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West Virginia · General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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Unofficial · November 3, 2026

Results across West Virginia.

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Senate

The winner is one of 100 votes on federal law, spending, treaties, and judges. The term is six years. The U.S. Senate says it alone conducts impeachment trials and must confirm ambassadors, judges, and other officers the president nominates.

Shelley Moore Capito

Republican

U.S. senator from West Virginia and chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee.

Her campaign says she grew up in the Northern Panhandle, served in the West Virginia House, and represented the 2nd District in the U.S. House before the Senate. It says she chairs the Environment and Public Works Committee and serves on Appropriations and Commerce.

  • She says her Senate work focuses on the opioid crisis, broadband, and public infrastructure, and on rolling back rules such as California's electric-vehicle mandate.
  • The campaign says she is running again as a champion of tax cuts, border security, and the Second Amendment.
  • It says her earlier work in the Legislature and the House centered on education, job training, transportation, and federal funding for highways and bridges.

Rachel Fetty Anderson

Democratic

Public-interest lawyer and former Morgantown council member running for the U.S. Senate.

Her campaign says she earned a law degree at the University of Iowa, has represented children, families, and people seeking Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security help, and served on the Morgantown City Council from 2017 to 2021.

  • She says family farmers should be shielded from foreign takeovers of land and from rules that punish them for choosing methods other than those of large agribusiness.
  • She wants a moratorium on hyperscale data centers and local control over their zoning and taxes.
  • She says Social Security should be preserved, including by ending the wage cap on the Social Security tax, and that U.S. military force should be reserved for self-defense with Congress declaring war.

S. Wilson

Other

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U.S. House.

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District 1

Carol Miller

Republican

U.S. representative for West Virginia

The campaign says Carol Miller is a small business owner, farmer, and job creator, and a wife, mother, and grandmother. It says she is in Congress to lower costs.

  • Her campaign says she is pro-life, pro-jobs, pro-energy, and for lower taxes.
  • The site says taxes, spending, and regulation from Washington hurt West Virginia families and businesses.
  • It says she has worked to lower taxes, create jobs, protect energy industries, and secure the border.

Vince George

Democratic

Former teacher and community advocate running for Congress.

His campaign says he is a public servant, former teacher, and community advocate running to speak for working-class West Virginians. He says he is running to unseat Carol Miller.

  • He says the minimum wage has stayed at $8.75, jobs have disappeared, hospitals are closing, and more families are struggling to put food on the table.
  • He says the state's members of Congress voted for cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, Medicare, and veterans' benefits, and that the biggest cuts take effect after this election.

District 2

Riley Moore

Republican

U.S. representative for West Virginia's 2nd District.

Riley Moore's office says he started as a welder in a mining operation, later earned degrees from George Mason University and the National Defense University, served in the West Virginia House, and was state treasurer before Congress. He lives in Harpers Ferry with his wife Mina and their three children and serves on House Appropriations.

  • He says that as treasurer he divested state funds from BlackRock over its support for ESG policies and helped other states push back on those policies.
  • He says he also helped pass and administer the Hope Scholarship and Jumpstart Savings programs.

Ace Parsi

Democratic

Father and community leader running for Congress.

His campaign says he fled an authoritarian regime, arrived without English, and that his family lived in severe poverty. He says he got ahead through public schools, government assistance, faith communities, and neighbors, and that he is running as a father to protect liberty and justice.

  • He says the campaign is values-driven and is trying to reclaim affordability, care, and empowerment.
  • He says he wants to reclaim what it means to be human, kind, and empowered in an age of technology, political spectacle, and concentrated control.
  • He says he is fighting for a future where people rise together when government steps back from its commitments.

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Sample ballot · West Virginia · November 3, 2026

Senate

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Before you go

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How names got here

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What you are choosing

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