2026 Election
House of Delegates · District 59
2 candidates
| Candidate | Party | Total Support | Total Oppose | Contributions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Andy Shamblin Projected winner 60.0% Republican Contributions $68,097.54 + Support $538.46 + Oppose — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Democrat Contributions $5,579.65 + Support — + Oppose — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
General election · Nov 3, 2026 HOUSE OF DELEGATES, 59th District
All 13 precincts reported · unofficial | Andy Shamblin (R) Projected winner | 2,659 | 60.0% |
| Howard Cookie Claytor III (D) | 1,773 | 40.0% |
Democratic primary · May 12, 2026 HOUSE OF DELEGATES, 59th District - DEM
Certified | Howard Cookie Claytor III (D) Won primary (unopposed) | 828 | — |
Republican primary · May 12, 2026 HOUSE OF DELEGATES, 59th District - REP
Certified | Andy Shamblin (R) Won primary (unopposed) | 800 | — |
| Source | Candidate | Contributions | Outside support | Outside oppose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WV | Andy Shamblin | $25,810 | — | — |
| Other Orgs | Andy Shamblin | $18,650 | — | — |
| West Virginia Building & Construction Trades PAC | Andy Shamblin | $5,600 | — | — |
| WV | Howard Cookie Claytor III | $4,895 | — | — |
| Unknown | Andy Shamblin | $3,888 | — | — |
| Operators Political Education & Education Committee (O.P.E.C) | Andy Shamblin | $3,800 | — | — |
| Greater WV Carpenters PEC | Andy Shamblin | $2,800 | — | — |
| WV Appalachian Laborers District Council | Andy Shamblin | $2,500 | — | — |
| West Virginia Auto and Truck Dealers (WV Car PAC) | Andy Shamblin | $2,000 | — | — |
| AFT - West Virginia | Andy Shamblin | $1,500 | — | — |
| FL | Andy Shamblin | $750 | — | — |
| PA | Andy Shamblin | $500 | — | — |
| Unknown | Howard Cookie Claytor III | $414 | — | — |
| Mountaineer Majority Fund, Inc. | Andy Shamblin | — | $325 | $0 |
| NC | Andy Shamblin | $300 | — | — |
| West Virginians for Life Political Action Committee | Andy Shamblin | — | $213 | $0 |
| MD | Howard Cookie Claytor III | $138 | — | — |
| Other Orgs | Howard Cookie Claytor III | $120 | — | — |
| Other States | Howard Cookie Claytor III | $13 | — | — |
Total Outside Spending by Committee
| Committee | Support | Oppose |
|---|---|---|
| Mountaineer Majority Fund, Inc. | $325.00 | — |
| ↳ Andy Shamblin (R) | $325.00 | — |
| West Virginians for Life | $213.46 | — |
| ↳ Andy Shamblin (R) | $213.46 | — |
Group by
| Contributor | Type | Employer | Location | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia Building & Construction Trades PAC | PACs & committees | — | — | 2 | $5,600 |
| Operators Political Education & Education Committee (O.P.E.C) | PACs & committees | — | — | 2 | $3,800 |
| Pack Larry | Individuals | State Treasurer | Charleston, WV | 2 | $3,800 |
| Greater WV Carpenters PEC | PACs & committees | — | — | 1 | $2,800 |
| Cookie, Claytor Howard III | Self-funding | — | Saint Albans, WV | 5 | $2,596 |
| WV Appalachian Laborers District Council | Businesses & orgs | — | Charleston, WV | 2 | $2,500 |
| Carter JR | Individuals | Bailey, Javins, Carter | South Charleston, WV | 2 | $2,000 |
| West Virginia Auto and Truck Dealers (WV Car PAC) | PACs & committees | — | — | 1 | $2,000 |
| AFT - West Virginia | PACs & committees | — | — | 2 | $1,500 |
| Beakes Ben | Individuals | Three Point Strategies | Charleston, WV | 2 | $1,500 |
| Powers Teri | Individuals | retired | Nitro, WV | 2 | $1,000 |
| Greater PA Carpenters PEC | PACs & committees | — | — | 1 | $1,000 |
| Wild & Wonderful PAC | Businesses & orgs | — | Arlington, VA | 1 | $1,000 |
| West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (LAWPAC) | PACs & committees | — | — | 2 | $1,000 |
