West Virginia Republican Primary
May 12, 2026
The full voter guide with evaluations is estimated to be released on Apr 17, 2026.
The list below shows the candidates who have officially filed for this election.
U.S. Senator
Shelley Moore Capito
Republican | W.V.
Alexander Gaaserud
Republican | W.V.
Bryan McKinney
Republican | W.V.
Janet McNulty
Republican | W.V.
David Purkey
Republican | W.V.
Tom Willis II
Republican | W.V.
U.S. House of Representatives, District 1
Larry Jackson
Republican | W.V.
Carol Miller
Republican | W.V.
U.S. House of Representatives, District 2
Riley Moore
Republican | W.V.
Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals, Div., 1
Laura V. Faircloth
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Todd A. Kirby
Non-Partisan | W.V.
H.L. "Kirk" Kirkpatrick
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Martin P. "Red Hat" Sheehan
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Gerald Titus
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals, Div., 2
Tom Ewing
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Bill Flanigan
Non-Partisan | W.V.
State Senator, District 1
Laura Wakim Chapman
Republican | W.V.
Joe Eddy
Republican | W.V.
State Senator, District 2
Robert Dobkin
Republican | W.V.
Toby Heaney
Republican | W.V.
State Senator, District 3
Mike Azinger
Republican | W.V.
Trenton Carl Barnhart
Republican | W.V.
Bob Fehrenbacher
Republican | W.V.
Jason S. Harshbarger
Republican | W.V.
State Senator, District 4
Phillip Surface
Republican | W.V.
Eric J. Tarr
Republican | W.V.
Travis Willard
Republican | W.V.
State Senator, District 5
Chris Miller
Republican | W.V.
State Senator, District 6
Jeff Disibbio
Republican | W.V.
Mark R. Maynard
Republican | W.V.
Eric Porterfield
Republican | W.V.
Edwin Ray Vanover
Republican | W.V.
State Senator, District 7
Zach Maynard
Republican | W.V.
State Senator, District 8
T. Kevan Bartlett
Republican | W.V.
Steven Carder Eshenaur
Republican | W.V.
Lance Wheeler
Republican | W.V.
State Senator, District 9
Michael Louis Antolini
Republican | W.V.
Rollan Roberts
Republican | W.V.
Adam Vance
Republican | W.V.
State Senator, District 10
Jonathan Comer
Republican | W.V.
Vince Deeds
Republican | W.V.
Robert Shirley Love
Republican | W.V.
State Senator, District 11
Bill Hamilton
Republican | W.V.
Robert Lee Karnes
Republican | W.V.
Jack Reger
Republican | W.V.
State Senator, District 12
Joseph (Joe) Earley
Republican | W.V.
Ben Queen
Republican | W.V.
State Senator, District 13
Mike Oliverio
Republican | W.V.
State Senator, District 14
Marc Harman
Republican | W.V.
Mike Manypenny
Republican | W.V.
Jay Taylor
Republican | W.V.
State Senator, District 15
Ken Reed
Republican | W.V.
Darren J. Thorne
Republican | W.V.
Robert Wolford
Republican | W.V.
State Senator, District 16
Jason Barrett
Republican | W.V.
Chantele Mack
Republican | W.V.
State Senator, District 17
Anne B. Charnock
Republican | W.V.
Michael Jarrouj
Republican | W.V.
Chris Pritt
Republican | W.V.
Tom Takubo
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 1
Pat McGeehan
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 2
Tony Viola
Republican | W.V.
Mark Zatezalo
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 3
Jimmy Willis
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 4
Derek Ennis
Republican | W.V.
Dolph Santorine
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 5
Elgine Heceta McArdle
Republican | W.V.
Beth Hinebaugh
Republican | W.V.
Riley Watkins
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 6
Don Dewitt
Republican | W.V.
Jeff Stephens
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 7
Charles R. Sheedy Sr.
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 8
Bill Bell
Republican | W.V.
Steven L. Smith
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 9
Dan Boley
Republican | W.V.
Betsy J. Kelly
Republican | W.V.
Mark Kimball
Republican | W.V.
Scott McGraw
Republican | W.V.
Kerry G. Murphy
Republican | W.V.
Steve Thomas
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 10
Bill Anderson
Republican | W.V.
Justin Beanard
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 11
Andrew Borkowski
Republican | W.V.
Jeff S. Sandy
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 12
Vernon Criss
Republican | W.V.
Charles D. Hartzog
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 13
Scot C Heckert
Republican | W.V.
Melissa McCrady
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 14
Angie Adams
Republican | W.V.
Andy Daniel
Republican | W.V.
Dave Foggin
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 15
Erica J. Moore
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 16
Frederick Happy Joe Parsons
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 17
Scott Cadle
Republican | W.V.
Jonathan Adam Pinson
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 18
Jim Butler
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 19
Kathie Hess Crouse
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 20
Sarah Drennan
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 21
C. D. Caldwell
Republican | W.V.
Michael Kidd
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 22
Aaron Holley
Republican | W.V.
Daniel Linville
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 23
Evan Worrell
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 24
Patrick Lucas
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 26
Andrew G. Lowry
Republican | W.V.
Matthew Rohrbach
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 27
Tyler Bowen
Republican | W.V.
William Alex T. Caudill
Republican | W.V.
Gordon Ramey II
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 28
Ryan Browning
Republican | W.V.
Mark Caserta
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 29
Henry Corby Dillon
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 30
David "Flimsy" Adkins
Republican | W.V.
Jeff Eldridge
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 31
Margitta Mazzocchi
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 32
Josh Holstein
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 33
Jordan Bridges
Republican | W.V.
