CANDIDATE | RACE | COUNTIES | GRADE | ENDORSED | PARTY | NOTES |
Carol Miller | United States House of Representatives (3rd) | – | A | N | R | – |
Richard Ojeda | United States House of Representatives (3rd) | – | D | N | D | Ojeda continues to attack the Second Amendment in bizarre video rants in social media. Supports holding you responsible for the crimes of others (stolen guns), universal background checks (prelude to registration and confiscation) and more. |
Joe Manchin | United States Senate | ALL | F | N | D | Has been at the forefront of federal gun control since 2013 |
Patrick Morrisey | United States Senate | ALL | A | Y | R | Among the candidates in this field, none has carried the Second Amendment banner so often and consistently as Patrick Morrisey. |
Rusty Hollen | United States Senate | ALL | A | N | L | – |
Chris Phillips | WV House 47 | Barbour, Tucker | A | Y | R | – |
Ed Larry | WV House 47 | Barbour, Tucker | NS | N | D | – |
Anthony Vitale | WV House 61 | Berkeley | NS | N | R | – |
Brett Rogers | WV House 63 | Berkeley | A | N | L | – |
Cynthia Toodle | WV House 62 | Berkeley | NS | N | D | – |
Eric Householder | WV House 64 | Berkeley | A | Y | R | – |
Jason Barrett | WV House 61 | Berkeley | A | Y | D | – |
John Hardy | WV House 63 | Berkeley | A | N | R | – |
Marshall Wilson | WV House 60 | Berkeley | A | Y | R | – |
Sam Brown | WV House 63 | Berkeley | A | N | D | – |
Tom Bibby | WV House 62 | Berkeley | A | Y | R | – |
John Unger | WV Senate 16 | Berkeley, Jefferson | A | N | D | – |
Michael Folk | WV Senate 16 | Berkeley, Jefferson | A | N | R | – |
John Isner | WV House 59 | Berkeley, Morgan | A | N | D | – |
Larry Kump | WV House 59 | Berkeley, Morgan | A | Y | R | – |
Larry Lyon | WV House 23 | Boone | NS | N | R | – |
Rodney Miller | WV House 23 | Boone | D | N | D | – |
Aaron Stone | WV House 24 | Boone, Logan, Wyoming | A | N | R | – |
Jordan Bridges | WV House 24 | Boone, Logan, Wyoming | NS | N | R | – |
Ralph Rodighiero | WV House 24 | Boone, Logan, Wyoming | A | Y | D | – |
Tim Tomblin | WV House 24 | Boone, Logan, Wyoming | A | N | D | – |
Grace Davis | WV House 2 | Brooke, Ohio | NS | N | R | – |
Phillip Diserio | WV House 2 | Brooke, Ohio | C | N | D | Voted against Preemption cleanup. |
Chad Lovejoy | WV House 17 | Cabell | A | Y | D | – |
Evan Worrell | WV House 18 | Cabell | A | Y | R | – |
Jeanette Rowsey | WV House 17 | Cabell | NS | N | D | – |
Joyce Holland | WV House 17 | Cabell | NS | N | R | – |
Karen Nance | WV House 18 | Cabell | NS | N | D | – |
Matthew Rohrbach | WV House 17 | Cabell | A | Y | R | – |
Dakota Nelson | WV House 16 | Cabell, Lincoln | NS | N | D | – |
Daniel Linville | WV House 16 | Cabell, Lincoln | A | Y | R | – |
John Mandt | WV House 16 | Cabell, Lincoln | NS | N | R | – |
Matt Suprlock | WV House 16 | Cabell, Lincoln | NS | N | D | – |
Sean Hornbuckle | WV House 16 | Cabell, Lincoln | F | N | D | Votes and argues against every pro-gun bill he sees. |
Vera Miller | WV House 16 | Cabell, Lincoln | NS | N | R | – |
Larry Lundsford | WV Senate 5 | Cabell, Wayne | NS | N | R | – |
Mike Woelfel | WV Senate 5 | Cabell, Wayne | A | Y | D | – |
George Ambler | WV Senate 10 | Fayette, Greenbrier, Summers, Monroe | C | N | R | No vote on “constitutional carry,” yes vote on Parking Lots. Unreliable. |
Stephen Baldwin | WV Senate 10 | Fayette, Greenbrier, Summers, Monroe | A | Y | D | – |
Brent Boggs | WV House 34 | Gilmer, Braxton | A | Y | D | – |
Logan Thompson | WV House 34 | Gilmer, Braxton | NS | N | R | – |
David Walker | WV House 33 | Gilmer, Calhoun, Clay | A | N | D | – |
Roger Hanshaw | WV House 33 | Gilmer, Calhoun, Clay | A | N | R | – |
