HOUSE OF DELEGATES - DISTRICT 50
Delegate District 50; 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 16,429 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 ÷ 16,429) ÷ ln(50,000) = 71.65, 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
Republican · declared
Democratic · declared
A special education teacher with 13 years in Fayette County schools and a small business owner. He focuses on opposing data centers in Fayette County, access to clean drinking water and grocery affordability.
Constitution · declared
A Boomer resident who works in loss prevention and earned a criminal justice degree. She emphasizes constitutional government, individual liberty, fiscal responsibility and government accountability.
Independent · declared
A former president of the Fayette County Commission from Oak Hill, elected in 2018 and serving until 2024, and a longtime family business owner. He calls himself a business conservative and stresses water and sewer infrastructure and careful use of public money.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 1 against
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Appointed to the West Virginia House of Delegates for Fayette County in August 2026. A retired state corrections official with more than 40 years in public safety, he last served as acting superintendent of the Beckley Correctional Center.
Source: candidates.wvsos.gov