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The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the State of West Virginia, one from each of the state's two congressional districts.
The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. District boundaries were redrawn to ensure that the districts are apportioned based on data from the 2020 census, which eliminated a congressional district in West Virginia's delegation.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump carried every county in West Virginia, for the third election in a row. Trump won with 70.2% of the vote share in the state, the largest percentage of the vote ever for any presidential candidate in West Virginia history. [4] strongest state in 2016 and his second-strongest state, in 2020. [5]
Following the 2020 redistricting cycle, West Virginia lost one seat in the House of Representatives, leaving two seats up for election. Incumbents Carol Miller and Alex Mooney were re-elected to the 1st and 2nd districts respectively, while David McKinley of the old 1st District was defeated by Mooney in a primary.
According to §3-10-5 of West Virginia Code, vacancies in the House of Delegates are filled through appointment by the Governor of one of three candidates chosen by the executive committee of the outgoing member's party. [15] Below is a list of appointments made during the 86th Legislature.
When West Virginia Republicans vote in Tuesday's primary, they will have a hard time finding a major candidate on the ballot in any statewide race who openly acknowledges that President Joe Biden ...
West Virginia's at-large congressional district existed between 1913 and 1917, during a period when the state failed to enact a redistricting plan that allowed for a new sixth district. Such a plan was adopted for the 1916 elections, making the at-large seat obsolete.
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