A polling location at Edgewood Summit in Charleston, W.Va. during the May 2024 primary election. (Lori Kersey | West Virginia Watch)
Today is the general election, and we’ve rounded up what you need to know about voting and our coverage plans.
What to know about voting?
Polls open today at 6:30 a.m. in West Virginia for Election Day. They will remain open until 7:30 p.m. As long as you are in line to vote by 7:30 p.m., you are allowed to vote.
When you arrive at your polling place, they will ask for your name and ID.
If they can’t find your name in their poll book or you don’t have ID with you, you will be given a provisional ballot. If you did not have your ID with you, go to your country clerk’s office before they start canvassing the vote to show them your ID so your ballot will be counted. If you were given a provisional ballot for other reasons, the Board of Canvassers will count your vote if they find you are eligible and registered.
Early voting and absentee ballots are not counted until the polls are closed.
Who can I vote for?
The big races today are for the U.S. President, one of West Virginia’s two U.S. Senate seats and both U.S. House of Representatives seats.
Statewide, you can vote for the next governor, secretary of state, auditor, commissioner of agriculture and attorney general.
Every West Virginia House of Delegates seat and half of the 34 Senate seats are up for grabs. You can check who is running for your district on the Secretary of State’s website.
Still undecided on local races and Amendment 1? Check out our Voter Guide.
What races are we covering?
Tonight West Virginia Watch will report on the results of the following races if they are called:
- The U.S. Senate race between former mayor of Wheeling Democrat Glenn Elliott and Republican Gov. Jim Justice;
- The U.S. House of Representatives, 1st Congressional District race between Democrat Joe Bob Reed and Republican incumbent Carol Miller;
- The U.S. House of Representatives, 2nd Congressional District race between Democrat Steve Wendelin and Republican Riley Moore;
- The West Virginia governor’s race between Huntington Mayor Democrat Steve Williams and state Attorney General Republican Patrick Morrisey;
- The state attorney general race between Democrat Teresa Toriseva and Republican J.B. McCuskey;
- The state secretary of state race between Democrat Thornton Cooper and Republican Mac Warner;
- The state auditor race between Mary Ann Roebuck Claytor and Republican Mark Hunt;
- The state commissioner of agriculture race between Democrat Deborah Stiles and Republican Kent Leonhardt.
We also plan to cover the results of Amendment 1, which would amend the West Virginia Constitution to prohibit people from participating in the the practice of medically-assisted suicide if passed.
Sometimes races are too close to call. For example, in 2020 Election Day was on Nov. 3, 2020, but the presidential race was too close to call until Nov. 7, 2020. We will wait until the Associated Press calls a race before naming a winner. However, all results are unofficial until they’ve been certified by the West Virginia secretary of state.
All of our election coverage can be found under the Decision 2024 category on our website.
The day after Election Day, we will follow up on smaller races or big upsets.
Who is running unopposed?
Larry Pack is running unopposed for state treasurer.
Seven candidates running for West Virginia’s 17 Senate seats are running unopposed:
- Ryan W. Weld, R-Brooke
- Chris Rose Republican, Senatorial District 2, Maidsville
- Donna J. Boley, R-Pleasants
- Rupie Phillips, R-Logan
- Glenn D. Jeffries, R-Putnam
- Jack David Woodrum, R-Summers
- Patrick S. Martin, R-Lewis
Of the 100 House of Delegate districts, 42 candidates are running unopposed:
- Pat McGeehan, R-Hancock
- David L. Kelly, R-Tyler
- Trenton Carl Barnhart, R-Pleasants
- Bill Anderson, R-Wood
- Bob Fehrenbacher, R-Wood
- Vernon Criss, R-Wood
- Scot Heckert, R-Wood
- Frederick Happy Joe Parsons, R-Jackson
- Jonathan Adam Pinson, R-Mason
- Kathie Hess Crouse, R-Putnam
- Daniel Linville, R-Cabell
- Matthew Rohrbach, R-Cabell
- Ryan Browning, R-Wayne
- Margitta Mazzocchi, R-Logan
- Jordan Bridges, R-Logan
- Mark Dean, R- Mingo
- Adam Vance, R-Wyoming
- Christopher Toney, R-Raleigh
- Eric Brooks, R-Raleigh
- Walter Hall, R-Kanawha
- Andy Shamblin, R-Kanawha
- Dana Ferrell, R-Kanawha
- Dean Jeffries, R-Kanawha
- Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay
- Lori Cowger Dittman, R-Braxton
- Adam Burkhammer, R-Lewis
- Chris Phillips, R-Barbour
- Keith Marple, R-Harrison
- Laura Kimble, R-Harrison
- Clay Riley, R-Harrison
- Bryan Smith, R-Taylor
- Joe Statler, R-Monongalia
- Evan Hansen, D-Monongalia
- Anitra L. Hamilton, D-Monongalia
- George Street, R-Preston
- D. R. Buck Jennings, R-Preston
- John Paul Hott II, R-Grant
- Bryan C. Ward, R-Hardy
- Gary G. Howell, R-Mineral
- George Miller, R-Morgan
- Michael Hite, R-Berkeley
- Mike Hornby, R-Berkeley
- Larry D Kump, R-Berkeley
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