Ritchie County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
5 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot across 3 Ritchie County races, led by the West Virginia Senate District 3 contest.
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Find your districts by addressWest Virginia Senate District 3Caci Petrehn (D) · Mike Azinger (R)
Caci Petrehn Democrat
- Fight for working families in West Virginia.
Per West Virginia Watch questionnaire.
About Caci Petrehn
Caci Petrehn is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for West Virginia Senate District 3 on the Secretary of State's certified general-election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Mike Azinger Republican Incumbent
Mike Azinger represents Senate District 3, covering Pleasants, Ritchie and Wood counties and part of Wirt County, per the West Virginia Legislature's official website. His listed occupation is manager of the Azinger Group, and he chairs the Banking and Insurance committee. He was lead sponsor of 26 bills in the 2026 session, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Caci Petrehn (Democrat), Mike Azinger (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for West Virginia Senate District 3. Mike Azinger is the sitting member, per the West Virginia Legislature's member roster. Party nominees were chosen at the May 12, 2026 primary, per the West Virginia Secretary of State's certified general-election candidate list. West Virginia's 17 senatorial districts each elect two senators on staggered terms; only one seat per district is up in the regular 2026 cycle.
Full race pageWest Virginia Senate District 3 (Unexpired Term)Ronnie Green (Constitution) · Trenton Carl Barnhart (R)
Ronnie Green Constitution
Ronnie Green is the Constitution Party's nominee for the West Virginia Senate District 3 unexpired term seat, one of nine state legislative candidates the party named to its 2026 general election slate, per Independent Political Report. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Trenton Carl Barnhart Republican Incumbent
Trenton Carl Barnhart represents Senate District 3, covering Pleasants, Ritchie and Wood counties and part of Wirt County, and lives in Pleasants County, per the West Virginia Legislature's official website. His listed occupation is banker, and he holds a bachelor's degree and an MBA from the University of Charleston. He was lead sponsor of 7 bills in the 2026 session, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Ronnie Green (Constitution), Trenton Carl Barnhart (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot in a SPECIAL election to fill the unexpired term of the OTHER Senate seat in West Virginia's 3th senatorial district (the district elects two senators on staggered terms; this is not the district's regularly scheduled 2026 Senate race, which is a separate contest on the same ballot). Trenton Carl Barnhart was appointed to fill the vacancy and is the sitting member, per the West Virginia Legislature's member roster. Per the Secretary of State's certified general-election candidate list.
Full race pageWest Virginia House District 9Kerry G. Murphy (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Kerry G. Murphy Republican
Kerry G. Murphy is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for West Virginia House District 9 on the Secretary of State's certified general-election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 21, 2026.
Kerry G. Murphy (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for West Virginia House District 9; unopposed candidates still appear on West Virginia ballots, so the race is on the ballot but is not contested. The Legislature's member roster marks no incumbent seeking this seat. Party nominees were chosen at the May 12, 2026 primary, per the West Virginia Secretary of State's certified general-election candidate list.
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West Virginia's field is the Secretary of State's candidate database for the November 3, 2026 general election. Party nominees were chosen at the May 12 primary. All 100 House of Delegates districts are up; each of the 17 Senate districts has two senators on staggered terms, so one seat per district is on the ballot, and a few districts also fill an unexpired term. Most judicial and board of education races are nonpartisan and were decided at the May election. Unopposed candidates still appear on the ballot.
Who is on the ballot in Ritchie County, West Virginia on November 3, 2026?
Ritchie County sample ballot 2026: who is running for west virginia senate and west virginia house, with bios, priorities and campaign sites. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
When is the 2026 general election in West Virginia?
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