2020 West Virginia Secretary of State election

This race was viewed as competitive as Natalie Tennent was considered to be a strong candidate.^[4]

2022 West Virginia Secretary of State debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Mac Warner	Natalie Tennant
1	Sep. 17, 2020	West Virginia Public Broadcasting	Dave Mistich	[5]	P	P

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Mac Warner (R)	Natalie Tennant (D)	Undecided
Triton Polling and Research/WMOV[6]	October 19–21, 2020	544 (LV)	± 4.2%	51%	45%	5%
Triton Polling & Research/WMOV[7]	September 29–30, 2020[b]	525 (RV)	± 4.3%	50%	43%	7%

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[8]	Likely R	June 25, 2020

2020 West Virginia Secretary of State election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mac Warner (incumbent)	447,537	58.26%
	Democratic	Natalie Tennant	320,650	41.74%
Total votes			768,187	100.0%
	Republican hold

County	Mac Warner Republican		Natalie Tennant Democratic
	#	%	#	%
Barbour	4,061	62.40%	2,447	37.60%
Berkeley	31,519	62.77%	18,693	37.23%
Boone	4,820	54.99%	3,945	45.01%
Braxton	2,934	53.81%	2,519	46.19%
Brooke	5,648	55.42%	4,543	44.58%
Cabell	18,396	50.93%	17,726	49.07%
Calhoun	1,662	58.83%	1,163	41.17%
Clay	1,896	58.28%	1,357	41.72%
Doddridge	2,171	72.68%	816	27.32%
Fayette	8,728	53.53%	7,576	46.47%
Gilmer	1,403	54.83%	1,156	45.17%
Grant	4,244	83.64%	830	16.36%
Greenbrier	9,289	59.96%	6,204	40.04%
Hampshire	7,168	74.49%	2,455	25.51%
Hancock	7,967	60.26%	5,253	39.74%
Hardy	4,241	69.35%	1,874	30.65%
Harrison	16,389	55.14%	13,334	44.86%
Jackson	7,907	60.18%	5,233	39.82%
Jefferson	15,290	53.07%	12,635	46.93%
Kanawha	38,989	48.46%	41,463	51.54%
Lewis	4,470	61.03%	2,854	38.97%
Lincoln	4,484	60.41%	2,939	39.59%
Logan	7,586	63.96%	4,275	36.04%
Marion	12,152	47.90%	13,218	52.10%
Marshall	7,807	57.32%	5,813	42.68%
Mason	6,342	58.41%	4,516	41.59%
McDowell	3,792	64.34%	2,102	35.66%
Mercer	16,632	68.23%	7,746	31.77%
Mineral	9,285	74.39%	3,197	25.61%
Mingo	6,219	67.47%	2,998	32.53%
Monongalia	18,458	44.96%	22,598	55.04%
Monroe	4,281	68.69%	1,951	31.31%
Morgan	6,113	73.33%	2,223	26.67%
Nicholas	6,470	63.26%	3,757	36.74%
Ohio	9,759	50.33%	9,632	49.67%
Pendleton	2,325	66.70%	1,161	33.30%
Pleasants	2,087	62.39%	1,258	37.61%
Pocahontas	2,391	63.10%	1,398	36.90%
Preston	9,512	67.67%	4,545	32.33%
Putnam	16,900	60.68%	10,950	39.32%
Raleigh	20,171	63.04%	11,824	36.96%
Randolph	6,384	53.92%	5,456	46.08%
Ritchie	2,938	71.92%	1,147	28.08%
Roane	3,172	56.72%	2,420	43.28%
Summers	3,119	58.94%	2,173	41.06%
Taylor	4,330	59.96%	2,892	40.04%
Tucker	2,231	60.46%	1,459	39.54%
Tyler	2,588	68.72%	1,178	31.28%
Upshur	6,400	64.52%	3,520	35.48%
Wayne	9,667	60.96%	6,190	39.04%
Webster	1,849	57.85%	1,347	42.15%
Wetzel	3,502	54.99%	2,867	45.01%
Wirt	1,651	64.32%	916	35.68%
Wood	23,121	61.53%	14,456	38.47%
Wyoming	5,627	69.65%	2,452	30.35%
Totals	477,537	58.26%	320,650	41.74%

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Wetzel (largest city: New Martinsville)
• Ohio (largest city: Wheeling)
• Marshall (largest city: Moundsville)
• Brooke (largest borough: Wellsburg)
• Pocahontas (largest city: Marlinton)
• Randolph (largest city: Elkins)
• Greenbrier (largest city: Lewisburg)
• Webster (largest town: Webster Springs)
• Gilmer (largest city: Glenville)
• Calhoun (largest city: Grantsville)
• Braxton (largest town: Sutton)
• Roane (largest city: Spencer)
• Mason (largest city: Point Pleasant)
• Fayette (largest city: Fayetteville)
• Summers (largest city: Hinton)
• Boone (largest city: Madison)
• Cabell (largest city: Huntington)
• Lincoln (largest city: Hamlin)
• Wayne (largest city: Kenova)
• Wyoming (largest city: Mullens)
• Logan (largest borough: Logan)
• Mingo (largest borough: Williamson)
• McDowell (largest city: Welch)

Warner won all three congressional districts.^[10]

District	Warner	Tennant	Representative
1st	57%	43%	David McKinley
2nd	57%	43%	Alex Mooney
3rd	61%	39%	Carol Miller

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