- Source: 2024 West Virginia gubernatorial election
The 2024 West Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the governor of West Virginia, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Republican state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey was elected to his first term in office after defeating Democratic Huntington mayor Steve Williams in the general election. Incumbent Republican Jim Justice was term-limited and was unable to seek re-election to a third consecutive term in office; he instead ran for the U.S. Senate. First elected in 2016 as a Democrat by 6.8 percentage points, Justice switched parties in August 2017 and won re-election in 2020 as a Republican by 33.3 percentage points. Primary elections took place on May 14, 2024.
Background
A conservative rural southeastern state, West Virginia is considered extremely Republican at the federal and state levels; Republicans hold all statewide executive offices and supermajorities in both state legislative houses, and from 2015 until he became an Independent in 2024, Senator Joe Manchin had been the state's only congressional Democrat. In the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump carried West Virginia by 38.93 percentage points.
With Jim Justice term-limited and unable to run for a third consecutive term as Governor, the Republican primary was expected to be competitive and crowded. Most analysts consider Republicans to be a heavy favorite, given the state's partisan lean and the margin from the previous election.
Republican primary
= Candidates
=Nominee
Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia Attorney General (2013–present) and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018
Eliminated in primary
Moore Capito, former state delegate (2016–2023), grandson of former governor Arch Moore, and son of U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito
Kevin Christian, electrical engineer
Chris Miller, automobile dealer and son of U.S. Representative Carol Miller
Mitch Roberts, store manager and write-in candidate for governor in 2020
Mac Warner, West Virginia Secretary of State (2017–present)
Withdrew
J.B. McCuskey, West Virginia State Auditor (2017–present) (ran for attorney general)
Declined
Kent Leonhardt, West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture (2017–present) (ran for re-election)
Riley Moore, West Virginia State Treasurer (2021–present) and grandson of former governor Arch Moore (ran for U.S. House)
= Endorsements
== Debates
== Fundraising
== Polling
== Results
=Democratic primary
= Candidates
=Nominee
Steve Williams, mayor of Huntington (2013–present) and former state delegate (1986–1994)
Declined
Joe Manchin, U.S. Senator (2010–present) and former governor (2005–2010)
Ben Salango, Kanawha County commissioner and nominee for governor in 2020
= Results
=Other candidates
= Mountain Party
=Nominee
Chase Linko-Looper, U.S. Army veteran
= Libertarian Party
=Nominee
Erika Kolenich, attorney and nominee for governor in 2020
= Constitution Party
=Nominee
S. Marshall Wilson, former Republican state delegate (2016–2020) and write-in candidate for governor in 2020
= Independents
=Declined
Joe Manchin, U.S. Senator (2010–present) and former governor (2005–2010) (endorsed Williams)
General election
= Predictions
== Post-primary endorsements
== Debates
== Fundraising
== Polling
== Results
=Notes
Partisan clients
References
External links
Official campaign websites
Erika Kolenich (L) for Governor
Chase Linko-Looper (M) for Governor
Patrick Morrisey (R) for Governor
Steve Williams (D) for Governor
S. Marshall Wilson (C) for Governor
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