2020 West Virginia gubernatorial election


The 2020 West Virginia gubernatorial election will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Governor of West Virginia, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Jim Justice announced his 2020 campaign on January 7, 2019 at the Civic Center in White Sulphur Springs. Justice was elected in 2016 as a Democrat, but later switched back to the Republican Party.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Polling

Results

Other candidates

Mountain Party

The Mountain Party received over 5% of the vote in 2016 with former State Senator and Delegate Charlotte Pritt as the party's gubernatorial nominee. The party nominates its candidate for governor by convention per its bylaws.

Nominee

Nominee

Declared

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Jim
Justice 		Joe
Manchin 		Other /
Undecided
August 14–22, 2019501 ± 4.4%39%49%12%

Results