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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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WV | State Senate - 5 | Michael Woelfel | Democratic | 60% |
Corey Palumbo | 55% | |||
William Hartman | 52% | |||
WV | U.S. House - 1 | Carol Miller | Republican | 52% |
Ruth Rowan | 50% | |||
Bob Williams | 50% | |||
WV | State Senate - 5 | Robert Plymale | Democratic | 49% |
George Ambler | 47% | |||
Ryan Ferns | 47% | |||
Ron Stollings | 46% | |||
Cindy Frich | 41% | |||
Patrick Lane | 40% | |||
WV | State House - 10 | Bill Anderson, Jr. | Republican | 39% |
Allen Evans | 39% | |||
Scott Cadle | 38% | |||
Kelli Sobonya | 38% | |||
WV | State House - 16 | Steve Westfall | Republican | 38% |
Amanda Pasdon | 36% | |||
William Romine | 36% | |||
Frank Deem | 35% | |||
Arthur Kirkendoll | 33% | |||
Bob Ashley | 32% | |||
WV | State Senate - 17 | Eric Nelson, Jr. | Republican | 32% |
John Shott | 32% | |||
WV | State House - 18 | Jim Butler | Republican | 31% |
Danny Hamrick | 29% | |||
Lynwood Ireland | 29% | |||
Joshua Nelson | 27% | |||
Ronald Walters, Sr. | 27% | |||
Anna Border Sheppard | 26% | |||
WV | State Senate - 3 | Donna Boley | Republican | 25% |
David Evans | 24% | |||
WV | Justice of the Supreme Court | Tim Armstead | Non-partisan | 23% |
John O'Neal IV | 23% | |||
Mike Hall | 22% | |||
WV | State House - 26 | Matthew Rohrbach | Republican | 22% |
Jill Upson | 22% | |||
WV | State Senate - 15 | Craig Blair | Republican | 21% |
Mitchell Carmichael | 21% | |||
WV | State Senate - 15 | Charles Trump IV | Republican | 21% |
Carden Arvon | 20% | |||
WV | State House - 40 | Roy Cooper | Republican | 19% |
WV | State House - 98 | Paul Espinosa | Republican | 19% |
Larry Faircloth | 19% | |||
WV | State Senate - 14 | Randy Smith | Republican | 19% |
Michael Folk | 17% | |||
WV | Auditor | JB McCuskey | Republican | 17% |
Chris Walters | 17% | |||
WV | State House - 38 | Joe Ellington, Jr. | Republican | 16% |
Daryl Cowles | 14% |