2020 West Virginia elections

Incumbent Republican Donald Trump easily carried West Virginia, capturing 68.62% of the vote. Trump captured every county in the state and it was his second-best showing behind Wyoming.

Incumbent Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito was easily reelected. With a vote share of 70.3%, she was the first Republican Senator to win reelection in West Virginia since 1907.

All 3 Incumbent Republican U.S. Representatives were easily reelected, all increasing their vote share compared to 2018.

17 of the 34 seats in the West Virginia State Senate held elections, including 11 Republican-held seats and 6 Democratic-held seats. Four incumbents chose not to seek re-election due to retirement: Democrats Paul Hardesty, Roman Prezioso, and Corey Palumbo and Republican Kenny Mann. Republicans won 3 seats over Democratic candidates, increasing their majority in the chamber from 20 to 23 seats.[1][2]

All 100 seats in the West Virginia House of Delegates will have an election. Nineteen incumbents chose not to seek re-election: 11 Democrats and 8 Republicans. Republicans flipped 18 seats, increasing their majority in the chamber from 58 to 76 seats.[3][4]

• Patrick Morrisey, incumbent Attorney General of West Virginia and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018[6]

• Sam Petsonk, attorney[7]
• Isaac Sponaugle, state delegate[8]

Results by county

  Morrisey

•   50-60%
•   60-70%
•   70-80%
•   80-90%

  Petsonk

•   50-60%

• Mac Warner, incumbent Secretary of State of West Virginia

• Tyrin Smith-Holmes of Huntington[11]

• Natalie Tennant, former Secretary of State, candidate for Governor of West Virginia in 2011, and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2014[12]

• Brent Pauley, journalist at EnAct West Virginia[13]

• John Perdue, incumbent West Virginia State Treasurer and candidate for Governor of West Virginia in 2011

• Riley Moore, former state delegate

• JB McCuskey, incumbent West Virginia State Auditor

• Mary Ann Claytor, accountant and auditor, nominee for West Virginia State Auditor in 2016, candidate for West Virginia State Senate in 2018, and former candidate for the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2020[16]

• Kent Leonhardt, incumbent West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture
• Roy Ramey, farm owner and American Freedom nominee for West Virginia State Senate in 2014[18][19]

• Bob Beach, state senator[20]
• William Keplinger, farmer and businessman[21]
• Dave Miller, farmer[22]

• Patricia Bunner, attorney[23]

The incumbent was Tim Armstead, who was appointed to the court to replace Justice Menis Ketchum, who resigned from the court shortly before being convicted on a felony fraud charge. Armstead then won a 2018 special election to serve the remainder of Ketchum's term with 26.1% of the vote. He successfully won re-election to a full term.[24][25]

• Tim Armstead, incumbent Justice and Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals[25]
• David Hummel Jr., circuit court judge on the Second West Virginia Circuit Court[26]
• Richard Neely, former Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals[27]

The incumbent Margaret Workman, did not seek re-election after controversies and the threat of possible impeachment. Bill Wooton, a former state senator, was elected with 31.0% of the vote.[24][28]

• Jim Douglas, family court judge on the Eleventh West Virginia Circuit Court[29]
• Kris Raynes, Putnam County assistant prosecuting attorney[30]
• Joanna Tabit, circuit court judge on the Thirteenth West Virginia Circuit Court[31]
• William R. Wooton, former state senator and candidate for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in 2016[32]

The incumbent was John A. Hutchison, who was appointed to the court to replace justice Allen Loughry, who resigned from the court in the midst of his impeachment trial. Hutchison successfully sought re-election to serve the remainder of Loughry's term.[24][33][34]

• Lora Dyer, circuit court judge on the Fifth West Virginia Circuit Court[35]
• John A. Hutchison, incumbent Justice and former circuit court judge[33]
• William Schwartz, attorney[36]