2020 West Virginia House of Delegates election explained

Elections to the West Virginia House of Delegates took place on November 3, 2020.^[1] All the seats in the West Virginia House of Delegates were up for election.

Overview

The Republican Party, cementing their hold over West Virginia state politics, made a gain of 18 seats in the House of Delegates, holding over three-fourths of the chamber's seats and achieving supermajority status.^[2] The scope of the Republicans' gains, which swept many traditionally Democratic areas, was unexpected on both sides of the aisle, with both Democrats and Republicans expressing surprise at the results.^[3] The election, further eroding the Democrats' caucus in the House, is a part of a decades-long shift in power statewide from Democrats to Republicans.

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Republican	Democratic

2020 West Virginia House of Delegates election
Party		Races contested	Votes	Percentage	% change	Seatsbefore	Seatsafter	+/–
	Republican	66	757,431	58.84%	8.6%	58	76	18
	Democratic	56	521,121	40.48%	7.8%	41	24	17
	Libertarian	4	3,889	0.30%	0.3%	0	0
	Mountain	3	3,236	0.25%	0.1%	0	0
	Independent	1	1,656	0.13%	1.5%	1	0	1
Totals		67	1,287,333	100.00%	—	100	100	—
Ballots cast/turnout			802,726	63.25%	15.3%

Speaker election

On January 13, 2021, the first regular session of the 85th West Virginia Legislature convened, and the election of the speaker took place. 98 delegates voted, while two were not counted as present in the roll call. From the majority caucus, incumbent speaker Roger Hanshaw was nominated by Kayla Kessinger, and seconded by Jeffrey Pack. Doug Skaff, the new Democratic leader, was nominated by Brent Boggs, and was seconded by Lisa Zukoff. On a vote along party lines, Hanshaw was elected with the support of 76 delegates, including then-Democrat Mick Bates, while Skaff received 22 votes.

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Vote
District 8
District 36
District 7
District 61
District 30
District 34
District 24
District 20
District 42
District 46
District 35
District 65
District 10
District 28
District 10
District 21
District 2
District 67
District 27
District 66
District 26
District 32
District 39
District 51
District 3
District 60
District 50
District 27
District 38
District 19
District 48
District 44
District 51
District 33
District 63
District 32
District 13
District 23
District 16
District 62
District 54
District 64
District 56
District 40
District 22
District 53
District 11
District 6
District 10
District 32
District 48
District 9
District 16
District 42
District 17
District 50
District 16
District 45
District 22
District 24
District 1
District 58
District 43
District 28
District 35
District 25
District 5
District 47
District 13
District 36
District 37
District 48
District 59
District 4
District 48
District 17
District 57
District 36
District 35
District 27
District 51
District 29
District 3
District 49
District 52
District 43
District 31
District 41
District 51
District 14
District 56
District 50
District 12
District 51
District 18
District 36
District 1
District 4

Results

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District 67

External links

• Election at Ballotpedia
  • • Web site: League of Women Voters of West Virginia . (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• West Virginia Secretary of State Candidate Listing

Notes and References

1. Web site: Election 2020: West Virginia House of Delegates Primaries. 2020-09-03. www.wvpublic.org. en. 2020-06-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20200610035821/https://www.wvpublic.org/election-2020-west-virginia-house-delegates-primaries. dead.
2. Web site: writers. Lacie Pierson and JOE SEVERINO Staff. WV Republicans now have supermajorities in House, Senate. How did they get there?. 2022-02-04. Charleston Gazette-Mail. 4 November 2020 . en.
3. Web site: 2020-11-04. W.Va. GOP Achieves 'Supermajority' In House of Delegates, Flips Several Dem Districts. 2022-02-04. Morehead State Public Radio WMKY. en.
4. Web site: October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races. The Cook Political Report. November 1, 2020.