The 2020 West Virginia Senate elections were held on November 3, 2020, as part of the biennial United States elections. Seventeen of the 34 West Virginia state senators stood for election. West Virginia Senate districts each have two elected representatives.

Quick Facts 17 of the 34 seats in the West Virginia Senate 18 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...

2020 West Virginia Senate election

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17 of the 34 seats in the West Virginia Senate 18 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Mitch Carmichael (lost renomination) Roman Prezioso (retired) Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 11, 2017 January 11, 2017 Leader's seat 4th district 13th district Seats before 20 14 Seats after 23 11 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 456,726 267,073 Percentage 61.2% 36.1% Swing 7.8% 8.0% Seats up 11 6
Results of the elections:      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold
Senate President before election Mitch Carmichael Republican Elected Senate President Craig Blair Republican

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Four incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. Those incumbents are:

All results are certified by the Secretary of State of West Virginia.

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Results^[2]

Party		Votes			Seats
		Votes	%		Total before	Up	Won	Total after	±
Republican Party		456,726	61.81		20	11	14	23 / 34	3
Democratic Party		267,073	36.14		14	6	3	11 / 34	3
Mountain Party		10,324	1.34		0	0	0	0 / 34
Libertarian Party		5,307	0.71		0	0	0	0 / 34

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On January 13, 2021, the West Virginia Senate convened to elect a president for the 85th Legislature. Republican leader and incumbent president Mitch Carmichael lost renomination, leaving the presidency open to a new senator. Senator Craig Blair was nominated by fellow 15th district member Charles Trump, and was seconded by Eric Tarr. On a motion of Senator Stephen Baldwin, nominations for the presidency were closed, and Senator Blair was elected by acclamation to the office of Senate President.