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Evans and the 2026 Senate race
Jonathan Derrick Evans is one of 13 candidates listed in West Virginia’s contested 2026 U.S. Senate race. He is running as a Republican in the general election scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026.
No candidate biography is on file for Evans. There are also no documented policy positions or campaign finance totals on file for his campaign. That means the official record currently identifies his name, party and the office he is seeking but does not establish where he stands on issues or provide fundraising, spending and cash-on-hand figures.
Candidates in the race
The field includes candidates affiliated with the Democratic, Republican, Conservative and VET parties, along with an independent candidate. Each candidate’s current listing is summarized below:
- Rachel Lee Fetty Anderson is listed as a Democratic candidate. No biography, documented policy positions or campaign finance totals are on file.
- Owen Nicholas Carlson is listed as a VET candidate. No biography, documented policy positions or campaign finance totals are on file.
- Thomas Edward II Willis is listed as a Republican candidate. No biography, documented policy positions or campaign finance totals are on file.
- Jonathan Derrick Evans is listed as a Republican candidate. No biography, documented policy positions or campaign finance totals are on file.
- S. Marshall Wilson is listed as a Conservative candidate. No biography, documented policy positions or campaign finance totals are on file.
- Alexander Gaaserud is listed as a Republican candidate. No biography, documented policy positions or campaign finance totals are on file.
- Shelley Moore Capito is the Republican incumbent and a candidate in the race. No biography, documented policy positions or campaign finance totals are on file.
- Gavin Solomon is listed as a Republican candidate. No biography, documented policy positions or campaign finance totals are on file.
- Rio Phillips is listed as an independent candidate. No biography, documented policy positions or campaign finance totals are on file.
- Bryan Mckinney is listed as a Republican candidate. No biography, documented policy positions or campaign finance totals are on file.
- Janet Mcnulty is listed as a Republican candidate. No biography, documented policy positions or campaign finance totals are on file.
- Zachary C Shrewsbury is listed as a Democratic candidate. No biography, documented policy positions or campaign finance totals are on file.
- Jeffrey Vincent Kessler is listed as a Democratic candidate. No biography, documented policy positions or campaign finance totals are on file.
Policy and campaign finance records
No documented policy positions are on file for any of the 13 candidates. The candidate records therefore do not identify differences among them on federal or West Virginia issues. Claims made elsewhere about a candidate’s views are not established by these official entries.
Fundraising, spending and cash-on-hand totals are also not on file for any candidate in the race. Those figures would show how much money a campaign has raised, how much it has spent and how much it retains. No comparisons among the candidates can be made from the current entries.
Election details and next steps
The election is a general election for West Virginia’s U.S. Senate seat. It is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, and is listed as contested because more than one candidate is running.
Before voting, West Virginians can watch for changes to the candidate field, official candidate biographies, documented issue positions and campaign finance totals. Those updates would give voters more information about Evans and every other candidate seeking the seat.
