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Overview
The 2026 general election in West Virginia is Nov. 3. Early voting is Oct. 21-31.
To find your polling place, or early voting locations, visit the Secretary of State’s website at GoVoteWV.com. Polls are open on Election Day from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.
The information in this voter’s guide was compiled by journalism students at the West Virginia University Reed School of Media and Communications. Those students are:
Ryan Moncif, Riley Emerson, Grace Greene, Lakyn Campbell, Quinn Robie, Sofia Wassick, Nonso Omezie, Aengus Gillespie, Addison Mikula, Samantha Smith, Lilly Reisenweber, Maxie Brock, Ariana Davidson, Trent Ao, James Bickom, Evan Sheedy and Nina Sexton.
Tune in to West Virginia Public Broadcasting on TV and radio for regular updates on election night returns. The WVPB news team will also host a live blog with updates from staff and student journalists throughout the evening, along with results from The Associated Press.
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Constitutional Amendment
Titled the “Citizenship Requirement to Vote in West Virginia Elections,” the amendment was proposed by the West Virginia Legislature during the 2026 regular legislative session.
West Virginia election law already requires a person to be a United States citizen to register to vote. But the state’s constitution does not expressly state that.
According to the language proposed by the legislature, the amendment would establish that only citizens of the United States who are also citizens of West Virginia are entitled to vote in elections held within the state. Federal law also forbids non-citizens from voting in federal elections.
If approved by the voters, the proposed amendment would add that requirement expressly to Article IV, § 1 of the West Virginia Constitution.
That section currently reads:
4-1. Election and officers.
The citizens of the state shall be entitled to vote at all elections held within the counties in which they respectively reside; but no person who is a minor, or who has been declared mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction, or who is under conviction of treason, felony or bribery in an election, or who has not been a resident of the state and of the county in which he offers to vote, for thirty days next preceding such offer, shall be permitted to vote while such disability continues; but no person in the military, naval or marine service of the United States shall be deemed a resident of this state by reason of being stationed therein.
The full text of the proposed amendment is as follows:
Full Text of the Amendment: §4-1. Only citizens of the United States who are citizens of this state shall be entitled to vote at all elections held within the counties in which they respectively reside; but a person who is a minor, or who has been declared mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction, or who is under conviction of treason, felony or bribery in an election, or who has not been a resident of the state and of the county in which he or she offers to vote, for 30 days next preceding such offer, shall not be permitted to vote while such disability continues; and, a person in the military, naval, or marine service of the United States shall not be deemed a resident of this state by reason of being stationed therein.
Who’s On The Ballot?
U.S. Senate
Shelley Moore Capito
Republican
Shelley Moore Capito is the Republican Party candidate for the West Virginia U.S. Senate Race and is currently running for reelection, holding the seat since 2015. Capito served as a West Virginia State Delegate from 1996-2000. She then was a U.S. Representative for West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District from 2001-2015. Capito earned her bachelor’s degree……
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Rachel Lee Fetty-Anderson
Democrat
Rachel Lee Fetty-Anderson is the Democratic Party candidate for the West Virginia U.S. Senate Race. She was elected to the Morgantown City Council in 2017 and served until 2021. During that time, she tackled basic municipal issues including ensuring community members were comfortable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fetty-Anderson practices public interest law in West Virginia……
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Stephen Marshall Wilson
Constitution
Stephen Marshall (S. Marshall) Wilson is the Constitution Party candidate for the 2026 West Virginia U.S. Senate race. He is originally from Beaufort, South Carolina. A former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, Wilson represented Berkeley County’s 60th District from 2016-2020. He did not run for reelection in 2020. He also served as……
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U.S. House of Representatives
Carol Miller
Republican
Office
U.S. House of Representatives – District 1
Carol Miller is the incumbent congresswoman representing West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District and is seeking another term in Congress. She was first elected in 2018 and has served in Washington, D.C., since 2019. Miller has focused on issues such as rural healthcare, energy and economic development, which are important topics across southern West Virginia. Her……
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Vince George
Democrat
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U.S. House of Representatives – District 1
Vince George is the Democratic nominee for West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District and is running against Republican incumbent Carol Miller. George grew up around Charleston and South Charleston and attended West Virginia University (WVU). George has worked in public service, education and community advocacy. His experience includes working with the Kanawha County Clerk’s office and……
