The 2020 West Virginia Senate elections were held on November 3, 2020, as part of the biennial United States elections. Seventeen of the 34 West Virginia state senators stood for election. West Virginia Senate districts each have two elected representatives.
Retirements Four incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. Those incumbents were:
Republicans District 10: Kenny Mann: Retiring
Democrats District 7: Paul Hardesty: Retiring District 13: Roman Prezioso: Retiring District 17: Corey Palumbo: Retiring
Incumbents defeated In primary elections Three incumbents were defeated in the June 9 primaries, the same number as were defeated in the 2018 primaries. Senator Mitch Carmichael (R) was one of the three incumbents defeated. As president of the state Senate, Carmichael also served as the lieutenant governor of West Virginia.
Republicans District 4: Mitch Carmichael lost renomination to Amy Nichole Grady. District 9: Sue Cline lost renomination to David Stover. District 11: John Pitsenbarger lost renomination to Robert Karnes.
In the general election Democrat District 12: Doug Facemire lost to Patrick Martin.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportOctober 21, 2020
Results summary
All results are certified by the Secretary of State of West Virginia.
+Results Party Votes Seats Votes % Totalbefore Up Won Totalafter ± Republican Party 456,726 61.81 20 11 14 3 Democratic Party 267,073 36.14 14 6 3 3 Mountain Party 10,324 1.34 0 0 0 Libertarian Party 5,307 0.71 0 0 0
Senate president election On January 13, 2021, the West Virginia Senate convened to elect a president for the 85th Legislature. Republican leader and incumbent president Mitch Carmichael lost renomination, leaving the presidency open to a new senator. Senator Craig Blair was nominated by fellow 15th district member Charles Trump, and was seconded by Eric Tarr. On a motion of Senator Stephen Baldwin, nominations for the presidency were closed, and Senator Blair was elected by acclamation to the office of Senate president.
Close races
District Winner Margin District 11 Republican 2.6% District 16 Republican 4.4% District 1 Republican 6.2% District 5 Democratic 6.8% District 17 Republican (flip) 7.4% District 8 Democratic 11.6% District 7 Republican (flip) 12.4% District 13 Democratic 13.6% District 12 Republican (flip) 14.0%
Summary of results by state senate district +DistrictIncumbentElected senatorResultMemberPartySinceMemberPartyDistrict 1Ryan WeldRepublican2016Ryan WeldRepublicanRepublican holdDistrict 2Mike MaroneyRepublican2016Mike MaroneyRepublicanRepublican holdDistrict 3Donna BoleyRepublican1985Donna BoleyRepublicanRepublican holdDistrict 4Mitch CarmichaelRepublican2012Amy GradyRepublicanRepublican holdDistrict 5Robert PlymaleDemocratic1992Robert PlymaleDemocraticDemocratic holdDistrict 6Chandler SwopeRepublican2016Chandler SwopeRepublicanRepublican holdDistrict 7Paul HardestyDemocratic2018Rupie PhillipsRepublicanRepublican gainDistrict 8Glenn JeffriesDemocratic2016Glenn JeffriesDemocraticDemocratic holdDistrict 9Sue ClineRepublican2016David StoverRepublicanRepublican holdDistrict 10Kenny MannRepublican2016Jack WoodrumRepublicanRepublican holdDistrict 11John PitsenbargerRepublican2019Robert KarnesRepublicanRepublican holdDistrict 12Doug FacemireDemocratic2008Patrick MartinRepublicanRepublican gainDistrict 13Roman PreziosoDemocratic1996Mike CaputoDemocraticDemocratic holdDistrict 14Randy SmithRepublican2016Randy SmithRepublicanRepublican holdDistrict 15Craig BlairRepublican2012Craig BlairRepublicanRepublican holdDistrict 16Patricia RuckerRepublican2016Patricia RuckerRepublicanRepublican holdDistrict 17Corey PalumboDemocratic2009Eric NelsonRepublicanRepublican gain
Detailed results by state senate district
District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17__NOTOC__
District 1 Republican primary
Democratic primary
General election
District 2 Republican primary
Democratic primary
General election
District 3 Republican primary
Democratic primary
General election
District 4 Republican primary
Democratic primary
General election
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
References
External links
(state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)