Editor's note: This is part of a series of articles previewing contested Kanawha Valley and some statewide races in the 2026 primary election.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s team laid out his office’s ideas for revamping West Virginia’s school funding formula, a decades-old equation that has been linked to public schools’ dire financial situation.
National Poll Worker Recruitment Day, designated by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to encourage people to participate in Election Day as poll workers, falls on Tuesday this year.
Former Delegate David Elliott Pritt has voluntarily withdrawn his candidacy for the Nov. 3 general election, West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner announced in a news release Tuesday.
West Virginia Republicans celebrated a victory last week as their voter registration totals in Boone County outpaced those of Democrats for the first time in history, but Democratic Party leaders say party registration is only part of the story.
The primary cycle was particularly turbulent in the Republican-heavy state Senate, and fallout will continue in the coming months leading up to a Senate president election.
In a wrap-up of primary election news, one candidate who originally planned to withdraw from her race but remained on the ballot secured a primary win on Tuesday. Now, she’ll stay in the race for the November’s general election. And there will be historic change in government in Belle.
In a tight primary race for Putnam County Commission Districts 1 and 3, first-time candidate Zach Crede, a Republican of Red House, defeated incumbent commissioner Doug Pierson, of Buffalo, in the District 1 race.
West Virginia Delegate Bill Flanigan and retired Circuit Court Judge H.L. Kirkpatrick have won their elections to the division 2 and division 1 seats on the West Virginia Supreme Court, beating out Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s picks for the seats.
Based on the unofficial results reported, Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin emerged victorious Tuesday in her Democratic primary rematch with community organizer Martec Washington. With the primary now behind her, Goodwin will face Republican Brian Hunt in November’s general election.
City Council will have at least one new member after this year’s general election in November as Linda Bodie secured a fourth-place finish in Tuesday’s Democratic primary election.
The Kanawha County School Board will have a new member in July when Lisa Otey sits at the dais at the BOE offices on Elizabeth Street.
St. Albans Vice Mayor Jared Page edged out Elkview attorney, real estate developer and former police officer George Metz by a 5% margin in Tuesday's primary election, earning the Republican nomination to run for a vacancy on the Kanawha County Commission.
West Virginia’s senior U.S. senator appeared to clear a major hurdle toward a third six-year term in the Senate following Tuesday night’s primary election, while Democrats appeared to tap a former Morgantown City Council member to challenge her in the general election.
At exactly 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, David Adkins, a precinct commissioner for primary election voting at Ruthlawn Elementary in South , stepped outside the school building and yelled to no one, "Polls are open!"
See photos from 2026 Primary Election Day in and around Kanawha County, West Virginia. Photos were taken at the polling places, the Kanawha CountyVoter Registration Office and more on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
Here are all our updates from the 2026 Primary Election for Kanawha County and statewide races.
West Virginia Senate candidates on the ballot in Kanawha County supported by Gov. Patrick Morrisey had mixed results Tuesday in primary races that underscored fractures in the Republican Party.
The primary election in West Virginia is on Tuesday. Polls are open from 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
Reporters and editors at Mountain State Spotlight recently asked folks what candidates should be focused on during this 2026 election season.
House of Delegates Finance Committee Chair Vernon Criss, R-Wood, remains locked in a contentious primary battle with an unconventional opponent — the highest-ranking member of his own state political party, Gov. Patrick Morrisey.
During the May 12 primary election, voters will elect two justices to fill vacancies on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. The race is nonpartisan.
During the primary election, voters will pick among five candidates to fill a West Virginia Supreme Court seat vacant following the death of late Justice Tim Armstead. Armstead died in August at age 60 after fighting cancer. The unexpired term ends in 2032.
Editor’s note: this is part of a series of articles previewing contested Kanawha Valley races in the 2026 primary election.
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles previewing contested Kanawha Valley races in the 2026 primary election.
Over the past two years, 68,235 West Virginia voters have changed their party registrations — more than half going from Democrat or unaffiliated to Republican, according to information released by Secretary of State Kris Warner’s office this week. Since January 2024, 20,003 unaffiliated voters and 16,910 Democrats have switched to the Republican Party, the Secretary […]
The 2026 primary election is fast approaching. Here is what you need to know about voting and candidates for marquee races in the Kanawha Valley.
Editor's note: This is part of a series of articles previewing contested statewide races in the 2026 primary election.
Editor's note: This is part of a series of articles previewing contested statewide races in the 2026 primary election.
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles previewing contested Kanawha Valley races in the 2026 primary election.
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles previewing contested Kanawha Valley races in the 2026 primary election.
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles previewing contested Kanawha Valley races in the 2026 primary election.
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles previewing contested Kanawha Valley races in the 2026 primary election.
Editor's note: This is part of a series of articles previewing contested Kanawha Valley races in the 2026 primary election.
With the deadline to register to vote in West Virginia on Tuesday, the West Virginia Republican party released a campaign mailer late last week that Democratic leadership is saying was “designed to mislead voters.”
With West Virginia first lady Denise Morrisey spending thousands of dollars in an effort to sway the May Republican primary in his favor, and despite taking significant criticism from members of the GOP establishment, Gov. Patrick Morrisey has doubled down on his emulation of President Donal…
Editor's note: This is part of a series of articles previewing contested Kanawha Valley and some statewide races in the 2026 primary election.
With the primary election in West Virginia just more than a month away, candidates for At-Large City Council gathered at the Clay Center’s Walker Theater on Wednesday to discuss their visions for the city’s future.
A 14-year-old art and history buff won West Virginia's first-ever "I voted!" sticker contest.
Kanawha County voters will decide in May whether to continue the Public Safety Levy. The measure, set to go into effect in 2028, will not change the amount of the levy, but it will change how the levy is distributed.
The West Virginia Secretary of State's Office is at odds with the Trump administration and its Department of Justice over the release of sensitive information belonging to nearly 1.2 million Mountain State voters.
