West Virginia's 2nd Senate district

West Virginia's 2nd Senate district is one of 17 districts in the West Virginia Senate. It is currently represented by Republicans Charles H. Clements and Chris Rose.^[1] All districts in the West Virginia Senate elect two members to staggered four-year terms.

West Virginia's 2nd State Senate district
Senator	Charles H. Clements R–New Martinsville Chris Rose R–Granville
Demographics	92% White 2% Black 1% Hispanic 0% Asian 2% Native American 1% Other
Population (2021)	104,256

Geography

District 2 is based in the Mid-Ohio Valley region, covering all of Calhoun, Doddridge, Ritchie, Tyler, and Wetzel Counties and parts of Gilmer, Marion, Marshall, and Monongalia Counties. It includes the communities of Moundsville, McMechen, New Martinsville, Paden City, Mannington, Pennsboro, Sistersville, and Grantsville.^[2]

The district is located largely within West Virginia's 1st congressional district, with a small portion extending into West Virginia's 2nd congressional district, and overlaps with the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 33rd, 34th, 50th, and 51st districts of the West Virginia House of Delegates.^[3] It borders the states of Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Recent election results

2024

2024 West Virginia Senate election, District 2^[4]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Rose	7,653	61.3
	Republican	Mike Maroney (incumbent)	4,824	38.7
Total votes			12,477	100.0
General election
	Republican	Chris Rose	37,022	100.0
Total votes			37,022	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

2022 West Virginia Senate election, District 2^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Clements (incumbent)	18,720	62.5
	Democratic	Eric Hayhurst	11,213	37.5
Total votes			29,933	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical election results

2020

2020 West Virginia Senate election, District 2^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Maroney (incumbent)	7,964	61.4
	Republican	Elijah Dean	5,016	38.6
Total votes			12,980	100
	Democratic	Josh Gary	5,770	51.3
	Democratic	Carla Jones	5,478	48.7
Total votes			11,248	100
General election
	Republican	Mike Maroney (incumbent)	25,136	56.2
	Democratic	Josh Gary	19,569	43.8
Total votes			44,705	100
	Republican hold

2018

2018 West Virginia Senate election, District 2^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Denny Longwell	5,388	58.9
	Democratic	Carla Jones	3,753	41.1
Total votes			9,141	100
General election
	Republican	Charles Clements (incumbent)	19,895	58.8
	Democratic	Denny Longwell	13,944	41.2
Total votes			33,839	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 West Virginia Senate election, District 2^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Maroney	6,585	54.3
	Republican	Ginger Nalley	5,541	45.7
Total votes			12,126	100
General election
	Republican	Mike Maroney	22,902	54.3
	Democratic	Lisa Zukoff	15,754	37.4
	Libertarian	H. John Rogers	3,521	8.3
Total votes			42,177	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2014

2014 West Virginia Senate election, District 2^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kent Leonhardt	13,034	50.0
	Democratic	Larry J. Edgell (incumbent)	12,358	47.4
	Libertarian	Jeffrey Jarrell	681	2.6
Total votes			26,073	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2012

2012 West Virginia Senate election, District 2^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Kessler (incumbent)	29,474	100
Total votes			29,474	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results
2020	President	Trump 69.1 – 29.0%
	Senate	Capito 70.9 – 25.8%
	Governor	Justice 64.4 – 30.6%
2018	Senate	Manchin 50.5 – 44.0%
2016	President	Trump 69.3 – 24.9%
	Governor	Justice 46.8 – 44.2%

Historical district boundaries

Main article: List of West Virginia Senate districts § Historical and present district boundaries