West Virginia House
West Virginia Senate / West Virginia House
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2020 Election Update
Heading into the 2020 election, Republicans controlled the West Virginia House 58 to 41, with one Independent. Democrats lost 18 seats, plus Republicans picked up the seat held by the Independent. Republicans now control the chamber 76 to 24.
In December 2020, Jason Barrett switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. Republicans now control the chamber 77 to 23.
The below table shows 2020 and 2018 election results for the West Virginia House. The LDI scores are for the 2020 cycle. EveryDistrict will release new scores and district rankings after the redistricting process.
2018 Election Update
After the 2016 election, Republicans controlled the West Virginia House of Delegates 63-37. In January 2017, Democrat Rupie Phillips switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Independent. Heading into the 2018 election, Republicans controlled the chamber 63-35-1 with one vacancy in a Democratic-held seat.
In the 2018 election, Democrats picked up ten Republican-held seats, lost five Democratic-held seats, and won back Phillips’s Independent seat for a net gain of six seats. Republicans now control the chamber 59-41.
In December 2019, S. Marshall Wilson (HD 60) changed his party affiliation from Republican to Independent, giving Republicans a 58-41-1 majority.
Understanding the Map
EveryDistrict’s Legislative District Index (LDI) is the gold standard of state legislative competitiveness. Our LDI ranks state legislative districts on a scale from 100 to -100, using statewide elections data. Districts with a score of 100 would vote for statewide Democratic candidates by an average of 100 points (with the Democratic candidate receiving 100% of the vote); districts with a score of -100 would vote for statewide Republican candidates by an average of 100 points (with the Republican candidate receiving 100% of the vote). For a more realistic example, a district with a score of 10 would vote for statewide Democratic candidates by an average of 10 points (meaning we would expect the Democratic state legislative candidate to win with 55% of the vote compared to the Republican winning 45% of the vote).
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