Jefferson County, WV (2026 Nov 3) — Election night counts for Jefferson County showed Lanae Johnson and Mary Mickey Reagan elected to the County Commission and Jenny Thacker, Regina Dyer, and Joe Funkhouser elected to serve in the House of Delegates.
The Jefferson County Clerk’s office is responsible for running the County elections, including counting the votes after the polls close. The ballot boxes from all 34 precincts in Jefferson County were delivered to the Jefferson County Government Center after the polls closed at 7:30 pm, with the final ballot box arriving at 8:56 pm.
The election night counts are unofficial until the canvass and election certification by the Jefferson County Commission on November 9.
Here’s what was reported for the Jefferson County Commission and the three delegate districts that are completely in Jefferson County:
Jefferson County Commission — Harpers Ferry District
- Lanae Johnson (Dem): 10,538 — 51.0%
- Pasha Majdi (Rep): 8,237 — 39.9%
- Tricia Jackson (Con): 1,884 — 9.1%
Jefferson County Commission — Kabletown District
- Mary Mickey Reagan (Dem): 12,433 — 60.1%
- Steve Stolipher (Rep): 7,143 — 34.5%
- Danny Lutz (Mtn): 1,118 — 5.4%
Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney
- Adam Ward (Rep): 13,958
Delegate District 100
- Jenny Thacker (Dem): 3,415 — 53.4%
- Bill Ridenour (Rep): 2,986 — 46.6%
Delegate District 99
- Regina Dyer (Dem): 3,647 — 55.2%
- Wayne Clark (Rep): 2,963 — 44.8%
Delegate District 98
- Joe Funkhouser (Rep): 2,968 — 54.4%
- Marta Beck (Dem): 2,485 — 45.6%
The following legislative districts are split between Berkeley County and Jefferson County. The results below are for just the Jefferson County precincts.
Delegate District 97
- Lucia Valentine (Dem): 3,450 (1,942 Berkeley, 1,508 Berkeley) — 56.1%
- S. Chris Anders (Rep): 2,701 (1,834 Berkeley, 867 Jefferson) — 43.9%
State Senate District 16
- Jason Barrett (Rep): 18,600 (7,960 Berkeley, 10,640 Jefferson) — 61.3%
- Travis Bost (Lib): 11,729 (5,013 Berkeley, 6,716 Jefferson) — 38.7%
You can view complete results for the West Virginia election on the WV Secretary of State’s website.
Turnout Analysis
There were 49,411 registered voters in Jefferson County as of the October 13, 2026 registration deadline according to information published by the West Virginia Secretary of State.
There were 21,149 ballots cast (this number does not include provisional ballots and any absentee ballots not yet received). According to the Jefferson County Clerk’s report, this equates to a 42.78% turnout.
In the U.S. Senate race, incumbent Shelley Moore Capito won statewide with 58.3% of the vote. In the U.S. House races, incumbent Carol Miller won in the 1st Congressional District with 57.1% of the vote. Incumbent Riley Moore won in the 2nd Congressional District with 59.4% of the vote.
In Jefferson County, challengers outpolled the incumbents in these Federal races:
U.S. Senate (Jefferson County votes)
- Shelly Moore Capito (Rep): 9,481 — 45.3%
- Rachel Fetty Anderson (Dem): 10,510 — 50.2%
- Marshall Wilson (Con): 908 — 4.3%
Total votes cast in Jefferson County for the U.S. Senate race: 20,937 (99.0% of ballots includes votes for this race).
U.S. House (Jefferson County votes)
- Riley Moore (Rep): 10,263 — 49.2%
- Ace Parsi (Dem): 10,586 — 50.7%
Total votes cast in Jefferson County for the U.S. House race: 20,871 (98.7% of ballots included votes for this race).
High Participation In County Commission Races
The other county-wide contests in Jefferson County had a similar vote count percentage (that is, there was little undervoting, where voters cast a ballot for the top of ballot races and skip voting for other races).
County Commission – Harpers Ferry: 20,659 total votes (97.7% of ballots)
County Commission – Kabletown: 20,694 total votes (97.8% of ballots)
In the Harpers Ferry District, Lanae Johnson’s 10,583 votes exceed the combined total of votes cast for Majdi and Jackson by a 490 vote margin.
In the Kabletown District, the difference between Mary Mickey Reagan’s 12,433 votes and Steve Stolipher’s 7,143 votes was 4,172 — 10 times the vote margin for the Harpers Ferry District contest.
Delegate District Comparison
The Delegate district covers only a portion of the County, so each of those races will have fewer total votes. Here’s what the numbers look across the districts in Jefferson County:
Delegate District 100 (Thacker): 6,406 total votes (429 vote margin)
Delegate District 99 (Dyer): 6,625 total votes (684 vote margin)
Delegate District 98 (Funkhouser): 5,457 total votes (483 vote margin)
Delegate District 97 (Valentine): 6,151 total votes (749 vote margin)
A Focus On Security
Chief Deputy Clerk Nikki Painter oversees an operation that involves two dozen County employees to oversee the secure processing of the ballot boxes from the precinct workers to the Commission meeting room where the boxes are opened and the ballots are counted. Two poll workers from each precinct hand-deliver the sealed ballot box to the intake team waiting outside of the Government Center. A pair of bailiffs then escorted each box into the Commission meeting room where it was opened and tallied by the employees of the Clerk’s office.
For counting the results, the Clerk’s staff uses a computer system that is isolated from the internet. Results from each precinct are copied to a thumb drive, then transferred to the laptop computer used to upload the results to the Secretary of State’s system.
The printed ballots are retained and secured until the official election canvass by the County Commission on Monday, November 9. As part of the official canvass, the Commission will review all provisional ballots and certify the official results to be reported to the West Virginia Secretary of State.
Here’s the team that made the process work on Election Night:
Clerk’s Office: Heather Day, Tina Branson, Amanda Kemp, Kevin Carden, Joseph Burwell
Fleet & Facilities: David Painter, Ryan Milbourne, Mike Lee, Rusty Blackford
Bailiffs: Keith Johnson, Tyler Payton, David Wampler, Kat O’Connor, James Eddy, Jack Jensen, Doug Pittinger, Romulo Quezada, Monte Conner, David Wilson
Published 2026 Nov 3 in the Observer Weekly. Updated 2026 Nov 4 (turnout analysis, election night team).
By Steve Pearson