STATE SENATE - DISTRICT 15
State Senate District 15; West Virginia
My vote power
Normal
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: Normal · 62 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 114,430 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 ÷ 114,430) ÷ ln(50,000) = 62.68, 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.
Normal representation → My vote power: Normal.
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
Vice chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee and a lifelong Hampshire County resident. A commercial poultry farmer and former owner-operator truck driver, he stresses protecting family farms, personal liberty and the cost of living.
Records: Environment and Public Health 4 against, Labor Rights 3 against, Anti-Corruption 1 against,
Democratic · declared
A self-employed writer and writing teacher from Berkeley Springs in Morgan County. She is a part-time docent at the Ice House, a regular Morgan Arts Council volunteer, and co-chairs two service committees at Bethel Lutheran Church.
Source: candidates.wvsos.gov