STATE SENATE - DISTRICT 10
State Senate District 10; West Virginia
My vote power
Normal
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: Normal · 63 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 106,491 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 ÷ 106,491) ÷ ln(50,000) = 63.01, 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.
Normal representation → My vote power: Normal.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
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
Democratic · declared
A retired federal law enforcement officer from Alderson in Monroe County who spent 25 years as a union leader and also farms and runs a small business. He focuses on rural communities and working families.
Republican · Incumbent · declared
A senator for the 10th District from Greenbrier County, a retired West Virginia State Police officer who now works for the Lewisburg prosecuting attorney's office and pastors Sinks Grove Baptist Church. He is vice chair of the Senate Health and Human Resources Committee.
Records: Labor Rights 3 against, Anti-Corruption 1 against, Civil Rights 1 against,
Source: candidates.wvsos.gov