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Free public service for West Virginia votersNo candidate endorsementsGuide sources checked October 1, 2026General election November 3, 2026

Scope and limitations

What this West Virginia guide covers

This release covers every candidate contest decided by all West Virginia voters in the November 3, 2026 general election.

Included

Published now

  • The statewide U.S. Senate candidate contest
  • All three official printed U.S. Senate candidates
  • The one official filed U.S. Senate write-in candidate, listed separately
  • Exact FEC summaries for all three printed candidates
  • Statewide registration, early voting, absentee, photo ID, polling-hour, amendment, and judicial-election rules
Not included

Outside this release

  • U.S. House, State Senate, and House of Delegates district contests
  • Circuit court, family court, county, municipal, school, and other substate contests
  • Local ballot questions and local ballot-style differences
  • Transaction-level donor and expenditure analysis
  • The official write-in candidate from the printed-candidate count
Not yet published

District contests, local ballot styles, and itemized finance

Congressional district, legislative, district judicial, county, municipal, school, and local expansion, plus transaction-level federal finance analysis, are not included in this statewide release.

Dataset comparison: All printed statewide candidates are federal U.S. Senate candidates. Their cards use separate FEC candidate aggregates with each page's stated coverage and principal campaign committee. No West Virginia state campaign-finance values are inferred or displayed for federal committees.
Version record

West Virginia guide 1.0

PublishedOctober 1, 2026
Contests shown1
Ballot choices3
Ballot measures1

1 statewide candidate contest, 3 printed candidates, one official write-in candidate listed separately, zero state campaign-finance cards by scope, 3 exact FEC summaries, 1 statewide constitutional amendment, zero statewide judicial general-election contests, voter deadlines, and primary sources.

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West Virginia guide publication record
VersionPublishedScope
1.0October 1, 20261 statewide candidate contest, 3 printed candidates, one official write-in candidate listed separately, zero state campaign-finance cards by scope, 3 exact FEC summaries, 1 statewide constitutional amendment, zero statewide judicial general-election contests, voter deadlines, and primary sources.

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