West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026 (May 12 Republican primary)
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| West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District |
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| Democratic primary Republican primary General election |
| Election details |
| Filing deadline: January 31, 2026 |
| Primary: May 12, 2026 General: November 3, 2026 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times:
6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. |
| Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
| U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2026 |
| See also |
U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd West Virginia elections, 2026 U.S. Congress elections, 2026 U.S. Senate elections, 2026 U.S. House elections, 2026 |
A Republican Party primary takes place on May 12, 2026, in West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate will run in the district's general election on November 3, 2026.
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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 state law permits parties to determine for themselves whether to allow previously unaffiliated voters to participate in their primaries along with registered members. As of October 2025, the Democratic Party held a semi-closed primary where unaffiliated voters could participate, and the Republican Party held a closed primary in which only voters registered with the party could participate.[1]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026 (May 12 Democratic primary)
- West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026
Candidates and election results
Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:
- Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
- Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 2
Incumbent Riley Moore is running in the Republican primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 2 on May 12, 2026.
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in West Virginia
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Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Riley Moore | Republican Party | $672,369 | $254,497 | $540,834 | As of September 30, 2025 |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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District analysis
This section will contain facts and figures related to this district's elections when those are available.
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.
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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 |
See also
- West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026 (May 12 Democratic primary)
- West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026
- United States House elections in West Virginia, 2026 (May 12 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in West Virginia, 2026 (May 12 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2026
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2026
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2026
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2026
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