Cindy Lavender-Bowe | WV House 42 | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | NS | N | D | – |
Denny Canterbury | WV House 42 | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | A | N | R | – |
Jeff Campbell | WV House 42 | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | A | N | D | – |
Steve Malcomb | WV House 42 | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | NS | N | R | – |
Diana Magnone | WV House 1 | Hancock, Brooke | NS | N | D | – |
Mark Zetazelo | WV House 1 | Hancock, Brooke | B | N | R | Argued anti-gun positions in House Judiciary on Parking Lots |
Pat McGeehan | WV House 1 | Hancock, Brooke | A | Y | R | – |
Randy Swartzmiller | WV House 1 | Hancock, Brooke | A | Y | D | Swartzmiller has a history of sponsoring and driving WVCDL bills through the legislature. |
Ryan Ferns | WV Senate 1 | Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall | A | Y | R | – |
Ryan Weld | WV Senate 1 | Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall | D | N | R | Killed Campus Carry in Committee 2019 |
William Ihlenfeld | WV Senate 1 | Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall | NS | N | D | – |
Isaac Sponaugle | WV House 55 | Hardy, Pendleton | A | Y | D | – |
Jon Hof | WV House 55 | Hardy, Pendleton | D | N | R | – |
Ben Queen | WV House 48 | Harrison | A | Y | R | – |
Danny Hamrick | WV House 48 | Harrison | A | Y | R | – |
Debra Shrieves | WV House 48 | Harrison | NS | N | R | – |
Derek McIntyre | WV House 48 | Harrison | NS | N | D | – |
Richard Iaquinta | WV House 48 | Harrison | C | N | D | Made public anti-gun statements at campaign event in 2016, however, voted for 2A bills in 2018 session. |
Robert Garcia | WV House 48 | Harrison | NS | N | D | – |
Terry Waxman | WV House 48 | Harrison | A | Y | R | – |
Tim Miley | WV House 48 | Harrison | A | N | D | – |
Will Hyman | WV House 48 | Harrison | A | Y | L | – |
Mike Romano | WV Senate 12 | Harrison, Lewis, Gilmer, Braxton, Clay | D | N | D | Voted against Constitutional Carry twice, voted for Parking Lots. |
Waymond Cork | WV Senate 12 | Harrison, Lewis, Gilmer, Braxton, Clay | C | N | R | – |
Missy Morris | WV House 12 | Jackson | C | N | D | No survey this year, grade based on prior election survey answers. |
Steve Westfall | WV House 12 | Jackson | B | N | R | – |
Brian Prim | WV Senate 4 | Jackson, Mason, Roane, Putnam | NS | N | D | – |
Eric Tarr | WV Senate 4 | Jackson, Mason, Roane, Putnam | A | Y | R | – |
David Dinges | WV House 66 | Jefferson | NS | N | D | – |
Jill Upson | WV House 65 | Jefferson | A | Y | R | – |
John Doyle | WV House 67 | Jefferson | F | N | D | In his previous time in the house, introduced anti-gun bills every year. |
Paul Espinosa | WV House 66 | Jefferson | A | Y | R | – |
Riley Moore | WV House 67 | Jefferson | A | Y | R | – |
Sammi Brown | WV House 65 | Jefferson | NS | N | D | – |
Amanda Estep-Burton | WV House 36 | Kanawha | NS | N | D | – |
Andrew Byrd | WV House 35 | Kanawha | F | N | D | – |
Andrew Robinson | WV House 36 | Kanawha | B | N | D | – |
Charlotte Lane | WV House 35 | Kanawha | F | N | R | – |
Chris Pritt | WV House 36 | Kanawha | A | Y | R | – |
David Holmes | WV House 39 | Kanawha | NS | N | D | – |
David Holmes | WV House 39 | Kanawha | A | N | D | – |
Dean Jeffries | WV House 40 | Kanawha | A | Y | R | – |
Doug Skaff | WV House 35 | Kanawha | A | N | D | Prior Delegate, voted in favor of preemption. |
Edward Burgess | WV House 35 | Kanawha | NS | N | R | – |
Eric Nelson | WV House 35 | Kanawha | D | N | R | Voted twice against constitutional carry twice. |
