HOUSE OF DELEGATES - DISTRICT 38
Delegate District 38; West Virginia
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 70 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 19,795 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(1,778,373 ÷ 19,795) ÷ ln(50,000) = 70.79, measured against a statewide vote in WV (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Deputy Speaker in the West Virginia House of Delegates and a Princeton physician representing Mercer County. A fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, he serves on the Finance, Education and Rules committees.
Records: Anti-Corruption 2 against, Environment and Public Health 2 against, Labor Rights 2 against,
Democratic · declared
Co-owner of Mohawk Powersports, an ATV and motorcycle dealership in Beckley and Lewisburg, which she and her family have run since 2014. She points to health care costs, homelessness and opioid funding as her priorities.
Source: candidates.wvsos.gov