2024 West Virginia Senate elections
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
1
1
Popular vote
528,400
130,682
Percentage
79.30%
19.61%
Seats up
15
2
Races won
16
1
Results: Republican gain Republican hold Democratic hold
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 (unofficial, 100% reporting)[ 2]
Party
Candidates
Votes
%
Seats
Before86th Leg.
Up
Won
After87th Leg.
+/–
Republican
17
528,400
79.30
31
15
12
32
1
Democratic
9
130,682
19.61
3
2
1
2
1
Mountain
1
5,551
0.83
0
0
0
0
Independents
1
1,740
0.26
0
0
0
0
Total
666,373
100%
34
17
34
Popular vote
Republican
79.30%
Democratic
19.61%
Mountain
0.26%
Independents
0.83%
Seats won
Republican
94.22%
Democratic
5.88%
Total senate seats
Republican
94.22%
Democratic
5.88%
Partisan Background [ edit ]
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%
District 5 : Robert Plymale is retiring.[ 3]
District 13 : Mike Caputo is retiring.[ 4]
District 9 : David Stover is retiring.[ 5]
Incumbents defeated [ edit ]
In primary election [ edit ]
Four incumbent senators, all Republicans, were defeated in the May 14 primary election.[ 6]
District 2 : Mike Maroney lost renomination to Chris Rose.
District 6 : Chandler Swope lost renomination to Craig A. Hart.
District 11 : Robert L. Karnes lost renomination to Robbie Morris.
District 15 : Craig Blair lost renomination to Tom Willis.
This table lists any legislative seat not rated as Solid D or Solid R by at least one election prediction agency.
Incumbent Ryan Weld was first elected in 2016.
Incumbent Mike Maroney was first elected in 2016. He lost renomination to challenger Chris Rose.
Incumbent Donna Boley was first appointed in 1985.
Incumbent Amy Grady was first elected in 2020.
Source
Ranking
As of
CNalysis [ 9]
Solid R
August 5, 2024
Incumbent Robert Plymale was first elected in 1992. He did not file for re-election.[ 10]
Incumbent Chandler Swope was first elected in 2016. He lost renomination to challenger Craig Hart.
Source
Ranking
As of
CNalysis [ 9]
Solid R
August 5, 2024
Incumbent David Stover was first elected in 2020. He is retiring.
Source
Ranking
As of
CNalysis [ 9]
Solid R
August 5, 2024
Incumbent Jack Woodrum was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Robert Karnes was first elected in 2020. He lost renomination to challenger Robbie Morris.
Incumbent Patrick Martin was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Mike Caputo was first elected in 2020. Caputo is retiring.
Incumbent Randy Smith was first elected in 2016.
Source
Ranking
As of
CNalysis [ 9]
Solid R
August 5, 2024
Incumbent Craig Blair was first elected in 2012. He lost renomination to challenger Tom Willis.
Source
Ranking
As of
CNalysis [ 9]
Solid R
August 5, 2024
Incumbent Patricia Rucker was first elected in 2016.
Source
Ranking
As of
CNalysis [ 9]
Very Likely R
August 5, 2024
Incumbent Eric Nelson was first elected in 2020.
Source
Ranking
As of
CNalysis [ 9]
Solid R
August 5, 2024
^ "West Virginia Election Calendar" (PDF) . sos.wv.gov . November 6, 2023.
^ "November 5, 2024 General Election" . West Virginia State . Retrieved 8 November 2024 .
^ Yohe, Randy (January 26, 2024). "Candidate Primary Election Filing Deadline Saturday" . West Virginia Public Broadcasting . Retrieved May 15, 2024 . And the fourth is Sen. Robert Plymale, D-Wayne. Now, we still have two days, and I can't find evidence, that he's announced that he's not running, but he hasn't yet filed.
^ Galloway, McKenna (August 9, 2023). "West Virginia Sen. Mike Caputo will not seek re-election in 2024" . Times West Virginian . Retrieved November 10, 2023 .
^ Brooks, Mary Catherine (October 31, 2023). "Stover will not seek re-election" . The Register-Herald . Retrieved November 10, 2023 .
^ McElhinny, Brad (May 15, 2024). "Senate President Blair is defeated in primary as are incumbents Maroney, Swope and Karnes" . West Virginia MetroNews . Retrieved May 15, 2024 .
^ "24 WV Forecast" . projects.cnalysis.com . Retrieved 2024-05-19 .
^ "24 WV Forecast" . projects.cnalysis.com . Retrieved 2024-10-15 .
^ a b c d e f g h "24 WV Forecast" . projects.cnalysis.com . Retrieved 2024-05-20 .
^ "WV SOS - Elections - Candidate - Online Data Services" . apps.sos.wv.gov . Retrieved 2024-01-28 .
^ a b "24 WV Forecast" . projects.cnalysis.com . Retrieved 2024-05-20 .
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