United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia, 2026
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2026 U.S. House Elections |
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in West Virginia are scheduled on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect two candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's two U.S. House districts. The primary is May 12, 2026. The filing deadline was January 31, 2026.
Partisan breakdown
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Isaiah Rucker (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Republican primary candidates
- Carol Miller (Incumbent)
- Larry Jackson
Did not make the ballot:
District 2
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Patrick Carney (Independent)
- Christopher Whitcomb (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Republican primary candidates
- Riley Moore (Incumbent)
Voting information
- See also: Voting in West Virginia
General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]
Click the following links to see the race ratings in each of the state's U.S. House districts:
Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in West Virginia in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in West Virginia, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026 | ||||||
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| West Virginia | U.S. House | Ballot-qualified party | N/A | $1,740 | 1/31/2026 | Source |
| West Virginia | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 1% of votes cast for this office in the last election, but no fewer than 25 | $1,740 | 8/3/2026 | Source |
Political context
Click the tabs below to view information about competitiveness, presidential election history, and party control in the state.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2026 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state's U.S. House districts.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
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 2026. Information below was calculated on Jan. 31, 2026, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Eight candidates — four Democrats and four Republicans — ran for West Virginia’s two U.S. House districts. That’s four candidates per district. There were five candidates per district in 2024, 6.5 in 2022, four in 2020, six in 2018, 3.7 in 2016, and 4.7 in 2014.
This was the fewest total number of candidates who ran for the U.S. House since 2014.
No districts were open in 2026, meaning all incumbents —both Republicans — ran for re-election. There was one district open in 2024, 2018, and 2014, respectively.
Three primaries — two Democratic and one Republican — were contested in 2026. In total, there were three contested primaries in 2024, three in 2022, four in 2020, four in 2018, two in 2016, and three in 2014.
Both districts — the 1st and the 2nd — had the same number of candidates running in each district in 2026. Four candidates ran in each district.
Rep. Carol Miller (R-1st) was the only incumbent who faced a primary challenger in 2026. There was one incumbent in a contested primary in 2024, three in 2022, two in 2020, none in 2018, one in 2016, and one in 2014.
Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in both districts, meaning no districts were guaranteed to either party.| District | Incumbent | PVI |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia's 1st | Carol Miller | R+22 |
| West Virginia's 2nd | Riley Moore | R+20 |
| District | Kamala Harris | Donald Trump |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia's 1st | 27.0% | 71.0% |
| West Virginia's 2nd | 29.0% | 69.0% |
| Source: The Downballot | ||
West Virginia presidential election results (1900-2024)
- 15 Democratic wins
- 17 Republican wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winning Party | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | D | D | D | R | D | D | R | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of West Virginia's congressional delegation as of October 2025.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from West Virginia | |||
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| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 4 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in West Virginia's top three state executive offices as of October 2025.
| Office | Officeholder |
|---|---|
| Governor | Patrick Morrisey |
| Secretary of State | Kris Warner |
| Attorney General | John B. McCuskey |
State legislature
West Virginia State Senate
| Party | As of February 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 2 | |
| Republican Party | 32 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | |
West Virginia House of Delegates
| Party | As of February 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 9 | |
| Republican Party | 90 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 1 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Trifecta control
West Virginia Party Control: 1992-2025
Nineteen years of Democratic trifectas • Eight years of Republican trifectas
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D[5] | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Gov. Jim Justice switched his registration to Republican on August 4, 2017.
