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West Virginia judicial elections, 2014
| 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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| Supreme court elections |
The 2014 West Virginia judicial elections were partisan elections. In 2014, the 26th Judicial Circuit featured contested elections for both circuit and family judgeships in the general election. There were no supreme court races.
Of the six incumbents running for re-election in 2014, two were defeated. In total, the state had 10 candidates in the general election, down from the 19 candidates who took part in primaries. Two of the races in the general election were contested. There were two successful Republican candidates, and six successful Democratic candidates.
Election dates
General election: Contested races
(I) denotes incumbent
Twenty-Sixth Judicial Circuit, Circuit 26
- Jacob E. Reger, 53.3%
- Kurt W. Hall, 46.7%
Twenty-Sixth Family Circuit, Family Circuit 26
- David L. Hill, 30.4%
- Richard Witt, 69.5%
General election: Uncontested
The following candidates were elected or re-elected after running unopposed in the general election.
Trial courts
| Court | Candidate |
|---|---|
| Click the arrows in the column headings to sort columns alphabetically. | |
| First Judicial Circuit | David J. Sims |
| Braxton County Magistrate Court | David Robert Singleton |
| Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit | H. Charles Carl, III |
| Mingo County Magistrate Court | Jim Harvey |
| Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit | Michael Douglas Lorensen |
| Thirtieth Judicial Circuit | Miki J. Thompson |
Primary
For candidate lists and results from the judicial primary on May 13, 2014, please see: West Virginia judicial primary elections, 2014.
Process
Judges in West Virginia compete in partisan elections in even-numbered years.
West Virginia recognizes four political parties: Democratic, Republican, Mountain, and Libertarian. Primaries are held by the political parties in May in order to nominate a candidate to run in the general election.
A candidate who wishes to run for election, but does not belong to any of the four parties recognized in West Virginia, must gather signatures on a nominating petition and will not run in a party primary election.[3]
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