- Source: 2022 West Virginia House of Delegates election
The 2022 West Virginia House of Delegates election was held on November 8, 2022, electing all 100 members of the chamber. This coincided with the election of 17 of West Virginia's 34 state senators, and the election of West Virginia's two U.S. representatives. Primary elections were held on May 10, 2022. Due to redistricting, this was the first House of Delegates election in which all members were elected from single member districts, with West Virginia following a trend of states phasing out multi-member districts in recent decades.
The Republican party won 88 seats, increasing their supermajority in the chamber. In early 2023, delegate Elliott Pritt switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, increasing the party's seat count to 89.
Background
In the 2020 House of Delegates election, the Republican Party gained almost 20 seats from the Democrats, achieving supermajority status. This has followed West Virginia's sharp turn towards the Republican Party in the preceding 20 years, and the Republicans' growing prominence in state politics. Between the 2020 and 2022 elections, two Democrats switched their party affiliation to Republican.
Retiring incumbents
= Democrats
=Five Democrats retired.
District 5: Dave Pethtel retired.
District 20: Nathan Brown retired to run for Mingo County Commission.
District 34: Brent Boggs retired.
District 51: Barbara Fleischauer retired to run for state senator from District 13.
District 67: John Doyle retired to run for Jefferson County Commission.
= Republicans
=Nine Republicans retired.
District 10: John R. Kelly retired to run for state senator from District 3.
District 16: John Mandt retired to run for Cabell County Commission.
District 22: Zack Maynard retired.
District 25: Tony Paynter retired to run for Wyoming County Circuit Clerk.
District 30: Mick Bates retired to run for state senator from District 9.
District 32: Kayla Kessinger retired.
District 48: Ben Queen retired to run for state senator from District 12.
District 52: Terri Sypolt retired.
District 61: Jason Barrett retired to run for state senator from District 16.
Predictions
Speakership election
On August 8, 2022, Brandon Steele, a Republican from Raleigh County, announced his intent to run for Speaker against incumbent Roger Hanshaw. House Democratic leader Doug Skaff stated on the Mountain State Views podcast that he and his caucus would support Hanshaw over Steele in a speakership contest.
On December 4, 2022, Hanshaw was chosen to lead the Republican caucus for another two years, winning with 53 votes to Steele's 30. In the Democratic caucus, Skaff was re-elected as minority leader.
On January 11, 2023, the 86th Legislature convened, and the election for Speaker was held. Republican David Kelly nominated Hanshaw, who was seconded by John Hardy, and Democrat Ric Griffith nominated Skaff, who was seconded by Shawn Fluharty.
Overview
= Close races
=Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
District 56, 1%
District 27, 1.6%
District 82, 2.6%
District 50, 3.6%
District 52, 4%
District 24, 5.2%
District 70, 7.6%
District 32, 9%
District 75, 9%
District 76, 9.2%
District 5, 9.2%
District 100, 9.6%
District 3, 9.8%
Appointments
During West Virginia's 85th Legislature (2021–2022), several delegates resigned from their seats in the House of Delegates. According to §3-10-5 of West Virginia Code, vacancies in the House of Delegates are filled through appointment by the Governor of one of three candidates chosen by the executive committee of the outgoing member's party. Below is a list of appointments made during the 85th Legislature.
Incumbents defeated
= In primaries
=Democrats
District 27: Chad Lovejoy lost renomination to fellow incumbent Ric Griffith in a redistricting race.
Republicans
District 11: Roger Conley lost renomination to Bob Fehrenbacher.
District 14: Shannon Kimes lost renomination to Dave Foggin.
District 18: Johnnie Wamsley lost renomination to Jim Butler.
District 28: Josh Booth lost renomination to Mark Ross.
District 59: Dianna Graves lost renomination to Andy Shamblin.
District 69: Danny Hamrick lost renomination to Keith Marple.
District 74: Guy Ward lost renomination to Mike DeVault.
District 89: Ruth Rowan lost renomination to Darren Thorne.
District 90: Ken Reed lost renomination to fellow incumbent George A. Miller in a redistricting race.