Ethan Morris | WV House 36 | Kanawha | C | N | R | Incomplete survey. We must assume blank answers mean “oppose” |
James Robinette | WV House 35 | Kanawha | NS | N | D | – |
Larry Rowe | WV House 36 | Kanawha | F | N | D | Once complained that WV was legalizing dynamite sweatervests. |
Matthew Jarrett | WV House 36 | Kanawha | NS | N | R | – |
Melissa Huffman | WV House 40 | Kanawha | NS | N | D | – |
Mike Pushkin | WV House 37 | Kanawha | F | N | D | Has never seen a pro-gun bill he supports. |
Moore Capito | WV House 35 | Kanawha | A | N | R | – |
Renate Pore | WV House 35 | Kanawha | NS | N | D | – |
Richard Patrick | WV House 37 | Kanawha | A | Y | R | – |
Sharon Malcom | WV House 39 | Kanawha | A | Y | R | – |
Terrell Ellis | WV Senate 17 | Kanawha | NS | N | D | – |
Tom Takubo | WV Senate 17 | Kanawha | A | Y | R | – |
Patrick Martin | WV House 46 | Lewis, Upshur | A | Y | R | – |
Robert Stultz | WV House 46 | Lewis, Upshur | NS | N | D | – |
Guy Ward | WV House 50 | Marion | A | Y | R | – |
Linda Longstreth | WV House 50 | Marion | F | N | D | Railed on House floor demanding gun control, voted against constitutional carry, then voted for 2A bills in 2018 session. Completely incoherent and unreliable on our issue. |
Michael Angelucci | WV House 50 | Marion | NS | N | D | – |
Mike Caputo | WV House 50 | Marion | D | N | D | – |
Phil Mallow | WV House 50 | Marion | A | Y | R | – |
Charles Clements | WV Senate 2 | Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel, Marion,Tyler, Doddridge, Calhoun, Ritchie, Gilmer | B | N | R | ** Stated opposition to Campus Carry |
Denny Longwell | WV Senate 2 | Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel, Marion,Tyler, Doddridge, Calhoun, Ritchie, Gilmer | NS | N | D | – |
Josh Higginbotham | WV House 13 | Mason, Jackson, Putnam | A | Y | R | – |
Scott Brewer | WV House 13 | Mason, Jackson, Putnam | A | N | D | – |
Scott Cadle | WV House 13 | Mason, Jackson, Putnam | A | Y | R | – |
Brianne Solomon | WV House 14 | Mason, Putnam | NS | N | D | – |
Jim Butler | WV House 14 | Mason, Putnam | A | Y | R | – |
David Cox | WV House 26 | McDowell, Mercer | NS | N | R | – |
Ed Evans | WV House 26 | McDowell, Mercer | A | Y | D | – |
Carol Bailey | WV House 27 | Mercer | NS | N | D | – |
Eric Porterfield | WV House 27 | Mercer | A | Y | R | – |
Joe Ellington | WV House 27 | Mercer | A | Y | R | – |
John Shott | WV House 27 | Mercer | C | N | R | As Chair of the powerful Judiciary Committee, Delegate Shott has routinely been the biggest legislative obstacle to passage of pro-gun bills. Despite that, he has voted for Constitutional Carry, Preemption cleanup, and other bills. |
Lacy Watson | WV House 27 | Mercer | NS | N | D | – |
Phoebe Meadows | WV House 27 | Mercer | NS | N | D | – |
Gary Howell | WV House 56 | Mineral | A | Y | R | – |
Timothy Ryan | WV House 56 | Mineral | NS | N | D | – |
John Hott | WV House 54 | Mineral, Grant, Pendleton | A | Y | R | – |
Ruth Rowan | WV House 57 | Mineral, Hampshire | A | N | R | – |
Charles Trump | WV Senate 15 | Mineral, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley | A | Y | R | – |
Nathan Brown | WV House 20 | Mingo, Logan | NS | N | D | – |
Mark Dean | WV House 21 | Mingo, Wyoming, McDowell | A | N | R | – |
Phyllis White | WV House 21 | Mingo, Wyoming, McDowell | A | N | D | – |
Barbara Fleischauer | WV House 51 | Monongalia | F | N | D | – |
Cindy Frich | WV House 51 | Monongalia | A | Y | R | – |
Danielle Walker | WV House 51 | Monongalia | NS | N | D | – |
Debbie Warner | WV House 51 | Monongalia | NS | N | R | – |
Evan Hansen | WV House 51 | Monongalia | NS | N | D | – |
