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West Virginia judicial elections summary, 2014
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| West Virginia judicial elections, 2014 | |
| Overview | |
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| Total candidates: | 19 |
| Primary candidates: | 19 |
| General election candidates: | 10 |
| Incumbency | |
| Incumbents: | 6 |
| Incumbent success rate: | 67% |
| Competition - general election | |
| Percent of candidates in contested races: | 40% |
| Percent uncontested: | 60% |
| Partisan victories | |
Republican 
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2 |
Democratic 
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6 |
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In 2014, six incumbents sought re-election, and two were defeated. Of the general election races, two were contested. There were two successful Republican candidates, and six successful Democratic candidates.
For general election results, see: West Virginia judicial elections, 2014.
For primary election results, see: West Virginia judicial primary elections, 2014.
Interesting races
- Two incumbents lost their seats in 2014. Temporary Judge Deloris Nibert of the Twenty-Sixth Family Circuit Court sought a permanent position that year. She faced two challengers: Richard Witt, a Republican, and David L. Hill, a Democrat. Nibert was eliminated in the primary by Witt, who then defeated Hill in the general election with 69.5% of the vote to Hill’s 30.4%.
- The other incumbent to lose was Kurt W. Hall, a Democrat on the Twenty-Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, who was defeated by Jacob E. Reger in the general election by a margin of 6.6%.
See also
- West Virginia judicial elections, 2014
- West Virginia elections
- Portal:Judicial elections
- Judicial selection in West Virginia
- West Virginia
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