2026 Election
Circuit Court · Circuit 27
2 candidates
| Candidate | Party | Total Support | Total Oppose | Contributions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Joseph Raymond Kinser Projected winner 60.9% Non Partisan Contributions $38,614.13 + Support — + Oppose — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non Partisan Contributions $11,652.25 + Support — + Oppose — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
General election · Nov 3, 2026 NON-PARTISAN ELECTION OF CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE - UNEXPIRED TERM, 27th Division 4
All 80 precincts reported · unofficial | Joseph Raymond Kinser (NP) Projected winner | 17,194 | 60.9% |
| Richard Stephens (NP) | 11,054 | 39.1% |
| Source | Candidate | Contributions | Outside support | Outside oppose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WV | Joseph Raymond Kinser | $36,661 | — | — |
| Unknown | Richard Stephens | $5,821 | — | — |
| WV | Richard Stephens | $2,331 | — | — |
| Blue and Gold PAC | Joseph Raymond Kinser | $1,000 | — | — |
| Scales Law Office | Richard Stephens | $1,000 | — | — |
| OH | Richard Stephens | $1,000 | — | — |
| Black Draft | Richard Stephens | $1,000 | — | — |
| Unknown | Joseph Raymond Kinser | $953 | — | — |
| DE | Richard Stephens | $500 | — | — |
Group by
| Contributor | Type | Employer | Location | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephens Richard | Self-funding | — | — | 8 | $5,396 |
| Cary Michael | Individuals | Cary Law Office PLLC | Charleston, WV | 1 | $2,800 |
| Skinner Kathryn | Individuals | Nichols & Skinner, L.C., d/b/a The Skinner Law Firm | Charles Town, WV | 1 | $2,800 |
| Skinner Andrew | Individuals | Nichols & Skinner, L.C., d/b/a The Skinner Law Firm | Charles Town, WV | 1 | $2,800 |
| Skinner Stephen | Individuals | Nichols & Skinner, L.C., d/b/a The Skinner Law Firm | Shepherdstown, WV | 1 | $2,800 |
| Chad, Luttrell Christopher | Individuals | Conrad Luttrell LLP | Shepherdstown, WV | 2 | $2,700 |
| Giatras Tony | Individuals | The Giatras Law Firm | Charleston, WV | 1 | $2,000 |
| C, Stone Robert Jr. | Individuals | — | Shepherdstown, WV | 1 | $1,500 |
| Stonestreet Michael | Individuals | The Giatras Law Firm | Bluefield, WV | 1 | $1,500 |
| Ritchie Jonathan | Individuals | Hissam Forman Donovan Ritchie PLLC | Charleston, WV | 1 | $1,030 |
| Jesse, Forbes W | Individuals | Forbes Law Offices PLLC | Charleston, WV | 1 | $1,000 |
| Black Draft | Businesses & orgs | — | Martinsburg, WV | 1 | $1,000 |
| diTrapano Louis | Individuals | Calwell Luce diTrapano | Charleston, WV | 1 | $1,000 |
| Luce Melissa | Individuals | Calwell Luce diTrapano | Charleston, WV | 1 | $1,000 |
| Stephens Judy | Individuals | — | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $1,000 |
| Manchin Timothy | Individuals | Manchin Injury Law Group, P.L.L.C. | Fairmont, WV | 1 | $1,000 |
| Downs Taylor | Individuals | Manchin Injury Law, P.L.L.C. | Martinsburg, WV | 1 | $1,000 |
| Blue and Gold PAC | PACs & committees | — | — | 1 | $1,000 |
| Scales Law Office | Businesses & orgs | — | Martinsburg, WV | 1 | $1,000 |
| Riddell Christian | Individuals | The Riddell Law Group PLLC | Martinsburg, WV | 1 | $1,000 |
| Marshall Jonathan | Individuals | Bailey & Glasser LLP | Charleston, WV | 1 | $1,000 |
| Tiano William | Individuals | Tiano O'Dell PLLC | Charleston, WV | 1 | $1,000 |
| O'Dell Tony | Individuals | Tiano O'Dell PLLC | Hurricane, WV | 1 | $1,000 |
| Hissam Michael | Individuals | Hissam Forman Donovan Ritchie PLLC | Charleston, WV | 1 | $750 |
| Forman Isaac | Individuals | Hissam Forman Donovan Ritchie PLLC | Charleston, WV | 1 | $750 |
| Reed Kelly | Individuals | Law Office of Kelly R. Reed PLLC | Morgantown, WV | 1 | $515 |
| Bischoff Clinton | Individuals | Law Office of Clint Bischoff | Shepherdstown, WV | 1 | $515 |
| Donovan Ryan | Individuals | Hissam Forman Donovan Ritchie PLLC | Charleston, WV | 1 | $515 |
| Cahill Robert | Individuals | — | Lews, DE | 1 | $500 |
| Bailey Gregory | Individuals | Arnold and Bailey | Shepherdstown, WV | 1 | $500 |
| W., Lutman David | Individuals | Harvest Homes LLC | Shenandoah Junction, WV | 1 | $500 |
| Bastress Robert III | Individuals | DiPeiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC | Charleston, WV | 1 | $500 |
| Broadwater Steven Jr. | Individuals | Stewart Bell PLLC | Charleston, WV | 1 | $500 |
| Salango Ben | Individuals | Salango Law, PLLC | Charleston, WV | 1 | $500 |
| Lutman David | Individuals | Harvest Homes LLC | Shenandoah Junction, WV | 1 | $500 |
| Grant Elizabeth | Individuals | Kay Casto & Cheney PLLC | Gerrardstown, WV | 1 | $500 |
| M., Boswell Richard III | Individuals | MAB and Associates LLC d/b/a Gain Realty | Kearneysville, WV | 1 | $500 |
| Hartman Ronald | Individuals | Burke Shultz Harman & Burke | Martinsburg, WV | 1 | $500 |
| Ashton Abraham | Individuals | The Ashton Law Firm | Martinsburg, WV | 1 | $500 |
| Burke Logan | Individuals | Burke Shultz Harman & Burke | Martinsburg, WV | 1 | $500 |
| Luttrell Karen | Individuals | Conrad Luttrell LLP | Shepherdstown, WV | 1 | $327 |
| Suzanne, Freeman Staci | Individuals | — | Martinsburg, WV | 1 | $300 |
| Schultz Lawrence | Individuals | Burke Shultz Harman and Burke | Berkeley Springs, WV | 1 | $300 |
| McDevitt Edward | Individuals | Edd McDevitt Mediation and Arbitration | Charleston, WV | 1 | $258 |
| Shelton Will | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $250 |
| Knock Tom | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $200 |
| Terrence, Rodgers R | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $200 |
| Bartles Margaret | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $200 |
| Clayman David | Individuals | Clayman & Associates PLLC | Charleston, WV | 1 | $200 |
| Wertman Jonathan | Individuals | Pill & Pill PLLC | — | 1 | $103 |
| Humphreys Ann | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $100 |
| Bentley Norwood III | Individuals | — | Martinsburg, WV | 1 | $100 |
| Hogbin Shawn | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $100 |
| Blair Saira | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $100 |
| Courage Christopher | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $75 |
| Williams Denise | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $50 |
| Stephens Colleen | Individuals | State of West Virginia | Falling Waters, WV | 1 | $31 |