What to know about West Virginia’s 2026 elections

Federal offices on the ballot

West Virginia voters will choose a U.S. senator and members of the U.S. House on Nov. 3, 2026. The winning Senate candidate will serve a six-year term, while the state’s two House seats carry two-year terms.

The 2026 election overview lists Democratic candidate Rachel Anderson in the Senate contest. It also lists Republican Shelley Moore Capito, the incumbent senator, in the same contest. No policy positions are listed for either candidate.

Both congressional districts will hold House elections. West Virginia’s current representatives are Carol Miller in District 1 and Riley Moore in District 2, both Republicans. The state’s other sitting U.S. senator is Republican Jim Justice; that Senate seat is not identified as the one being elected in 2026.

West Virginia’s recent presidential vote

West Virginia supported the Republican presidential candidate in each of the past three elections. In 2024, Donald Trump received 70% of the statewide vote and Kamala Harris received 28.1%, a margin of 41.9 percentage points. That was Trump’s second-largest margin among the 50 states, behind Wyoming.

Republicans received 68.6% of West Virginia’s presidential vote in both 2020 and 2016. Democrats received 29.7% in 2020 and 26.5% in 2016.

Those presidential results describe past statewide voting and do not decide the 2026 contests. Voters will separately choose among the candidates appearing on the Senate and House ballots after the primary process determines the general-election fields.