STATE SENATE - DISTRICT 1
State Senate District 1; West Virginia
My vote power
Above average
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: Above average · 63 out of 100
This district is a good deal smaller than its state, so each vote here carries more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 100,252 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 ÷ 100,252) ÷ ln(50,000) = 63.29, measured against a statewide vote in WV (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
Above average representation → My vote power: Above average.
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
Republican · Incumbent · declared
A constitutional lawyer from Wheeling who litigates First and Second Amendment cases, serving the Northern Panhandle in the West Virginia Senate. She works on income tax cuts, health care access and school security.
Records: Environment and Public Health 5 against, Government Efficiency 1 for, Gun Control 1 against,
Democratic · declared
Minority Whip in the West Virginia House of Delegates, first elected in 2014, from Wheeling in Ohio County. The son of a union electrician, he focuses on local control over development and on jobs for working families.
Records: Public Education Quality 1 for, Social Programs and Welfare 1 for
Source: candidates.wvsos.gov