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Riley McGowan Moore
Republican
Office
U.S. House of Representatives – District 2
Riley Moore was born in Morgantown, West Virginia. He earned a welding apprenticeship certificate before receiving a bachelor’s degree in government from George Mason University and a master’s degree in strategic security studies from the National Defense University. Moore entered West Virginia politics as a Republican candidate for the House of Delegates. He represented the……
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Ahsan Parsi
Democrat
Office
U.S. House of Representatives – District 2
Ahsan “Ace” Parsi is the Democratic candidate for the U.S. House, representing West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District. He lives in Morgantown and has worked as a community organizer and civic engagement advocate. Parsi immigrated to the United States from Iran with his family as a child. He has said his family left Iran during the……
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W.Va. Senate
Laura Wakim Chapman
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 1
Shawn Lucas Fluharty
Democrat
Office
West Virginia Senate District 1
Toby Heaney
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 2
Christopher Allen Claypoole
Democrat
Office
West Virginia Senate District 2
Caci Petrehn
Democrat
Office
West Virginia Senate District 3
Ronald James Green
Constitution
Office
West Virginia Senate District 3
Eric J. Tarr
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 4
Christopher Miller
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 5
DuRon Jackson
Democrat
Office
West Virginia Senate District 5
Mark Maynard
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 6
Wyatt Thompson Lilly
Democrat
Office
West Virginia Senate District 6
Zack Maynard
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 7
Cynthia Brake
Democrat
Office
West Virginia Senate District 7
Shawn Legg
No Party Affiliation
Office
West Virginia Senate District 7
Lance Wheeler
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 8
Kim Hundley
Democrat
Office
West Virginia Senate District 8
Rollan Roberts
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 9
Christy Cardwell
Democrat
Office
West Virginia Senate District 9
Vince Deeds
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 10
Kent Gilkerson
Democrat
Office
West Virginia Senate District 10
William David Hamilton
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 11
Kevin Leon Carpenter
Democrat
Office
West Virginia Senate District 11
Ben Queen
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 12
Lynette Murray
Democrat
Office
West Virginia Senate District 12
Mike Oliverio
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 13
John Williams
Democrat
Office
West Virginia Senate District 13
Jay Taylor
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 14
Jason Andrew Armentrout
Democrat
Office
West Virginia Senate District 14
Darren Thorne
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 15
Elizabeth Anne Ferris
Democrat
Office
West Virginia Senate District 15
Michael Jason Barrett
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 16
Travis Lee Bost
Libertarian
Office
West Virginia Senate District 16
Tom Takubo Jr.
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 17
Wes Holden Jr.
Democrat
Office
West Virginia Senate District 17
Unexpired Terms in the W.Va. Senate
Trenton Barnhart
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 3, Unexpired Term
Anne Blye Charnock
Republican
Office
West Virginia Senate District 17, Unexpired Term
Richard “Richie” Robb
Democrat
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West Virginia Senate District 17, Unexpired Term
W.Va. House of Delegates
Patrick Riley McGeehan
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 1
Quincy Ray Wilson
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 1
Anthony Joseph Viola
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 2
Daniel Joseph Day
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 2
James Lawrence Willis Jr.
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 3
Michael Anthony Robinson
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 3
David Lee Cantrell
Independent
Office
House of Delegates District 3
Derek Joseph Ennis
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 4
Joseph Jividen
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 4
Beth Ann Hinebaugh
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 5
Karen Shuler Stakem
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 5
Donald DeWitt
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 6
Cody Morgan Cumpston
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 6
Charles R. Sheedy
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 7
Sarah Elizabeth Reggi
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 7
Steven Lee Smith
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 8
Kerry Glen Murphy
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 9
Justin Matthew Beanard
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 10
Christopher Jones
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 10
Jeffrey Scott Sandy
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 11
Daniel Seth Miller
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 11
Vernon Criss
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 12
Charles David Hartzog
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 12
Dennis V. Rempel
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 12
Stephen Thomas Smith
Libertarian
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House of Delegates District 12
Melissa Lynn McCrady
Republican
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House of Delegates District 13
Marley Orion Jade Umensetter
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 13
James Michael Hendershot Jr.
