The filing deadline was January 29, 2022.
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. West Virginia utilizes a semi-closed primary system where parties may decide if unaffiliated voters can vote in their primaries.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on West Virginia's Democratic primaries for the U.S. House. For more in-depth information on the state's Republican primaries and the general election, see the following pages:
- United States House elections in West Virginia, 2022 (May 10 Republican primaries)
- United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia, 2022
Candidates and election results
District 1
Democratic primary candidates
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District 2
Democratic primary candidates
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Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in West Virginia.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in West Virginia in 2022. Information below was calculated on Feb. 24, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Thirteen candidates—three Democrats and 10 Republicans—filed to run for West Virginia's two U.S. House districts in 2022. That's 6.5 candidates per district, more than the 4.7 candidates per district in 2020 and 6.3 in 2018.
This was the first candidate filing deadline to take place under new district lines adopted during West Virginia's decennial redistricting process. West Virginia was apportioned two congressional districts, a decrease from the three apportioned after the 2010 census.
As a result of this lost district, two incumbents—Reps. David McKinley (R) and Alexander Mooney (R)—filed to run against one another in the 2nd District Republican primary. Rep. Carol Miller (R), who represented the 3rd District before redistricting, filed to run in the 1st District.
With three incumbents seeking re-election, none of the districts were left open in 2022. Between 2012 and 2022, there were two election cycles with an open district: 2014 and 2018.
Seven candidates—two Democrats and five Republicans—filed to run in the 2nd District and six—one Democrat and five Republicans—filed to run in the 1st District.
See also
- United States House elections in West Virginia, 2022 (May 10 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2022
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022
Footnotes