| Mon Co Growth Initiative | PACs & committees | — | — | 1 | $1,000 |
| Burgess Jordan | Individuals | Self Employed | Pinch, WV | 2 | $1,000 |
| Rohrbach For House | Businesses & orgs | — | Huntington, WV | 2 | $1,000 |
| WV Republican Labor Caucus | Businesses & orgs | — | Nitro, WV | 1 | $1,000 |
| West Virginia Hospital Association (HOSPAC) | PACs & committees | — | — | 1 | $1,000 |
| American Electric Power | Businesses & orgs | — | Washington, DC | 2 | $1,000 |
| Clay Tommy | Individuals | Retired | Belle, WV | 1 | $1,000 |
| Hill Michael | Individuals | First Class Collision | Nitro, WV | 1 | $1,000 |
| HOSPAC | Businesses & orgs | — | Charleston, WV | 1 | $1,000 |
| WV Bank Pac | Businesses & orgs | — | Charleston, WV | 1 | $1,000 |
| Pagliaro Melanie | Individuals | MAP & Associates | Charleston, WV | 2 | $750 |
| Lee, Orr Sandra | Individuals | Retired | Cross Lanes, WV | 2 | $750 |
| Communications Workers of America Dist. 2-13 Pol. Ed. Com. | PACs & committees | — | — | 2 | $750 |
| Messenger Greg | Individuals | Niki's Bar & Grill | Cross Lanes, WV | 1 | $750 |
| Salango Ben | Individuals | Salango Law | Charleston, WV | 2 | $750 |
| Cochran Jr Robert | Individuals | Retired | Indialantic, FL | 2 | $750 |
| Kinsey Walter | Individuals | Retired | Nitro, WV | 2 | $750 |
| West Virginia Dental Association Political Action Committee | PACs & committees | — | — | 1 | $750 |
| Carder, Eshenaur Steven | Individuals | — | Dunbar, WV | 1 | $600 |
| West Virginia Health Care PAC | PACs & committees | — | — | 1 | $500 |
| West Virginia Chamber of Commerce (The Chamber PAC) | PACs & committees | — | — | 1 | $500 |
| Education West Virginia PAC | PACs & committees | — | — | 1 | $500 |
| Diehl Aaron | Individuals | Diehl's Restaurant Owner | Nitro, WV | 2 | $500 |
| Takubo Tom | Individuals | WVU Medicine | Charleston, WV | 1 | $500 |
| Quinlan Tim | Individuals | City National Bank | Saint, WV | 2 | $500 |
| IBEW Pac Voluntary Fund | Businesses & orgs | — | — | 2 | $500 |
| Griffith Michael | Individuals | Griffith & Associates | White Sulphor Springs, WV | 2 | $500 |
| Kanawha Valley Labor Council, AFL-CIO COPE | PACs & committees | — | — | 1 | $500 |
| WVTA-PAC (West Virginia Troopers Association) | PACs & committees | — | — | 1 | $500 |
| Carson James | Individuals | Dairy | Wheeling, WV | 1 | $500 |
| Carson Joseph | Individuals | Dairy | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $500 |
| Core Natural Resources PAC | Businesses & orgs | — | Washington, DC | 1 | $500 |
| Carper William | Individuals | Carper, Dee, & Deitizer | Charleston, WV | 1 | $500 |
| IUPAT Political Action Together Legislative Educational Committee | PACs & committees | — | — | 1 | $500 |
| Hivley Rich | Individuals | City of Nitro | Nitro, WV | 1 | $500 |
| Haid Michael | Individuals | MCWV | Charleston, WV | 1 | $500 |
| Hartman Cosco LLC | Businesses & orgs | — | Charleston, WV | 1 | $500 |
| Mccallister Gary | Individuals | Retired | Alum Creek, WV | 1 | $500 |
| United Mine Workers of America Coal Miners PAC (UMWA PAC) | PACs & committees | — | — | 2 | $450 |
| Mangano Mark | Individuals | — | Chester, WV | 2 | $450 |
| Webb Christa | Individuals | Capitol Advocates | Scott Depot, WV | 2 | $400 |
| Kinneberg Raymona | Individuals | — | Charleston, WV | 2 | $400 |
| Cooper Thornton | Individuals | retired | South Charleston, WV | 1 | $300 |
| Diehl Keith | Individuals | — | Cross Lanes, WV | 2 | $300 |
| Winkler Kim | Individuals | The Liquor Company | Cornelius, NC | 1 | $300 |
| Wilkinson Judith | Individuals | n/a | Morgantown, WV | 1 | $300 |
| Hall Daniel | Individuals | Access Strategies | Charleston, WV | 1 | $285 |
| White L Gil | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $250 |
