2024 West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture election

2024 West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture election
November 5, 2024
 
Nominee Kent Leonhardt Deborah Stiles
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 490,964 219,131
Percentage 69.14% 30.86%
Leonhardt:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Commissioner of Agriculture before election

Kent Leonhardt
Republican

Elected Commissioner of Agriculture

Kent Leonhardt
Republican

The 2024 West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture election will take place on November 5, 2024, to elect the next commissioner of agriculture. Incumbent Republican commissioner Kent Leonhardt was re-elected with 69% of the vote.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kent Leonhardt (incumbent) 97,958 50.82%
Republican Joshua Higginbotham 57,950 30.07%
Republican Roy Ramsey 36,831 19.11%
Total votes 192,739 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Deborah Stiles, farmer[3]

Results

Democratic primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deborah Stiles 84,557 100.00%
Total votes 84,557 100.00%

General election

Results

2024 West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kent Leonhardt (incumbent) 490,964 69.14%
Democratic Deborah Stiles 219,131 30.86%
Total votes 710,095 100.00%
Republican hold

By county

County[5] Kent Leonhardt
Republican 		Deborah Stiles
Democratic 		Margin Total
# % # % # %
Barbour 4,470 74.08% 1,564 25.92% 2,906 48.16% 6,034
Berkeley 35,906 67.42% 17,350 32.58% 18,556 34.84% 53,256
Boone 5,265 71.18% 2,132 28.82% 3,133 42.36% 7,397
Braxton 3,492 70.82% 1,439 29.18% 2,053 41.63% 4,931
Brooke 6,124 67.89% 2,896 32.11% 3,228 35.79% 9,020
Cabell 19,711 60.50% 12,871 39.50% 6,840 20.99% 32,582
Calhoun 1,954 74.87% 656 25.13% 1,298 49.73% 2,610
Clay 2,206 74.25% 765 25.75% 1,441 48.50% 2,971
Doddridge 2,386 85.52% 404 14.48% 1,982 71.04% 2,790
Fayette 9,758 67.39% 4,722 32.61% 5,036 34.78% 14,480
Gilmer 1,631 74.00% 573 26.00% 1,058 48.00% 2,204
Grant 4,300 85.13% 751 14.87% 3,549 70.26% 5,051
Greenbrier 10,096 71.08% 4,107 28.92% 5,989 42.17% 14,203
Hampshire 7,709 78.34% 2,132 21.66% 5,577 56.67% 9,841
Hancock 8,607 70.65% 3,575 29.35% 5,032 41.31% 12,182
Hardy 4,582 75.09% 1,520 24.91% 3,062 50.18% 6,102
Harrison 19,152 68.70% 8,724 31.30% 10,428 37.41% 27,876
Jackson 9,355 76.86% 2,816 23.14% 6,539 53.73% 12,171
Jefferson 16,260 58.54% 11,517 41.46% 4,743 17.08% 27,777
Kanawha 40,498 58.64% 28,563 41.36% 11,935 17.28% 69,061
Lewis 5,230 77.30% 1,536 22.70% 3,694 54.60% 6,766
Lincoln 4,965 75.64% 1,599 24.36% 3,366 51.28% 6,564
Logan 7,406 76.63% 2,259 23.37% 5,147 53.25% 9,665
Marion 16,047 68.15% 7,499 31.85% 8,548 36.30% 23,546
Marshall 8,941 71.51% 3,562 28.49% 5,379 43.02% 12,503
Mason 7,461 75.31% 2,446 24.69% 5,015 50.62% 9,907
McDowell 3,263 72.79% 1,220 27.21% 2,043 45.57% 4,483
Mercer 16,684 75.84% 5,316 24.16% 11,368 51.67% 22,000
Mineral 9,434 76.79% 2,852 23.21% 6,582 53.57% 12,286
Mingo 5,780 80.22% 1,425 19.78% 4,355 60.44% 7,205
Monongalia 22,424 56.80% 17,056 43.20% 5,368 13.60% 39,480
Monroe 4,865 80.32% 1,192 19.68% 3,673 60.64% 6,057
Morgan 6,493 76.49% 1,996 23.51% 4,497 52.97% 8,489
Nicholas 7,094 76.02% 2,238 23.98% 4,856 52.04% 9,332
Ohio 10,950 62.51% 6,568 37.49% 4,382 25.01% 17,518
Pendleton 2,414 76.20% 754 23.80% 1,660 52.40% 3,168
Pleasants 2,420 77.86% 688 22.14% 1,732 55.73% 3,108
Pocahontas 2,619 72.51% 993 27.49% 1,626 45.02% 3,612
Preston 9,948 73.13% 3,655 26.87% 6,293 46.26% 13,603
Putnam 18,493 72.36% 7,064 27.64% 11,429 44.72% 25,557
Raleigh 21,266 74.85% 7,145 25.15% 14,121 49.70% 28,411
Randolph 7,056 64.52% 3,880 35.48% 3,176 29.04% 10,936
Ritchie 3,173 85.00% 560 15.00% 2,613 70.00% 3,733
Roane 3,924 75.51% 1,273 24.49% 2,651 51.01% 5,197
Summers 3,553 73.50% 1,281 26.50% 2,272 47.00% 4,834
Taylor 5,177 74.16% 1,804 25.84% 3,373 48.32% 6,981
Tucker 1,896 54.62% 1,575 45.38% 321 9.25% 3,471
Tyler 2,856 82.95% 587 17.05% 2,269 65.90% 3,443
Upshur 7,070 76.05% 2,226 23.95% 4,844 52.11% 9,296
Wayne 10,121 72.39% 3,861 27.61% 6,260 44.77% 13,982
Webster 2,093 77.38% 612 22.62% 1,481 54.75% 2,705
Wetzel 4,361 76.03% 1,375 23.97% 2,986 52.06% 5,736
Wirt 1,900 80.00% 475 20.00% 1,425 60.00% 2,375
Wood 24,766 70.93% 10,150 29.07% 14,616 41.86% 34,916
Wyoming 5,359 80.09% 1,332 19.91% 4,027 60.19% 6,691
Totals 490,964 69.14% 219,131 30.86% 271,833 38.28% 710,095

Counties that flipped Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Leonhardt won both congressional districts.[6]

District Leonhardt Stiles Representative
1st 70% 30% Carol Miller
2nd 69% 31% Alex Mooney (118th Congress)
Riley Moore (119th Congress)

References

  1. ^ Adams, Steven (April 8, 2024). "Harvesting Votes: Leonhardt facing two challengers in GOP primary for third and final term as agriculture commissioner". The Parkersburg News and Sentinel. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "Commissioner of Agriculture - REP". Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  3. ^ Markland, Tom (April 30, 2024). "Stiles enters race for commissioner of agriculture". The Journal. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  4. ^ "Commissioner of Agriculture - DEM". Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Warner, Mac (November 5, 2024). "COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE". Secretary of State of West Virginia. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  6. ^ "2024 West Virginia Election Results by Congressional District".

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