November 4, 2026 - The results of yesterday’s election at the state legislative level, while still unofficial, show republicans will maintain comfortable majorities in both the Senate and House of Delegates.  Democrats picked up two seats in the West Virginia Senate, with Association endorsed John Williams defeating incumbent Mike Oliverio in the 13th District and Democrat Ritchie Robb beating incumbent Anne Charnock in Kanawha County’s 17th District.  Duron Jackson won the 5th Senatorial District (Cabell and Wayne counites), keeping that seat in Democratic hands, beating Republican Chris Miller. Republicans Laura Chapman and Lance Wheeler prevailed in their highly contested races.   After last night’s election, the West Virginia Senate makeup will stand at 30 Republicans and four Democrats.  Thirteen of the Association’s 16 Senate candidate endorsements prevailed in last night’s election (88%).  

In the House of Delegates, Democrats gained 12 seats, including those previously held by incumbent Republicans Phillip Mallow, Geno Chiarelli, Water Hall, Patrick Lucas, and David McCormick.  Democrats also gained three seats in the Eastern Panhandle and flipped a vacant Republican seat in Fayette County.  At the start of the 2027 Regular Session of the Legislature, the makeup of the House of Delegates will be 79 Republicans and 21 Democrats.  WVCA endorsed 68 candidates in the House of Delegates, with 60 of those endorsed winning their seats (88%).  

Individual race results can be viewed online at  MetroNews Election Tracking and official results can be reviewed at WV Secretary of State Election Results.  

A summary of the election results vs. Association endorsements can be found here.