Chris Tipton
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 34
Braydan Rodney Goff
Republican | W.V.
James "Tige" Harless
Republican | W.V.
Barry C. Marcum
Republican | W.V.
John W. White
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 35
Gregory Bishop
Republican | W.V.
John Morgan
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 36
David Green
Republican | W.V.
SP "Pat" McKinney
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 37
Marty Gearheart
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 38
Joe C. Ellington Jr.
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 39
Thurman Scott Dickerson
Republican | W.V.
Samuel Lusk
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 40
Roy G. Cooper
Republican | W.V.
Jon Fain
Republican | W.V.
Travis G. Waldron
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 41
Adrian B. Carag
Republican | W.V.
Jordan Allen Maynor
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 42
Richard "Rick" Jones
Republican | W.V.
John K. Jordan
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 43
Christopher W. Toney
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 44
Carl Bill Roop
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 45
Eric Brooks
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 46
Jeff Campbell
Republican | W.V.
Mark Alan Robinson
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 47
Ray Canterbury
Republican | W.V.
Mary Catherine Tuckwiller
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 48
Mackenzie Holdren
Republican | W.V.
Greg Watt
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 49
Stanley S. Adkins
Republican | W.V.
Newt McCutcheon
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 50
David "Elliott" Pritt
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 51
Marshall W. Clay
Republican | W.V.
Dan Hill
Republican | W.V.
Cy Persinger
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 52
Tresa Howell
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 53
Terry Joe Burns
Republican | W.V.
Tristan Leavitt
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 54
Julien Aklei
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 55
JB Akers
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 58
Walter Hall
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 59
Andy Shamblin
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 60
Dana J. Ferrell
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 61
Dean Jeffries
Republican | W.V.
Lewis A. Taylor
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 62
Roger Hanshaw
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 63
Lori Cowger Dittman
Republican | W.V.
Wesley A. Self
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 64
Adam Burkhammer
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 65
Carl "Robbie" Martin
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 66
Jonathan B. Kyle
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 67
Les Mallow
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 68
David Critchfield
Republican | W.V.
Chris Phillips
Republican | W.V.
Tyler S. Williams
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 69
Danny Hamrick
Republican | W.V.
Keith Marple
Republican | W.V.
Andrew Yost
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 70
Salvatore M. Bombardiere
Republican | W.V.
Paul J. Howe III
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 71
Laura Kimble
Republican | W.V.
Tim McNeely
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 72
Megan M. Krajewski
Republican | W.V.
Clay Riley
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 73
Rob Gallo
Republican | W.V.
Frank Sturm
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 74
Scott Crouch
Republican | W.V.
Guy Ward
Republican | W.V.
Jonathan Woertz
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 75
Phil Mallow
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 76
Jon Dodds
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 77
Joe Statler
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 78
Geno Chiarelli
Republican | W.V.
Sawyer Dennison
Republican | W.V.
Cohen Terneus
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 82
David McCormick
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 83
George Street
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 84
D. R. Buck Jennings
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 85
Alex D. Bosley
Republican | W.V.
Bruce A. Kolsun
Republican | W.V.
Jerry Ours
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 86
Steven Schetrom
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 87
Gary G. Howell
Republican | W.V.
Charles "Dutch" Staggs
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 88
Rick Hillenbrand
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 89
David Cannon
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 90
Dan Caldwell
Republican | W.V.
Davy Jones
Republican | W.V.
Kevin T. McLaughlin
Republican | W.V.
George Miller
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 91
Chris Clagett
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 92
Michael Hite
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 93
Mike Hornby
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 94
Larry D. Kump
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 95
Charles "Chuck" Horst
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 96
Katie Rose
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 97
S. Chris Anders
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 98
Joe Funkhouser
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 99
Wayne M. Clark
Republican | W.V.
Robert Fluharty
Republican | W.V.
State Representative, District 100
William Ridenour
Republican | W.V.
Berkeley County Schools Board of Education (vote for three)
Cathy Funk Amores MD
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Yvonne Jenkins
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Gary Lescalleet
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Jacqueline "Jackee" Long
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Valerie Manor Ledford
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Robert Earl McCaulley III
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Colleen Reid
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Brent Sherrard
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Damon Wright
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Cabell County Schools Board of Education (vote for three)
Nazim Abbess II
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Dylan Andrus
Non-Partisan | W.V.
David Cremeans
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Steven Freeman
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Lauren Hensley
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Pat Jones
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Kayla Lingenfelter
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Coy Miller
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Josh Pauley
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Charles Shaw
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Kate Waldeck
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Sarah Warner
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Joe Westwright
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Jefferson County Schools Board of Education (Special Election) (vote for one)
Kathryn Skinner
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Jefferson County Schools Board of Education (vote for three)
Andrea Elliot
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Natalie Grantham Friend
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Katherine Gugulis
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Ranale Jones
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Laurie Ogden
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Scott James Seiler
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Kanawha County School Board of Education (vote for two)
Michael Arbogast
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Dennis Brown
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Octavia Cordon Dr.
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Jim Joseph Crawford Sr.
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Ed Johnson
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Becky Jones Jordon
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Lisa Otey
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Aly C. White
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Kim Williams
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Marion County Schools Board of Education (vote for three)
Sam Brunett
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Donna Costello
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Donald D'Lusky
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Thomas "Tom" Dragich
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Betty J. Fast
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Caleb Allen Lee
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Matt Offutt
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Monongalia County Schools Board of Education (vote for three)
Daniel Berry
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Jennifer Hagerty
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Michael "Mike" Kelly
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Michelle Marshall
Non-Partisan | W.V.
Barbara Miltenberger Green
Non-Partisan | W.V.
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