Riding profile

WV-1

US House district — WV · Mixed · us wv

The question

WV-1: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Editorial read

WV-1, a mixed riding in WV, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 40-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 65% vote share, against 30% for the Democrats, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

MILLER, CAROL DEVINE

Sits with Republican

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Miller, Carol Devine

  • Democrat Challenger

    Aguirre, Britta

  • Democrat Challenger

    George, Vincent Raymond Mr.

  • Republican Challenger

    Evans, Jonathan Derrick

  • Republican Challenger

    Jackson, Larry

Current forecast

Republican

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
35.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 65.1%
  • Democrat 29.9%
  • Other 5.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Republican Democrat Other
HereWV-1 65.1%29.9%5.0%
National averageUnited States 46.6% +18.5 51.9% −22.0 5.4% −0.4

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · US HOUSE_2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
40.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-5.0 pts

Around the region

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026