2024 West Virginia Senate election

2024 West Virginia Senate elections

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17 of 34 seats in the West Virginia Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
GOP
DEM
Leader Craig Blair
(lost renomination)
Mike Woelfel
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 13, 2021 January 11, 2023
Leader's seat 15th district 5th district
Last election 30 seats, 67.0% 4 seats, 28.6%
Seats before 31 3
Seats after 32 2
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 528,400 130,682
Percentage 79.30% 19.61%
Seats up 15 2
Races won 16 1

Results:
     Republican gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold

Senate President before election

Craig Blair
Republican

Elected Senate President

TBD
Republican

The 2024 West Virginia Senate election was held on November 5, 2024, with 17 of the chamber's 34 seats up for election. This took place alongside elections to the House of Delegates, as well as a number of statewide elected positions and elections to Congress and the Presidency. Primary elections were held on May 14, 2024.[1]

Summary of the 2024 West Virginia Senate election results (unofficial, 100% reporting)[2]
Party Candidates Votes % Seats
Before
86th Leg.
Up Won After
87th Leg.
+/–
Republican 17 528,400 79.30 31 15 12 32 Increase 1
Democratic 9 130,682 19.61 3 2 1 2 Decrease 1
Mountain 1 5,551 0.83 0 0 0 0 Steady
Independents 1 1,740 0.26 0 0 0 0 Steady
Total 666,373 100% 34 17 34 Steady
Popular vote
Republican
79.30%
Democratic
19.61%
Mountain
0.26%
Independents
0.83%
Seats won
Republican
94.22%
Democratic
5.88%
Total senate seats
Republican
94.22%
Democratic
5.88%
  1. ^ "West Virginia Election Calendar" (PDF). sos.wv.gov. November 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "November 5, 2024 General Election". West Virginia State. Retrieved 8 November 2024.

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