| Elevance Health PAC | Businesses & orgs | — | — | 1 | $250 |
| Abraham Brian | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $250 |
| The New Dominion PAC | PACs & committees | — | — | 1 | $250 |
| Dettinger George | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $250 |
| Reale Phil | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $250 |
| Swann Larry | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $250 |
| Hartman Frank | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $250 |
| Reale II Philip | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $250 |
| Heath Richie | Individuals | — | Charleston, WV | 2 | $250 |
| West Virginia Education Association PAC | PACs & committees | — | — | 1 | $250 |
| Lucas Conrad | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $250 |
| Burke Ray | Individuals | Ginos Pizza | Winflied, WV | 1 | $250 |
| Dominion Energy PAC | Businesses & orgs | — | Richmond, VA | 1 | $250 |
| Lemmon Ryan | Individuals | AdMan Group | Charleston, WV | 1 | $250 |
| Philip Reale | Businesses & orgs | — | Hurricane, WV | 1 | $250 |
| Minardi Public Affairs LLC | Businesses & orgs | — | Charleston, WV | 1 | $250 |
| Cowles For Delegate | Businesses & orgs | — | Berkley Springs, WV | 1 | $250 |
| Goldberg David | Individuals | WVU | Morgantown, WV | 1 | $250 |
| CSX Corporation Good Government Fund | Businesses & orgs | — | Washington, DC | 1 | $250 |
| Williams Deborah | Individuals | — | Cross Lanes, WV | 2 | $200 |
| Javins Bill | Individuals | — | Nitro, WV | 2 | $200 |
| Terry Juliet | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $200 |
| James Scott | Individuals | — | St Albans, WV | 2 | $200 |
| Marr Christopher | Individuals | — | WV | 2 | $200 |
| Haywood Thomas | Individuals | — | WV | 2 | $200 |
| Minardi Sam | Individuals | — | WV | 1 | $200 |
| Fallon Paul | Individuals | — | Jane Lew, WV | 2 | $200 |
| Harter Nancy | Individuals | — | Scott Depot, WV | 2 | $200 |
| Mccown Michael | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $200 |
| Kerr Lisa | Individuals | — | Nitro, WV | 2 | $200 |
| Judd Carole | Individuals | — | Cross Lanes, WV | 2 | $200 |
| Dorsey Robert | Individuals | — | Charleston, WV | 2 | $200 |
| Lett Debra | Individuals | — | — | 2 | $200 |
| Savilla Joan | Individuals | Retired | Nitro, WV | 2 | $200 |
| Claytor Mary | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $150 |
| Fritz Karen | Individuals | Retired | Nitro, WV | 2 | $125 |
| West Virginia State Democratic Executive Committee | PACs & committees | — | — | 1 | $120 |
| Greenhowe Calvin | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $100 |
| Koonce Leigh | Individuals | Old Charles Town Library Inc. | Shepherdstown, WV | 9 | $100 |
| WV Farm PAC | Businesses & orgs | — | — | 1 | $100 |
| Rusnak Debra | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $100 |
| Rice Jill | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $100 |
| Yussay David | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $100 |
| Kanawha County Republican Women | Businesses & orgs | — | — | 1 | $100 |
| Lemmon Ruth | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $100 |
| Daugherty Richard | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $100 |
| Richardson Roy | Individuals | — | Charleston, WV | 2 | $100 |
| Ketchem Alan | Individuals | — | — | 2 | $100 |
| Terry Gerald | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $100 |
| Arbogast Michael | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $100 |
| Lockman Felix | Individuals | — | Greenbank, WV | 1 | $100 |
| Margolis Julie | Individuals | — | Charleston, WV | 1 | $100 |
| See Elizabeth | Individuals | — | Moorefield, WV | 1 | $100 |