Joe Statler | WV House 51 | Monongalia | A | Y | R | Indicated weak position on Campus Carry, but has outstanding voting record on 2A. |
John Williams | WV House 51 | Monongalia | F | N | D | – |
Rodney Pyles | WV House 51 | Monongalia | F | N | D | – |
Roger Shuttlesworth | WV House 51 | Monongalia | F | N | R | The WVCDL does not believe Roger Shuttlesworth possesses the qualities expected from our elected leaders. |
Bob Beach | WV Senate 13 | Monongalia, Marion | F | N | D | Bob Beach lied to the WV public in writing. Railed against Constitutional Carry. On the floor of the Senate, argued that women are incapable of safely carrying or owning firearms. |
Mike Oliverio | WV Senate 13 | Monongalia, Marion | NS | N | R | – |
Amy Summers | WV House 49 | Monongalia, Marion, Taylor | A | Y | R | – |
George Abel | WV House 49 | Monongalia, Marion, Taylor | F | N | D | – |
Dave Sypolt | WV Senate 14 | Monongalia, Preston, Taylor, Barbour, Tucker, Grant, Mineral, Hardy | A | Y | R | – |
Stephanie Zucker | WV Senate 14 | Monongalia, Preston, Taylor, Barbour, Tucker, Grant, Mineral, Hardy | NS | N | D | – |
Bibi Hahn | WV House 58 | Morgan, Hampshire | NS | N | D | – |
Daryl Cowles | WV House 58 | Morgan, Hampshire | D | N | R | Daryl Cowles is no friend of the Second Amendment. See 2016 Legislative session. |
Kayla Kessinger | WV House 32 | Nicholas, Fayette, Raleigh | A | Y | R | – |
Luke Lively | WV House 32 | Nicholas, Fayette, Raleigh | NS | N | D | – |
Margaret Staggers | WV House 32 | Nicholas, Fayette, Raleigh | A | N | D | – |
Melvin Kessler | WV House 32 | Nicholas, Fayette, Raleigh | NS | N | D | – |
Tom Fast | WV House 32 | Nicholas, Fayette, Raleigh | A | N | R | – |
Jordan Hill | WV House 41 | Nicholas, Greenbrier | A | Y | R | – |
Paul O’Dell | WV House 41 | Nicholas, Greenbrier | NS | N | D | – |
Dalton Haas | WV House 3 | Ohio | A | N | R | – |
Erikka Storch | WV House 3 | Ohio | B | N | R | Voted against Constitutional Carry override, but otherwise pro-gun votes. |
Sean Fluharty | WV House 3 | Ohio | A | Y | D | – |
Charlie Reynolds | WV House 4 | Ohio, Marshall | NS | N | R | – |
Joe Canestraro | WV House 4 | Ohio, Marshall | A | N | D | – |
Lisa Zukhoff | WV House 4 | Ohio, Marshall | NS | N | D | – |
Jason Harshbarger | WV House 7 | Pleasants, Ritchie | A | Y | R | – |
Lissa Lucas | WV House 7 | Pleasants, Ritchie | NS | N | D | – |
Chris Combs | WV House 6 | Pleasants, Tyler, Doddridge | NS | N | D | – |
David Kelly | WV House 6 | Pleasants, Tyler, Doddridge | NS | N | R | – |
David Kelly | WV House 6 | Pleasants, Tyler, Doddridge | B | N | R | – |
Jim Leach | WV Senate 3 | Pleasants, Wood, Wirt, Roane | NS | N | D | – |
Mike Azinger | WV Senate 3 | Pleasants, Wood, Wirt, Roane | A | Y | R | – |
Terri Sypolt | WV House 52 | Preston | A | Y | R | – |
Austin Zuchowsky | WV House 53 | Preston, Tucker | A | Y | L | – |
Buck Jennings | WV House 53 | Preston, Tucker | NS | N | R | – |
Corey Chase | WV House 53 | Preston, Tucker | NS | N | D | – |
Casey Horton | WV House 15 | Putnam | NS | N | D | – |
Dianna Graves | WV House 38 | Putnam | A | Y | R | – |
Geoff Foster | WV House 15 | Putnam | A | Y | R | – |
Tom Tull | WV House 38 | Putnam | NS | N | D | – |
Ed Gaunch | WV Senate 8 | Putnam, Kanawha | A | Y | R | – |
Richard Lindsay | WV Senate 8 | Putnam, Kanawha | F | N | D | Made numerous public statements against constitutional carry, and against defensive carry of firearms in general. |
Bill Bryant | WV House 22 | Putnam, Lincoln, Boone, Logan | NS | N | D | – |
Gary McCallister | WV House 22 | Putnam, Lincoln, Boone, Logan | B | N | D | – |
Joseph Jeffries | WV House 22 | Putnam, Lincoln, Boone, Logan | A | Y | R | – |
