2020 West Virginia Secretary of State election

The 2020 West Virginia Secretary of State election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Secretary of State of the U.S. state of West Virginia. Republican incumbent Mac Warner was elected with 48.52% of the vote in 2016, defeating Democratic incumbent Natalie Tennant. He is seeking re-election.

2020 West Virginia Secretary of State election
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee Mac Warner Natalie Tennant
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 447,537 320,650
Percentage 58.26% 41.74%
Results by county
Secretary of State before election

Mac Warner
Republican

 Elected Secretary of State

Mac Warner
Republican

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Republican primary

Declared

Withdrawn

Results
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mac Warner (incumbent) 176,915 100.0%
Total votes 176,915 100.0%

Democratic primary

Declared
  • Natalie Tennant, former Secretary of State, candidate for Governor of West Virginia in 2011, and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2014[2]

Withdrawn
  • Brent Pauley, journalist at EnAct West Virginia[3]

Results
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Natalie Tennant 175,600 100.0%
Total votes 175,600 100.0%

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[4] Likely R June 25, 2020

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Mac
Warner (R)		 Natalie
Tennant (D)		 Undecided
Triton Polling and Research/WMOV October 19–21, 2020 544 (LV) ± 4.2% 51% 45% 5%
Triton Polling & Research/WMOV September 29–30, 2020[lower-alpha 2] 525 (RV) ± 4.3% 50% 43% 5%

Results
West Virginia Secretary of State election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mac Warner (incumbent) 447,537 58.26%
Democratic Natalie Tennant 320,650 41.74%
Total votes 768,187 100.00%
Republican hold

Notes
  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Additional data sourced from FiveThirtyEight

References
  1. https://www.weirtondailytimes.com/news/local-news/2019/09/2020-candidates-file-early-in-west-virginia/
  2. https://ballotpedia.org/Natalie_Tennant
  3. http://enactwv.org/author/brent/
  4. "An Updated Look at Handicapping the 2020 Secretary of State Elections". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
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