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The West Virginia Republican Party is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in West Virginia. Matthew Herridge is the party chair. [ 2 ] It is currently the dominant party in the state, and is one of the strongest affiliates of the national Republican Party.
West Virginia is now a heavily Republican state, with John McCain winning the state in 2008, [1] Mitt Romney in 2012 [2] and Donald Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024. Before 2000, West Virginia had voted almost exclusively Democratic in each presidential election starting in 1932, only voting Republican amidst national landslides in 1956, 1972, and ...
West Virginia had five electoral votes in the Electoral College. [2] Trump easily carried West Virginia on Election Day by 38.9 points, down from 42.1 points in 2016. Prior to the election, all 16 news organizations declared West Virginia a safe, or likely, red state. This was the first time ever that an incumbent Republican carried the state ...
The change to increasing Republican control had also been reflected at the state level. While West Virginia was one of several states with a Democratic governor (Earl Ray Tomblin) in 2016 where Trump won, Republicans had won both chambers of the state legislature in the 2014 elections. In the ensuing years, more statewide executive offices also ...
An Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey released Tuesday found the top issue for Republican primary voters in West Virginia is the economy, followed by education, coal/energy, threats to ...
The upper chamber flip began with West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice winning the seat held by outgoing Democrat-turned-independent Joe Manchin, who announced in November 2023 he would not ...
West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice won the state’s open Senate seat Tuesday, NBC News projects, moving Republicans one step closer to flipping the balance of power in the chamber.
Since its admission to statehood in 1863, West Virginia has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Prior to 1863, the territory currently comprising the state of West Virginia was part of the state of Virginia, and citizens residing in that area have thus been able to participate in every U.S. election. Winners of the state are in bold.