Zach Maynard | WV House 22 | Putnam, Lincoln, Boone, Logan | A | Y | R | – |
Brandon Steele | WV House 29 | Raleigh | A | N | R | – |
Mick Bates | WV House 30 | Raleigh | C | N | D | Delegate Bates is running unopposed, but his grade is reflected here based on his historic opposition of constitutional carry and other 2A legislation. |
Ricky Moye | WV House 29 | Raleigh | A | Y | D | – |
Andrew Evans | WV House 28 | Raleigh, Summers, Monroe | A | Y | D | – |
Jeffry Pack | WV House 28 | Raleigh, Summers, Monroe | A | Y | R | – |
Roy Cooper | WV House 28 | Raleigh, Summers, Monroe | B | N | R | – |
Sandy Shaw | WV House 28 | Raleigh, Summers, Monroe | NS | N | D | – |
Rick Snuffer | WV House 31 | Raleigh, Wyoming | NS | N | D | – |
Rollan Roberts | WV Senate 9 | Raleigh, Wyoming, Mcdowell | A | Y | R | – |
William Wooten | WV Senate 9 | Raleigh, Wyoming, Mcdowell | NS | N | D | – |
Bill Hartman | WV House 43 | Randolph, Pocahontas | A | Y | D | – |
Cody Thompson | WV House 43 | Randolph, Pocahontas | NS | N | D | – |
Mike House | WV House 43 | Randolph, Pocahontas | A | N | R | – |
William Nestor | WV House 43 | Randolph, Pocahontas | A | N | R | – |
James Pickens | WV House 11 | Roane, Jackson | NS | N | D | – |
Rick Atkinson | WV House 11 | Roane, Jackson | B | N | R | Voted against constitutional carry, but otherwise voted pro-gun |
Carl Martin | WV House 45 | Upshur | A | Y | R | – |
Matthew Kerner | WV House 45 | Upshur | NS | N | D | – |
Bill Hamilton | WV Senate 11 | Upshur, Randolph, Grant, Pendleton, Webster, Nicholas, Pocahontas | C | N | R | No vote on Constitutional Carry, Yes vote on Parking Lots |
Laura Finch | WV Senate 11 | Upshur, Randolph, Grant, Pendleton, Webster, Nicholas, Pocahontas | NS | N | D | – |
Barbara Daniels | WV House 44 | Upshur, Randolph, Webster, Nicholas | NS | N | M | – |
Caleb Hannon | WV House 44 | Upshur, Randolph, Webster, Nicholas | NS | N | R | – |
Dana Lynch | WV House 44 | Upshur, Randolph, Webster, Nicholas | B | N | D | – |
Ken Hicks | WV House 19 | Wayne | B | N | D | Voted against Parking Lots, then voted for it, and has voted for other pro-gun legislation. |
Mark Ross | WV House 19 | Wayne | NS | N | R | – |
Robert Thompson | WV House 19 | Wayne | A | Y | D | – |
Jason Stephens | WV Senate 7 | Wayne, Lincoln, Boone, Logan, Mingo | A | N | R | – |
Ron Stollings | WV Senate 7 | Wayne, Lincoln, Boone, Logan, Mingo | A | Y | D | – |
Charles Sammons | WV Senate 6 | Wayne, Mingo, Mcdowell, Mercer | NS | N | D | – |
Mark Maynard | WV Senate 6 | Wayne, Mingo, Mcdowell, Mercer | A | Y | R | – |
Dave Pethel | WV House 5 | Wetzel, Monongalia | B | N | D | Voted against Constitutional Carry. |
Phillip Wiley | WV House 5 | Wetzel, Monongalia | NS | N | R | – |
Andy Daniel | WV House 10 | Wood | NS | N | D | – |
Bill Anderson | WV House 8 | Wood | B | N | R | Voted against Constitutional Carry, but pro-gun otherwise |
David Bland | WV House 8 | Wood | NS | N | D | – |
Frank Deem | WV House 10 | Wood | A | Y | R | – |
Harry Deitzler | WV House 10 | Wood | NS | N | D | – |
John Kelly | WV House 10 | Wood | A | Y | R | – |
Morgan Leach | WV House 10 | Wood | NS | N | D | – |
Vernon Criss | WV House 10 | Wood | A | N | R | – |
Jim Marion | WV House 9 | Wood, Wirt | NS | N | D | – |
Ray Hollen | WV House 9 | Wood, Wirt | A | Y | R | – |
Andy Vance | WV House 25 | Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer | NS | N | D | – |
Tony Paynter | WV House 25 | Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer | A | Y | R | – |
Alex Mooney | United States House of Representatives (2nd) | – | A | Y | R | – |
Tim Armstead | Supreme Court | – | A | Y | – | – |