| Election Name: | 2024 West Virginia House of Delegates elections |
| Speaker | |
| Before Election: | Roger Hanshaw |
| After Election: | Roger Hanshaw |
| After Party: | West Virginia Republican Party |
| Type: | legislative |
| Before Party: | West Virginia Republican Party |
| Seats Needed2: | 40 |
| Last Election1: | 88 seats, 68.7% |
| Country: | West Virginia |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Leader1: | Roger Hanshaw |
| Leaders Seat2: | 25th district |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2024 |
| Next Election: | 2026 West Virginia House of Delegates election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Seats For Election: | All 100 seats in the West Virginia House of Delegates |
| Majority Seats: | 51 |
| Image1: | GOP |
| Previous Election: | 2022 West Virginia House of Delegates election |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Party1: | West Virginia Republican Party |
| Leader Since1: | August 29, 2018 |
| Seats Before1: | 89 |
| Leaders Seat1: | 62nd district |
| Leader2: | Sean Hornbuckle |
| Leader Since2: | August 8, 2023 |
| Party2: | West Virginia Democratic Party |
| Last Election2: | 12 seats, 30.1% |
| Seats Before2: | 11 |
The 2024 West Virginia House of Delegates elections will be held on November 5, 2024, alongside elections to the presidency, governorship, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and other offices. Primary elections were held on May 14, 2024.[1]
Following the 2022 legislative races and party changes in both chambers of the legislature, Democratic presence in state government has been reduced to a historically small level. This has come after roughly a decade of change in the composition of the state government, with the legislature beginning the 2010s with decisive Democratic majorities and ending the decade with Republican ones. This change has been characterized by Democratic to Republican party switches among legislators and other officials, and increasing margins of victory for Republicans over time, as ancestrally Democratic-leaning regions and demographics shift towards the GOP.
In the 2020 Presidential Election, Republican Donald Trump won 94 House of Delegates Districts, and Joe Biden won 6. There are 5 districts that voted for Trump in 2020 which are represented by Democrats going into the 2024 West Virginia House of Delegates Elections: District 5 in Ohio County (Trump + 12%) District 27 in Cabell County (Trump + 28%); District 52 in Kanawha County (Trump + 21%); District 56 in Kanawha County (Trump + 10%); and District 76 in Marion County (Trump + 15%).
Four incumbent representatives, all Republicans, were defeated in the May 14 primary election.[14]
| CNalysis[15] | Solid R | March 19, 2024 |
According to §3-10-5 of West Virginia Code, vacancies in the Senate are filled through appointment by the Governor of one of three candidates chosen by the executive committee of the outgoing member's party.[16] Below is a list of appointments made during the 86th Legislature.
| District | Incumbent | Party | Appointee | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departing Member | First Elected | Incoming Member | Appt. Date | |||||
| 4 | 2010 | Rep | Diana Winzenreid | [17] | ||||
| 6 | 2020 | Rep | Jeffrey Stephens | [18] | ||||
| 15 | 2020 | Rep | Erica Moore | [19] | ||||
| 28 | Mark Ross | 2022 | Rep | Ryan Browning | [20] | |||
| 36 | Anita Hall | 2022 | Rep | Stephen "David" Green | [21] | |||
| 44 | 2022 | Rep | Carl "Bill" Roop | [22] | ||||
| 46 | 2021 (appointed) | Rep | [23] | |||||
| 48 | 2018 | Rep | Tom Clark | [24] | ||||
| 55 | 2016 | Rep | JB Akers | [25] | ||||
| 57 | Dem | Hollis Lewis | [26] | |||||
| 81 | 2018 | Dem | Anitra Hamilton | [27] | ||||
| +↓ | 42 | 58 |
| Republican | TBD |
| 2024 West Virginia House of Delegates election | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Races Contested | Votes | Percentage | % Change | Seatsbefore | Seatsafter | +/– | ||
| Republican | 100 | 89 | |||||||
| Democratic | 58 | 11 | |||||||
| Libertarian | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 100 | 100.00% | — | 100 | 100 | — | |||
Incumbent Pat McGeehan was first elected in 2014.
Incumbent Mark Zatezalo was first elected in 2014, left the House of Delegates in 2018, and was elected again in 2020.
Incumbent Jimmy Willis was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Diana Winzenreid was appointed in 2023. She lost renomination to challenger Bill Flanigan.
Incumbent Shawn Fluharty was first elected in 2014.
