Elections · U.S. House · West Virginia
2026 West Virginia House race,
Carol Miller (Republican), Vince George (Democrat) and Belinda Fox-Spencer (Constitution) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in West Virginia District 1, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the West Virginia Secretary of State.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Belinda Fox-Spencer (Constitution).
Official candidate list: West Virginia Secretary of State. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
Carol Miller
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2019 · Age 75
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in West Virginia
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 21 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 44,383 votes
- Vince George Won: 53% 23,503
- Brit Aguirre: 47% 20,880
Primary source: Official election results.
The primary · 56,203 votes
- Carol Miller Won: 72% 40,493
- Larry Jackson: 28% 15,710
Primary source: Official election results.
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $2.3M
- Outside money
- $28K
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $1.1K of the race's $28K was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
6 filed- Brit AguirreDemocrat$171K
- Jonathan EvansRepublican$1.2M
- Larry JacksonRepublican$102K
- Abel ClendenenRepublican-
- Isaiah RuckerIndependent-
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
The district
Census context- People
- 877K
- Median household income
- $54K
- Unemployment
- 5.5%
- Living below the poverty line
- 18.8%
- Without health insurance
- 5.9%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
How this seat voted last time
R+40 in 2024
- Carol Miller Won: 66.4%
- Chris Bob Reed: 26.1%
344,319 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 7.5%. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through June 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.