Fayette County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Christy describes herself as a working-class mother, a teacher, and a community advocate, per the campaign site.

Rollan has been a pastor for more than 50 years and has served as senior pastor of Victory Baptist Church in Beaver since October 1988, per the campaign site. He founded and led Victory Baptist Academy, a K-12 Christian school, and helped secure $6 million in funding for a new Salvation Army facility serving multiple counties, per the campaign site.

Kent Gilkerson is a retired federal law enforcement officer, a 25 year union leader and a small business owner, per his campaign site. He is running for West Virginia Senate District 10, based in Fayette, Greenbrier, Nicholas, Summers and Monroe counties.

Vince Deeds represents Senate District 10, covering part of Fayette County and all of Summers, Monroe, Greenbrier and Nicholas counties, per the West Virginia Legislature's official website. He works in the Prosecuting Attorney's Office in Lewisburg, serves as director of school safety for Greenbrier County Schools, and is a pastor at Sinks Grove Baptist Church. He was lead sponsor of 61 bills in the 2026 session, four of which were signed into law, per the same source.

Eric is a founding member of the West Virginia Legislature's Freedom Caucus and has received the Conservative Excellence Award from CPAC, per the campaign site. He was raised in southern West Virginia, per the campaign site.

Tom Louisos owns Tom's restaurant in Oak Hill, which has operated for more than 65 years, per his campaign site. Louisos is a real estate investor and previously served as a Fayette County Commissioner from 2019 to 2024, per his campaign site. Louisos's father, Tom Louisos Sr., served 22 years in the West Virginia House of Delegates, per his campaign site.

Colby works full time in retail and describes himself as the oldest child of a Mexican immigrant father and a West Virginia born mother, per the campaign site.

Cy Persinger works as a business analyst at Rainelle Medical Center and is a lifelong Fayette County resident, per WVVA. Persinger holds an MBA and a bachelor's degree in business administration and economics from West Virginia Wesleyan College, per his campaign site.

Tresa holds a nursing degree from the University of Charleston and worked as a nurse in management, critical care, outpatient surgery, and community health before helping run her husband's small business, per the campaign site. She served as Chairwoman of the Kanawha County Republican Executive Committee from 2018 to 2022, per the campaign site.