Independent
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House of Delegates District 13
David Thomas Foggin
Republican
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House of Delegates District 14
Crystal Dawn Butcher
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 14
Erica Jeanne Moore
Republican
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House of Delegates District 15
Frederick W. Parsons
Republican
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House of Delegates District 16
Jason Milan Barr
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 16
Jonathan Adam Pinson
Republican
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House of Delegates District 17
Kathryn Weiland
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 17
Jim Butler
Republican
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House of Delegates District 18
Jonathan Hersman
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 18
Kathie Hess Crouse
Republican
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House of Delegates District 19
Nolan Proctor Rose
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 19
Sarah Elizabeth Drennan
Republican
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House of Delegates District 20
Tonya Patrick Shuler
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 20
C.D. Caldwell
Republican
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House of Delegates District 21
Michael G. Mosteller II
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 21
Aaron S. Holley
Republican
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House of Delegates District 22
Evan Worrell
Republican
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House of Delegates District 23
Amanda Beth Beach-Burge
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 23
Patrick A. Lucas
Republican
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House of Delegates District 24
Stephen Taylor Williams
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 24
Sean Christopher Hornbuckle
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 25
Matthew Alan Rohrbach
Republican
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House of Delegates District 26
Gordon Ramey II
Republican
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House of Delegates District 27
Ric W. Griffith
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 27
Ryan Browning
Republican
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House of Delegates District 28
Brooke Cameron Smith
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 28
Henry Corbett Dillon
Republican
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House of Delegates District 29
Wendy Coleman
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 29
Jeffery Allen Eldridge
Republican
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House of Delegates District 30
Ryan Cledith Elkins
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 30
Margitta Mazzocchi
Republican
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House of Delegates District 31
George Curtis Barker
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 31
Joshua A. Holstein
Republican
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House of Delegates District 32
Jennifer Allyn Bias Bryant
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 32
Christopher J. Tipton
Republican
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House of Delegates District 33
Michael B. “Mickey” Browning
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 33
Leroy Robert DeHart
Independent
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House of Delegates District 33
Barry C. Marcum
Republican
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House of Delegates District 34
Tara “Baby T” Sexton
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 34
John Morgan
Republican
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House of Delegates District 35
Rachael Hawkins-Church
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 35
David “Stephen” Green
Republican
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House of Delegates District 36
Katelynn Marie Jordan
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 36
Gary Martin Gearheart
Republican
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House of Delegates District 37
Treyvon Shaun Simmons
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 37
Joe C. Ellington Jr.
Republican
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House of Delegates District 38
Randa Deloris Faulkner
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 38
Samuel Lusk
Republican
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House of Delegates District 39
Brianna Pearcy
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 39
Roy G. Cooper
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 40
Jennifer Lea Gilkerson
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 40
Jordan Maynor
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 41
Curtis Shaver
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 41
John Kenneth Jordan
Republican
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House of Delegates District 42
Courtney Lynn Vandall
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 42
Christopher Wayne Toney
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 43
Eric Scott Brooks
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 45
Joseph Ivan Golden
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 45
Jeffrey Scott Campbell
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 46
Sarah Zadek Umberger
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 46
Denny Ray Canterbury Jr.
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 47
Sarah Morris
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 47
Mackenzie Anne Holdren
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 48
Jourdan Deitz
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 48
Bernard Newton McCutcheon
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 49
Byron Lee Tucker Jr.
