HOUSE OF DELEGATES - DISTRICT 97
Delegate District 97; 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 18,938 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 ÷ 18,938) ÷ ln(50,000) = 70.99, 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
Democratic · declared
A public policy advocate from the Eastern Panhandle who has lobbied at the state Capitol and worked on policy in Congress, on issues from clean water to childcare. She graduated from Jefferson High School and Shepherd University.
Republican · Incumbent · declared
A political consultant representing Berkeley and Jefferson counties in the West Virginia House of Delegates and a member of its Health and Human Resources Committee. He describes himself as a Christian constitutional conservative.
Records: Environment and Public Health 2 against, Labor Rights 2 against, Healthcare Affordability 1 for,
Source: candidates.wvsos.gov