STATE SENATE - DISTRICT 8
State Senate District 8; 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 97,274 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 ÷ 97,274) ÷ ln(50,000) = 63.43, 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
Democratic · declared
A public school teacher and breast cancer survivor whose politics were shaped by the 2018 West Virginia teachers' strike. Her main priority is lowering health care costs for public employees, whose PEIA premiums rose 14% last July.
Republican · declared
He served on the Kanawha County Commission from 2020, including a term as its president, and now leads the county's emergency ambulance authority. He focuses on jobs, cutting the income tax and public safety.
Source: candidates.wvsos.gov