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See live updates of West Virginia election results from the 2024 election, including Senate and House races, state elections and ballot initiatives.
The state of West Virginia has four electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state lost one congressional seat. [ 1 ] Republican Donald Trump easily won West Virginia a third time in 2024, with a 41.9% margin of victory and just under 70% of the vote.
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.
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 ...
Charles S. Trump IV, a member of West Virginia State Senate and the former minority leader of the West Virginia House of Delegates, announced his candidacy in 2023. [20] Trump ran unopposed in the race and thus won reelection. [21] [23] Division 2 Results by county
Trump's performance in the state made it his strongest state in the 2016 election by total vote share. [2] West Virginia was also one of two states where Donald Trump won every county, the other being Oklahoma. This was the second consecutive presidential election where every county within the state voted Republican.
The County Commission annually chooses its own president. The Hancock County Commissioners in 2024 are Paul Cowey, Jeff Davis and Eron Chek. [20] In the West Virginia Circuit Courts, Hancock County is part of the First Family Court Circuit of West Virginia, which also includes Brooke and Ohio Counties. In West Virginia, Family Court Judges were ...
May 14—Wild. That's how Westover Mayor Bob Lucci summed up Tuesday's results. Randy Barnett and Mark Gall, two lifelong Westover residents and newcomers to elected politics, won at-large seats ...