2020 West Virginia Secretary of State election

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2020 West Virginia Secretary of State election
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November 3, 2020
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Nominee Mac Warner Natalie Tennant
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 447,537 320,650
Percentage 58.26% 41.74%
Warner:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tennant:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      50%
Secretary of State before election

Mac Warner
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Mac Warner
Republican

The 2020 West Virginia Secretary of State election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Secretary of State of West Virginia. It was held concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, along with elections to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, as well as various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Mac Warner won re-election to a second term by a much larger margin than expected.[1]

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Withdrawn
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  • Tyrin Smith-Holmes[2]

Results

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Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mac Warner (incumbent) 176,915 100.0%
Total votes 176,915 100.0%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Natalie Tennant 175,600 100.0%
Total votes 175,600 100.0%

General election

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This race was viewed as competitive as Natalie Tennent was considered to be a strong candidate.[4]

Debates

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2022 West Virginia Secretary of State debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Mac Warner Natalie Tennant
1 Sep. 17, 2020 West Virginia
Public Broadcasting 		Dave Mistich [5] P P

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)

administered

Sample

size[a]

Margin

of error

Mac

Warner (R)

Natalie

Tennant (D)

Undecided
Triton Polling and Research/WMOV[6] October 19–21, 2020 544 (LV) ± 4.2% 51% 45% 5%
Triton Polling & Research/WMOV[7] September 29–30, 2020[b] 525 (RV) ± 4.3% 50% 43% 7%

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[8] Likely R June 25, 2020

Results

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2020 West Virginia Secretary of State election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mac Warner (incumbent) 447,537 58.26%
Democratic Natalie Tennant 320,650 41.74%
Total votes 768,187 100.0%
Republican hold

By county

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County Mac Warner
Republican 		Natalie Tennant
Democratic
# % # %
Barbour 4,061 62.40% 2,447 37.60%
Berkeley 31,519 62.77% 18,693 37.23%
Boone 4,820 54.99% 3,945 45.01%
Braxton 2,934 53.81% 2,519 46.19%
Brooke 5,648 55.42% 4,543 44.58%
Cabell 18,396 50.93% 17,726 49.07%
Calhoun 1,662 58.83% 1,163 41.17%
Clay 1,896 58.28% 1,357 41.72%
Doddridge 2,171 72.68% 816 27.32%
Fayette 8,728 53.53% 7,576 46.47%
Gilmer 1,403 54.83% 1,156 45.17%
Grant 4,244 83.64% 830 16.36%
Greenbrier 9,289 59.96% 6,204 40.04%
Hampshire 7,168 74.49% 2,455 25.51%
Hancock 7,967 60.26% 5,253 39.74%
Hardy 4,241 69.35% 1,874 30.65%
Harrison 16,389 55.14% 13,334 44.86%
Jackson 7,907 60.18% 5,233 39.82%
Jefferson 15,290 53.07% 12,635 46.93%
Kanawha 38,989 48.46% 41,463 51.54%
Lewis 4,470 61.03% 2,854 38.97%
Lincoln 4,484 60.41% 2,939 39.59%
Logan 7,586 63.96% 4,275 36.04%
Marion 12,152 47.90% 13,218 52.10%
Marshall 7,807 57.32% 5,813 42.68%
Mason 6,342 58.41% 4,516 41.59%
McDowell 3,792 64.34% 2,102 35.66%
Mercer 16,632 68.23% 7,746 31.77%
Mineral 9,285 74.39% 3,197 25.61%
Mingo 6,219 67.47% 2,998 32.53%
Monongalia 18,458 44.96% 22,598 55.04%
Monroe 4,281 68.69% 1,951 31.31%
Morgan 6,113 73.33% 2,223 26.67%
Nicholas 6,470 63.26% 3,757 36.74%
Ohio 9,759 50.33% 9,632 49.67%
Pendleton 2,325 66.70% 1,161 33.30%
Pleasants 2,087 62.39% 1,258 37.61%
Pocahontas 2,391 63.10% 1,398 36.90%
Preston 9,512 67.67% 4,545 32.33%
Putnam 16,900 60.68% 10,950 39.32%
Raleigh 20,171 63.04% 11,824 36.96%
Randolph 6,384 53.92% 5,456 46.08%
Ritchie 2,938 71.92% 1,147 28.08%
Roane 3,172 56.72% 2,420 43.28%
Summers 3,119 58.94% 2,173 41.06%
Taylor 4,330 59.96% 2,892 40.04%
Tucker 2,231 60.46% 1,459 39.54%
Tyler 2,588 68.72% 1,178 31.28%
Upshur 6,400 64.52% 3,520 35.48%
Wayne 9,667 60.96% 6,190 39.04%
Webster 1,849 57.85% 1,347 42.15%
Wetzel 3,502 54.99% 2,867 45.01%
Wirt 1,651 64.32% 916 35.68%
Wood 23,121 61.53% 14,456 38.47%
Wyoming 5,627 69.65% 2,452 30.35%
Totals 477,537 58.26% 320,650 41.74%

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

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Warner won all three congressional districts.[10]

District Warner Tennant Representative
1st 57% 43% David McKinley
2nd 57% 43% Alex Mooney
3rd 61% 39% Carol Miller

Notes

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  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Additional data sourced from FiveThirtyEight

Partisan clients

References

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  1. ^ Staff REPORTS (November 3, 2020). "AP: Mac Warner wins re-election as West Virginia secretary of state". WCHS. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "2020 candidates file early in West Virginia". Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  3. ^ Mistich, Dave (November 14, 2019). "Democrat Natalie Tennant Announces She's Seeking Return As West Virginia's Secretary Of State". West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  4. ^ "Warner-Tennant rematch for West Virginia Secretary of State". newsandsentinel.com/. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  5. ^ YouTube
  6. ^ Triton Polling and Research/WMOV
  7. ^ Triton Polling & Research/WMOV
  8. ^ "An Updated Look at Handicapping the 2020 Secretary of State Elections". Cook Political Report. June 25, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  9. ^ "West Virginia Election Results". The New York Times. November 3, 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  10. ^ https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=873980

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