| Hamilton Debra | Individuals | — | Charleston, WV | 1 | $100 |
| Legg Jack | Individuals | — | WV | 1 | $100 |
| Clark Thomas | Individuals | — | WV | 1 | $100 |
| Ann, Hartley Lou | Individuals | — | Hurricane, WV | 1 | $100 |
| Montgomery John | Individuals | — | Nitro, WV | 1 | $100 |
| Dent Linda | Individuals | Retired | Culloden, WV | 1 | $100 |
| Moore Erica | Individuals | — | Spencer, WV | 1 | $100 |
| Swann William | Individuals | — | Charleston, WV | 1 | $100 |
| Allen Bob | Individuals | — | Cross Lanes, WV | 1 | $100 |
| Lauffer Andrea | Individuals | — | Hurricane, WV | 1 | $100 |
| Hall Chris | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $100 |
| Miller Sue | Individuals | — | — | 2 | $75 |
| Diehl Steve | Individuals | Retired | Hurricane, WV | 2 | $75 |
| Story Brad | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $75 |
| Bowen Sharon | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $60 |
| Shamberger Marti | Individuals | — | Morgantown, WV | 1 | $59 |
| Pavlovic Karl | Individuals | PCMG and Associates LLC | Gaithersburg, MD | 1 | $59 |
| Greenia Dennis | Individuals | Green America | Baltimore, MD | 9 | $53 |
| Krason Patrick | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $50 |
| Paxton Chuck | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $50 |
| Staton William | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $50 |
| Claytor Leonard | Individuals | — | Saint Albans, WV | 1 | $50 |
| Harrison Nancy | Individuals | — | Nitro, WV | 1 | $50 |
| Thompson Romona | Individuals | — | Cross Lanes, WV | 1 | $50 |
| Chattin Ronald | Individuals | — | Cross Lanes, WV | 1 | $50 |
| Casto Beverly | Individuals | — | Charleston, WV | 1 | $50 |
| Spurlock Beverly | Individuals | — | Huntington, WV | 1 | $45 |
| Stewart Frances | Individuals | n/a | Bethesda, MD | 9 | $26 |
| Wageman Christy | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $25 |
| Pringle Linda | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $25 |
| Dunbar Sandra | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $25 |
| Page Stephen | Individuals | Qlik | Lost City, WV | 1 | $25 |
| Capocefalo Janine | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $25 |
| Shamblin Vickie | Individuals | — | Charleston, WV | 1 | $25 |
| Fertig Jacob | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $20 |
| INGLES THOMAS | Individuals | — | FAYETTEVILLE, WV | 1 | $20 |
| Sloan Jennifer | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $19 |
| McKay Sarah | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $17 |
| Flanery Timothy | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $10 |
| R, Scharf Harry | Individuals | — | SAINT LOUIS, MO | 1 | $6 |
| Goldin John | Individuals | — | Guilford, CT | 1 | $6 |
| Marker Marnie | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $6 |
| Yodaiken Victor | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $5 |
| Brentano Thama | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $3 |
| Harvey Tanya | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $2 |
| Hammonds Thurman | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $2 |
| Davis Entabi Tami | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $1 |
| Howell Lenore | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $1 |
| Carpenter Kevin | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $1 |
| Cook Frances | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $1 |
| Gleckler Elizabeth | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $1 |
| Cochran Dana | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $1 |
| Pease Susan | Individuals | University of Massachusetts | Greenfield, MA | 1 | $1 |
| Jo, Withrow Rylee | Individuals | — | — | 1 | $1 |