CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There appeared to be no big surprises on the final day of candidate filing for the May Primary Election in West Virginia.
None of the lists are final because there’s a chance some candidates filed by mail before Saturday’s midnight deadline and the Secretary of State’s Office hasn’t received the information yet.
From the current list, there will be seven candidates for the U.S. Senate seat held by U.S. Senator Joe Manchin. That includes two Democrats, including Manchin, and five Republicans.
All three seats in the U.S. House of Representatives have multiple candidates including the 3rd District where Rep. Evan Jenkins is running for U.S. Senate. No less than 11 candidates want that seat, seven are Republican.
Of the 17 seats up for election in the 34-member state Senate, as of Sunday afternoon, only two, one held by Senate Majority Leader Ryan Ferns (R-Ohio) and the other by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charlie Trump (R-Morgan) were not unchallenged.
In the House of Delegates 60 of the 67 districts had challenged races as of Sunday afternoon.