West Virginia is one of seven states that lost congressional seats in post-2020 Census reapportionment and will see its representation in Congress trimmed by one district beginning with the 2022 election cycle.
As a result, three incumbents—all Republicans—seek reelection to two seats in the state’s May 10 primaries for congressional and state legislature candidates. Early voting began on April 27 and ends May 7.
U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, first elected to the state’s former Congressional District 3 in 2018, is an overwhelming favorite to cruise past four GOP primary challengers and win a third term representing the newly refashioned CD 1 in November’s general election.
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