Incumbent Jeffrey Stephens was appointed in 2023.
Incumbent Charles Sheedy was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent David Kelly was first elected in 2018.
Incumbent Trenton Barnhart was first appointed in 2019.
Incumbent Bill Anderson was first elected in 1992.
Incumbent Bob Fehrenbacher was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Vernon Criss was first elected in 2016.
Incumbent Scot Heckert was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Dave Foggin was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Erica Moore was appointed in 2023.
Incumbent Steve Westfall was first elected in 2012. He is retiring.
Incumbent Jonathan Pinson was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Jim Butler was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Kathie Hess Crouse was first appointed in 2021.
Incumbent Geoff Foster was first elected in 2014. He is retiring.
Incumbent Jarred Cannon was first appointed in 2022.
Incumbent Daniel Linville was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Evan Worrell was first elected in 2018.
Incumbent Patrick Lucas was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Sean Hornbuckle was first elected in 2014.
Incumbent Matthew Rohrbach was first elected in 2014.
Incumbent Ric Griffith was first elected in 2020. He is retiring.
Incumbent Ryan Browning was appointed in 2024.
Incumbent Henry Dillon was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent David Adkins was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Margitta Mazzocchi was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Josh Holstein was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Jordan Bridges was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Mark Dean was first elected in 2016.
Incumbent Adam Vance was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Stephen Green was appointed in 2024.
Incumbent Marty Gearheart was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Joe Ellington was first elected in 2010.
Incumbent Doug Smith was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Roy Cooper was first elected in 2012.
Incumbent Jordan Maynor was first appointed in 2021.
Incumbent Brandon Steele was first elected in 2018.
Incumbent Christopher Toney was first elected in 2018.
Incumbent Carl "Bill" Roop was appointed in 2024.
Incumbent Eric Brooks was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Jeff Campbell was appointed in 2023. He previously served in the House of Delegates from 2017 to 2020.
Incumbent Todd Longanacre was first elected in 2020. He is retiring.
Incumbent Tom Clark was appointed in 2024.
Incumbent Heather Tully was first appointed in 2020. She lost renomination to challenger Stanley Adkins.
Incumbent Elliott Pritt was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Tom Fast was first elected in 2020. He is retiring.
Incumbent Larry Rowe was first elected in 1996, before leaving the chamber and returning in 2014. He did not file for re-election.
Incumbent Chris Pritt was first elected in 2020. He is retiring.
Incumbent Mike Pushkin was first elected in 2014.
Incumbent JB Akers was appointed in 2024.
Incumbent Kayla Young was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Hollis Lewis was appointed in 2023.
Incumbent Walter Hall was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Andy Shamblin was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Dana Ferrell was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Dean Jeffries was first elected in 2018.
Incumbent Roger Hanshaw was first elected in 2014.
Incumbent Lori Dittman was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Adam Burkhammer was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Carl Martin was first elected in 2018.
Incumbent Ty Nestor was first elected in 2020. He is retiring.
Incumbent Elias Coop-Gonzalez was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Chris Phillips was first elected in 2018.
Incumbent Keith Marple was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Mickey Petitto was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Laura Kimble was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Clay Riley was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Amy Summers was elected in 2014. She is retiring.
Incumbent Mike DeVault was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Phil Mallow was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Joey Garcia was first elected in 2020. He is retiring.
Incumbent Joe Statler was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Geno Chiarelli was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Evan Hansen was first elected in 2018.
Incumbent John Williams was first elected in 2016.
Incumbent Anitra Hamilton was appointed in 2023.
Incumbent Debbie Warner was first elected in 2022. She is retiring.
Incumbent George Street was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent D. Rolland Jennings was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent John Paul Hott was first elected in 2018.
Incumbent Bryan Ward was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Gary Howell was first elected in 2010.
Incumbent Rick Hillenbrand was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Darren Thorne was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent George Miller was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Don Forsht was first elected in 2020. He lost renomination to challenger Joseph de Soto.
Incumbent Michael Hite was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Michael Hornby was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Larry Kump was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent Chuck Horst was first elected in 2020.
Incumbent Eric Householder was first elected in 2010. He is retiring.
Incumbent John Hardy was first elected in 2018. He is retiring.
Incumbent Paul Espinosa was first elected in 2012. He is retiring.
Incumbent Wayne Clark was first elected in 2022.
Incumbent William Ridenour was first elected in 2022.