= In general elections
=Democrats
District 3: Phillip DiSerio lost re-election to Jimmy Willis.
District 7: Lisa Zukoff lost re-election to Charles Sheedy.
District 36: Ed Evans lost re-election to Anita Hall.
District 67: Cody Thompson lost re-election to Elias Coop-Gonzalez
Republicans
District 50: Austin Haynes lost re-election to David Pritt.
District 56: Andrew Anderson lost election to incumbent Kayla Young.
List of districts
= District 1
=Incumbent Pat McGeehan was first elected in 2014.
General election
= District 2
=Incumbent Mark Zatezalo was first elected in 2014, left the House of Delegates in 2018, and was elected again in 2020.
General election
= District 3
=Incumbent Phillip Diserio was first elected in 2012, left the House of Delegates in 2014, and was elected again in 2016.
General election
= District 4
=Incumbent Erikka Storch was first elected in 2010.
General election
= District 5
=Incumbent Shawn Fluharty was first elected in 2014.
General election
= District 6
=Incumbent Charlie Reynolds was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 7
=Incumbent Lisa Zukoff was first elected in 2018.
General election
= District 8
=Incumbent David Kelly was first elected in 2018.
General election
= District 9
=Incumbent Trenton Barnhart was appointed in 2019.
General election
= District 10
=Incumbent William Anderson was first elected in 1992.
General election
= District 11
=Incumbent Roger Conley was first elected in 2020. Conley lost the Republican primary to Bob Fehrenbacher.
General election
= District 12
=Incumbent Vernon Criss was first elected in 2016.
General election
= District 13
=General election
= District 14
=Incumbent Shannon Kimes was first elected in 2020. Kimes lost the Republican primary to Dave Foggin.
General election
= District 15
=Incumbent Riley Keaton was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 16
=Incumbent Steve Westfall was first elected in 2012.
General election
= District 17
=Incumbent Jonathan Pinson was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 18
=Incumbent Johnnie Wamsley was first elected in 2020. Wamsley lost the Republican primary to Jim Butler.
General election
= District 19
=Incumbent Kathie Hess Crouse was appointed in 2021.
General election
= District 20
=Incumbent Geoff Foster was first elected in 2014.
General election
= District 21
=Incumbent Jarred Cannon was appointed to fill the vacancy left by Joe Jeffries' resignation in June 2022, one month after Cannon won the Republican primary for District 21.
General election
= District 22
=Incumbent Daniel Linville was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 23
=Incumbent Evan Worrell was first elected in 2018.
= District 24
=General election
= District 25
=Incumbent Sean Hornbuckle was first elected in 2014.
General election
= District 26
=Incumbent Matthew Rohrbach was first elected in 2014.
General election
= District 27
=Incumbent Chad Lovejoy was elected in 2016. Incumbent Ric Griffith was elected in 2020. Griffith defeated Lovejoy in the Democratic primary caused by redistricting.
General election
= District 28
=Incumbent Josh Booth was appointed in 2021. Booth lost the Republican primary to Mark Ross.
General election
= District 29
=General election
= District 30
=General election
= District 31
=Incumbent Margitta Mazzocchi was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 32
=Incumbent Josh Holstein was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 33
=Incumbent Jordan Bridges was first elected in 2020.
= District 34
=Incumbent Mark Dean was first elected in 2016.
General election
= District 35
=General election
= District 36
=Incumbent Ed Evans was first elected in 2016.
In the close District 36 Republican primary, Tom Acosta, who held a one-vote lead in election night returns, was defeated by the same margin by Anita Hall after canvassing.
General election
= District 37
=Incumbent Marty Gearheart was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 38
=Incumbent Joe Ellington was first elected in 2010.
General election
= District 39
=Incumbent Doug Smith was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 40
=Incumbent Roy Cooper was first elected in 2012.
General election
= District 41
=Incumbent Jordan Maynor was appointed in 2021.
General election
= District 42
=Incumbent Brandon Steele was first elected in 2018.
General election
= District 43
=Incumbent Christopher Toney was first elected in 2018.
