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Mineral County, West Virginia

2026 election results. Shelley Moore Capito (R) got 71% of the U.S. Senate vote in Mineral County. The margin is 15.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Mineral County

U.S. Senate

Shelley Moore Capito
70.9%5,303
Rachel Anderson
26.2%1,962
S. Marshall Wilson
2.9%217
100% counted

Statewide: Shelley Moore Capito wins. Called.

The leader in Mineral County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 9, 4:03 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
WV SenateR +46.0R +61.0D +15.0
WV-02R +46.3R +61.0D +14.7

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Mineral County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris19.2%Donald Trump79.4%R +60.212,907
2020Joe Biden20.7%Donald Trump78.0%R +57.312,871
2016Hillary Clinton17.7%Donald Trump78.4%R +60.711,564
2012Barack Obama26.3%Mitt Romney71.3%R +45.110,979
2008Barack Obama32.5%John McCain66.0%R +33.511,547
2004John Kerry30.7%George W. Bush68.5%R +37.811,461
2000Al Gore34.2%George W. Bush63.2%R +29.09,782

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +31.1.

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Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until West Virginia certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. West Virginia's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.