United States Senate election in West Virginia, 2024

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U.S. Senate, West Virginia
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: January 27, 2024
	Primary: May 14, 2024; General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
	Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Voting in West Virginia
Race ratings
	Cook Political Report: Solid Republican; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican; Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
	U.S. Senate battlegrounds; U.S. House battlegrounds; Federal and state primary competitiveness; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
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West Virginia 2024 elections

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Voters in West Virginia will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the general election on November 5, 2024. The primary was May 14, 2024. The filing deadline was January 27, 2024.

The election will fill the Class I Senate seat held by Joe Manchin III (I), who first took office in 2010.

The outcome of this race will affect the partisan balance of the U.S. Senate in 2025.

Thirty-four of 100 seats are up for election, including one special election. Democrats have a 51-49 majority.^[1] Of the seats up for election in 2024, Democrats hold 19, Republicans hold 11, and independents hold four. As of May 2024, eight members of the U.S. Senate had announced they were not running for re-election.

This is one of eight open races for the U.S. Senate in 2024 where an incumbent is not running for re-election. Across the country, four Democrats, two Republicans, and two Independents are not running for re-election. In 2022, six Senators did not seek re-election, including one Democrat and five Republicans.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. Senate West Virginia

Glenn Elliott, Jim Justice, and Michael Sigmon are running in the general election for U.S. Senate West Virginia on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Glenn Elliott (D)
		Jim Justice (R)
		Michael Sigmon (Independent)

	There are no incumbents in this race.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Christopher Rose (R)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate West Virginia

Glenn Elliott defeated Zachary Shrewsbury and Don Blankenship in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate West Virginia on May 14, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Glenn Elliott	45.4	45,955
	Zachary Shrewsbury	36.1	36,535
	Don Blankenship	18.4	18,628

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 101,118
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Joe Manchin III (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate West Virginia

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate West Virginia on May 14, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jim Justice	61.8	137,605
	Alexander Mooney	26.6	59,085
	Bryan Bird	3.1	6,953
	Bryan McKinney	2.9	6,530
	Zane Lawhorn	2.0	4,483
	Janet McNulty	2.0	4,358
	Don Lindsay	1.6	3,482

	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 222,496
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Candidate profiles

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Glenn Elliott

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography: "My name is Glenn Elliott, and I am a candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senate in the 2024 election. I am a seventh Generation West Virginian currently serving in my second term as Mayor of my hometown of Wheeling. My journey to public service followed a roundabout path. After high school, I attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. I majored in finance, but it was my political science minor that led me to my first job as a legislative assistant for then-Senator Robert Byrd. This experience was a formative one, allowing me to witness firsthand the successes attainable through strategic compromise, along with the reward of public service. Inspired, I enrolled at Georgetown University Law Center. By 2008, after working as an attorney, I was—candidly—burnt out and seeking something more meaningful. At age 38, I returned home to Wheeling in search of a more impactful career. Before long, I purchased a vacant historic bank in the heart of downtown and made improving my city a personal quest. Today, that building houses two law firms along with me, my wife Cassandra, and our son Harrison. I ran for Mayor in 2016 because I felt Wheeling had all the essential ingredients of a great city but was lacking in strategic vision. Now, nearly eight years later, I look back with pride knowing that we have changed the conversation about what is possible in Wheeling."

Key Messages

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Restoring women's reproductive rights is a top priority of my campaign. After the Dobbs Decision, women across the country lost their right to make choices about their own body. If elected to the United States Senate, I will vote to codify Roe.

Strengthening the middle class is another priority of this campaign. For decades, we have seen the middle class shrink to where it once was. Investing in child care and workforce development, creating a fairer tax structure, and keeping costs low will create an environment for the middle class in this country to grow. We must relearn the lesson that when the middle class does well, our society does well.

I believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. How many of us know someone who has turned to the internet for help for healthcare costs? It's 2024, we live in the richest country in the world, but getting severely ill for some us means entering the Go Fund Me society. If elected to the United States Senate, I will prioritize fixing our healthcare system and make Go Fund Me pleas a thing of the past.

Jim Justice

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office:

Governor of West Virginia (Assumed office: 2017)

Biography: Justice earned his bachelor's degree and a master's degree in business administration from Marshall University. Justice entered the family business after graduating and continued in business until entering elected politics. Before his election as governor, Justice was a business executive.

Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

Justice said he had a record of delivering for West Virginia families as governor that included signing restrictions on abortion and the largest tax cut in state history into law, cutting restrictions on firearms, and presiding over the lowest unemployment rate in state history. Justice said his experience as governor and as a business owner would help him deliver results in the Senate.

Justice said he was running to confront the challenges facing West Virginia families, naming border security, fentanyl, inflation, tax increases, and regulations limiting the state's energy sector as areas of particular concern.

Justice said President Trump had endorsed him because of the contrast between his own record and Mooney's: "The stakes of this U.S. Senate race are high. We can’t trust our future to an all-talk, no-action D.C. politician."

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Sources: Jim Justice campaign website, "Home page," accessed March 14, 2024, YouTube, "Patriot | Jim Justice for U.S. Senate," April 27, 2023, NBC News, "Gov. Jim Justice announces West Virginia Senate run, kicking off heated GOP primary," April 27, 2023; Office of the Governor of West Virginia, "About the Governor and First Lady," accessed March 14, 2024

Voting information

See also: Voting in West Virginia

Election information in West Virginia: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What is the voter registration deadline?

In-person: Oct. 15, 2024
By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 15, 2024
Online: Oct. 15, 2024

Is absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

In-person: Oct. 30, 2024
By mail: Received by Oct. 30, 2024
Online: Oct. 30, 2024

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

In-person: Nov. 4, 2024
By mail: Postmarked by Nov. 5, 2024

Is early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What are the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 23, 2024 to Nov. 2, 2024

Are all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, is a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When are polls open on Election Day?

6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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Glenn Elliott (D)

Restoring women's reproductive rights is a top priority of my campaign. After the Dobbs Decision, women across the country lost their right to make choices about their own body. If elected to the United States Senate, I will vote to codify Roe.

Strengthening the middle class is another priority of this campaign. For decades, we have seen the middle class shrink to where it once was. Investing in child care and workforce development, creating a fairer tax structure, and keeping costs low will create an environment for the middle class in this country to grow. We must relearn the lesson that when the middle class does well, our society does well.

I believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. How many of us know someone who has turned to the internet for help for healthcare costs? It's 2024, we live in the richest country in the world, but getting severely ill for some us means entering the Go Fund Me society. If elected to the United States Senate, I will prioritize fixing our healthcare system and make Go Fund Me pleas a thing of the past.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Glenn Elliott (D)

I am personally passionate about restoring fiscal responsibility, while also ensuring we have a tax structure which is equitable to all Americans.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Glenn Elliott (D)

Heroes- David Bowie.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Glenn Elliott (D)

West Virginia AFL-CIO

What committees interest you?

Glenn Elliott (D)

I would like to serve on the Senate Appropriations committee, Senate Finance Committee, and/or the Senate Energy Committee.

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Jim Justice

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Don Blankenship	Democratic Party	$1,000	$0	$1,085	As of March 31, 2024
Glenn Elliott	Democratic Party	$125,408	$60,072	$65,336	As of April 24, 2024
Zachary Shrewsbury	Democratic Party	$295,679	$238,896	$56,783	As of April 24, 2024
Bryan Bird	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Jim Justice	Republican Party	$2,956,027	$2,024,750	$931,451	As of April 24, 2024
Zane Lawhorn	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Don Lindsay	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	As of April 24, 2024
Bryan McKinney	Republican Party	$7,225	$6,781	$135	As of December 31, 2023
Janet McNulty	Republican Party	$226	$3,149	$0	As of April 30, 2024
Alexander Mooney	Republican Party	$3,266,888	$2,629,525	$637,363	As of April 24, 2024
Michael Sigmon	Independent	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. * Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

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Ballotpedia provides race ratings from three outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Ball. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.^[2]
Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Race ratings: U.S. Senate election in West Virginia, 2024
Race tracker	Race ratings
	May 28, 2024	May 21, 2024	May 14, 2024	May 7, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in West Virginia in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in West Virginia, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Signature formula	Filing fee	Filing fee formula	Filing deadline	Source
West Virginia	U.S. Senate	Ballot-qualified party	N/A	N/A	$1,740.00	1% of annual salary	1/27/2024	Source
West Virginia	U.S. Senate	Unaffiliated	4,537	1% of all votes cast in the last election for the office being sought	$1,740.00	1% of annual salary	8/1/2024	Source

Election history

The section below details election results for this state's U.S. Senate elections dating back to 2014.