General election
= District 44
=General election
= District 45
=General election
= District 46
=Incumbent Michael Honaker was appointed in 2021.
General election
= District 47
=Incumbent Todd Longanacre was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 48
=Incumbent Caleb Hanna was first elected in 2018.
General election
= District 49
=Incumbent Heather Tully was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 50
=Incumbent Austin Haynes was first elected in 2020, and defeated by Democrat David Elliott Pritt in 2022. Pritt later changed his party affiliation to Republican, increasing the GOP's House majority to 89.
General election
= District 51
=Incumbent Tom Fast was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 52
=Incumbent Larry Rowe was first elected in 1996, before leaving the chamber and returning in 2014.
General election
= District 53
=Incumbents Jim Barach and Chris Pritt were first elected in 2020. After winning the Democratic primary, Barach chose not to seek re-election, and he was replaced by Wayne Crozier.
General election
= District 54
=Incumbent Mike Pushkin was first elected in 2014.
General election
= District 55
=Incumbent Moore Capito, son of United States senator Shelley Moore Capito, was first elected in 2016.
= District 56
=Incumbents Kayla Young was first elected in 2020. In 2022, incumbent Larry Pack, running against Young in the general election, resigned from the House of Delegates. His successor, Andrew Anderson, replaced him as the Republican nominee for District 56.
General election
= District 57
=Incumbent Doug Skaff was first elected in 2018.
General election
= District 58
=General election
= District 59
=Incumbent Dianna Graves was appointed in 2017. Graves lost the Republican primary to Andy Shamblin.
General election
= District 60
=Incumbent Dana Ferrell was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 61
=Incumbent Dean Jeffries was first elected in 2018.
General election
= District 62
=Incumbent Roger Hanshaw was first elected in 2014.
General election
= District 63
=General election
= District 64
=Incumbent Adam Burkhammer was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 65
=Incumbent Carl Martin was first elected in 2018.
= District 66
=Incumbent Ty Nestor was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 67
=Incumbent Cody Thompson was first elected in 2018.
General election
= District 68
=Incumbent Chris Phillips was first elected in 2018.
General election
= District 69
=Incumbent Danny Hamrick was first elected in 2012. Harmick lost the Republican primary to Keith Marple.
General election
= District 70
=General election
= District 71
=Incumbent Laura Kimble was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 72
=Incumbent Clay Riley was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 73
=Incumbent Amy Summers was first elected in 2014.
General election
= District 74
=Incumbent Guy Ward was first elected in 2020. Ward lost the Republican primary to Mike DeVault.
General election
= District 75
=Incumbent Phil Mallow was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 76
=Incumbent Joey Garcia was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 77
=Incumbent Joe Statler was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 78
=General election
= District 79
=Incumbent Evan Hansen was first elected in 2018.
General election
= District 80
=Incumbent John Williams was first elected in 2016.
General election
= District 81
=Incumbent Danielle Walker was first elected in 2018.
General election
= District 82
=General election
= District 83
=General election
= District 84
=Incumbent D. Rolland Jennings was appointed in 2017.
General election
= District 85
=Incumbent John Paul Hott was first elected in 2018.
General election
= District 86
=Incumbent Bryan Ward was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 87
=Incumbent Gary Howell was first elected in 2010.
General election
= District 88
=General election
= District 89
=Incumbent Ruth Rowan was first elected in 2004. Rowan's son-in-law, Robert Wolford, filed to run as an independent following her loss to Darren Thorne in the Republican primary.
General election
= District 90
=Incumbents George Miller and Ken Reed were first elected in 2020. Miller defeated Reed in the Republican primary caused by redistricting.
General election
= District 91
=Incumbent Don Forsht was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 92
=General election
= District 93
=General election
= District 94
=General election
= District 95
=Incumbent Chuck Horst was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 96
=Incumbent Eric Householder was first elected in 2010.
General election
= District 97
=Incumbent John Hardy was first elected in 2018.
General election
= District 98
=Incumbent Paul Espinosa was first elected in 2012.
General election
= District 99
=Incumbent Wayne Clark was first elected in 2020.
General election
= District 100
=General election
= Notes
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