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 49
Mathew Travis Anderson
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 50
William Thomas Louisos II
Independent
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House of Delegates District 50
Cy Daniel Persinger
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 51
Colby Alexander Lopez
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 51
Tresa Mae Howell
Republican
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House of Delegates District 52
Joyce Reubena Brown
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 52
Tristan Lynn Leavitt
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 53
Keena Leigh Mullins
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 53
Michael Ari Pushkin
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 54
Tara Nicole Martinez
Independent
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House of Delegates District 54
James Robert Akers II
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 55
Anthony Dasaro
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 55
Kayla Young
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 56
Hollis Tarry Lewis
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 57
Kyle Walter Hall
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 58
Marisa Calisto Jackson
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 58
Andy Shamblin
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 59
Howard “Cookie” Claytor III
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 59
Dana J. Ferrell
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 60
Lynette Keen Shaw
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 60
Warren Dean Jeffries
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 61
Willa Sue Crawford
Democrat
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House of Delegates District 61
Roger Hanshaw
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 62
Lori Cowger Dittman
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 63
Kevin Westley Carpenter
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 63
Adam Dwayne Burkhammer
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 64
Nathaniel Stansberry
Constitution
Office
House of Delegates District 64
Carl Robert Martin
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 65
Mira Tanner-Hughes
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 65
Jonathan Kyle
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 66
Danielle Marie Dougherty
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 66
Stephen Leslie Mallow Jr.
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 67
Mandana Ruth Weirich
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 67
Chris Edward Phillips
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 68
Daniel Hamrick
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 69
Jocelyn Rachele Blackwell
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 69
Paul J. Howe III
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 70
Shannon Welsh
Democract
Office
House of Delegates District 70
Timothy Allen McNeely
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 71
Robert Garcia
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 71
Clay P. Riley
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 72
Franklin Porter Sturm
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 73
Kathleen Anne Ford
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 73
Guy Edward Ward
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 74
Frankie Wayne Delapas
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 74
Philip Wayne Mallow
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 75
Linda S. Longstreth
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 75
Jon Joseph Dodds
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 76
Richard Garcia
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 76
Joseph Clark Statler
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 77
Patricia Andrea Bunner
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 77
Eugene Michael Chiarelli
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 78
Micheal William Wendell
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 78
Evan Paul Hansen
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 79
Sydney Paige Reiring
Mountain
Office
House of Delegates District 79
Olivia Hope Miller
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 80
Melissa Ann Deserio
Constitution
Office
House of Delegates District 80
Anitra Hamilton
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 81
David Lee McCormick
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 82
Edmund Lee Wagoner III
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 82
George Street
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 83
D. Rolland Jennings
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 84
Colin Savage
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 84
Alex Dean Bosley
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 85
Deborah Kay Stiles
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 85
Steven Allen Schetrom II
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 86
Betsy Orndoff-Sayers
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 86
Gary G. Howell
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 87
Rebecca Laura Holler
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 87
Frederick Frank Hillenbrand
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 88
Dorothy Louise Kengla
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 88
David Cannon
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 89
Joanne Roney Hepworth
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 89
Walter Samuel Long Sr.
Constitution
Office
House of Delegates District 89
George Allen Miller
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 90
Ashley Pauline Braner
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 90
Christopher Douglass Clagett
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 91
David J. Michaels
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 91
Michael Brendan Hite
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 92
Bradley Jay Noll
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 92
Michael Casson Hornby
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 93
Tara Brianne McCoy
Constitution
Office
House of Delegates District 93
Donald Lee Bennett
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 94
Elizabeth Mae Sanchez
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 94
Charles Kenneth Horst
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 95
Kara Merrill Waldeck
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 95
Daniel Nathan Walls
Constitution
Office
House of Delegates District 95
Katie Rose
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 96
Lisa Cathro
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 96
Rebecca “Becky Jane” Dunmire
Constitution
Office
House of Delegates District 96
Chris Anders
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 97
Lucia Valentine
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 97
Raymond “Joe” Funkhouser
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 98
Marta Maria Beck
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 98
Wayne M. Clark
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 99
Regina Dyer
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 99
William Earl Ridenour II
Republican
Office
House of Delegates District 100
Jenny Thacker
Democrat
Office
House of Delegates District 100