HOUSE OF DELEGATES - DISTRICT 47
Delegate District 47; 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 · 71 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 17,456 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 ÷ 17,456) ÷ ln(50,000) = 71.37, 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.
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
Delegate for the 47th District, covering Greenbrier and Monroe counties, and vice chair of the House Investments Committee. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago and an MBA from West Virginia University.
Records: Environment and Public Health 2 against, Anti-Corruption 1 against, Corporate Accountability 1 for,
Democratic · declared
A Greenbrier County Democrat who left West Virginia for work and later moved home with her fiance to care for family. She points to rural health care access, affordable child care and more open government as her priorities.
Source: candidates.wvsos.gov