2024 West Virginia Senate election

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2024 West Virginia Senate elections
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17 of 34 seats in the West Virginia Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
GOP
DEM
Leader Craig Blair
(lost renomination)		 Mike Woelfel
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 13, 2021 January 11, 2023
Leader's seat 15th district 5th district
Last election 30 seats, 67.0% 4 seats, 28.6%
Seats before 31 3
Seats after 32 2
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 534,558 134,343
Percentage 79.04% 19.86%
Seats up 15 2
Races won 16 1

     Republican gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold

     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     50–60%
Senate President before election

Craig Blair
Republican

 Elected Senate President

Randy Smith
Republican

The 2024 West Virginia Senate election was held on November 5, 2024, with 17 of the chamber's 34 seats up for election. This took place alongside elections to the House of Delegates, as well as a number of statewide elected positions and elections to Congress and the Presidency. Primary elections were held on May 14, 2024.[1]

Summary of the 2024 West Virginia Senate election results[2]
Party Seats contested Votes % Seats
Before
86th Leg.		 Up Won After
87th Leg.		 +/–
Republican 17 534,558 79.01% 31 15 12 32 Increase 1
Democratic 9 134,343 19.86% 3 2 1 2 Decrease 1
Mountain 1 5,594 0.83% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Independents 2 1,785 0.26% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Total 676,280 100.0% 34 17 34 Steady
Popular vote
Republican
 
 79.01%
Democratic
 
 19.86%
Mountain
 
 0.83%
Independents
 
 0.26%
Seats won
Republican
 
 94.22%
Democratic
 
 5.88%
Total senate seats
Republican
 
 94.22%
Democratic
 
 5.88%

In the 2020 Presidential Election, Republican Donald Trump won all 17 West Virginia State Senate districts, and Joe Biden won 0. There are two districts Trump won in 2020 which Democrats represented going into the 2024 West Virginia Senate Election: District 5, including parts of Cabell and Wayne Counties (Trump +21%); and District 13, including part of Monongalia County ( Trump + 3%).

Trump
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%

Retirements

Democrats

  1. District 5: Robert Plymale is retiring.[3]
  2. District 13: Mike Caputo is retiring.[4]

Republicans

  1. District 9: David Stover is retiring.[5]

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

Four incumbent senators, all Republicans, were defeated in the May 14 primary election.[6]

Republicans

  1. District 2: Mike Maroney lost renomination to Chris Rose.
  2. District 6: Chandler Swope lost renomination to Craig A. Hart.
  3. District 11: Robert L. Karnes lost renomination to Robbie Morris.
  4. District 15: Craig Blair lost renomination to Tom Willis.

Seats for election

District Incumbent Elected Senator Outcome
Member Party First elected Member Party
District 1 Ryan Weld Republican 2016 Ryan Weld Republican Republican hold
District 2 Mike Maroney Republican 2016 Chris Rose Republican Republican hold
District 3 Donna Boley Republican 1985 (appointed) Donna Boley Republican Republican hold
District 4 Amy Grady Republican 2020 Amy Grady Republican Republican hold
District 5 Robert Plymale Democratic 1992 Scott Fuller Republican Republican gain
District 6 Chandler Swope Republican 2016 Craig Hart Republican Republican hold
District 7 Rupie Phillips Republican 2020 Rupie Phillips Republican Republican hold
District 8 Glenn Jeffries Republican 2016 Glenn Jeffries Republican Republican hold
District 9 David Stover Republican 2020 Brian Helton Republican Republican hold
District 10 Jack Woodrum Republican 2020 Jack Woodrum Republican Republican hold
District 11 Robert Karnes Republican 2020 Robbie Morris Republican Republican hold
District 12 Patrick Martin Republican 2020 Patrick Martin Republican Republican hold
District 13 Mike Caputo Democratic 2020 Joey Garcia Democratic Democratic hold
District 14 Randy Smith Republican 2016 Randy Smith Republican Republican hold
District 15 Craig Blair Republican 2012 Tom Willis Republican Republican hold
District 16 Patricia Rucker Republican 2016 Patricia Rucker Republican Republican hold
District 17 Eric Nelson Republican 2020 Eric Nelson Republican Republican hold

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
CNalysis[7] Solid R May 14, 2024

Competitive races

This table lists any legislative seat not rated as Solid D or Solid R by at least one election prediction agency.

Seat CNalysis[8]
Oct. 15
District 5 Toss-up
District 13 Lean D
District 16 Very Likely R

Close races

District Winner Margin
District 13 Democratic 8.88%
District 5 Republican (flip) 2.18%

List of districts

See also

References

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