The 2024 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary took place on May 14, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election, alongside two other state primaries. 20 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated in a semi-closed primary, with 5 additional unpledged delegates.

While incumbent Joe Biden won with 70%, like in previous primaries voters in West Virginia significantly spread out between several challengers, including little-known East Coast investor Jason Palmer, virtually unknown individual Stephen Lyons, who wanted to advocate for the working class as former owner of a plumbing business, and US Representative Dean Phillips.

Even though Lyons and Phillips had previously withdrawn to endorse Palmer or Biden after Super Tuesday, the three challengers reached between 7 and 12% of votes. Although as they separated those votes all between them, Biden won the entire delegation.

Candidates The following candidates were certified to appear on the ballot in West Virginia: Joe Biden Stephen Lyons (withdrawn) Jason Palmer Armando Perez-Serrato Dean Phillips (withdrawn)

Results

Results by congressional districts Biden won both congressional districts. He performed slightly better in the second one, mimicking the Democrats' small overperformance there in the 2022 House election. District Biden Palmer Others Representative 69.5% 11.87% 18.65%Carol Miller 71.7% 11.02% 17.28%Alex Mooney

By county

Biden secured his best result in Jefferson County; alongside Kanawha and Monongalia counties, it was one of the three counties where he earned more than 80% of the vote. Conversely, he fell below 50% in five counties, performing the worst in Wyoming County. It was also where Palmer recorded his best performance, at 24.2%. Neither Lyons nor Phillips crossed the 20% threshold, although Phillips came close to it in Logan County with 19.8%. County Biden Palmer Lyons PhillipsBarbour 57.6% 17% 15.2% 7.3%Berkeley 78.3% 7.2% 7.4% 4.6%Boone 53.4% 16.4% 11.2% 13.3%Braxton 59.4% 14.6% 9.7% 13.5%Brooke 66.3% 14.5% 8.6% 7.3%Cabell 78% 8.5% 5.7% 4.7%Calhoun 57.9% 19.4% 8.5% 11.2%Clay 47.7% 19.7% 10.5% 15%Doddridge 64.6% 14.2% 8% 11.5%Fayette 66.7% 9.4% 7.6% 12.8%Gilmer 52.7% 21.9% 8.7% 13.6%Grant 74.4% 9.5% 7.7% 6.5%Greenbrier 75.8% 10.8% 3.7% 7.3%Hampshire 63.5% 12.1% 12.1% 9.1%Hancock 65.1% 11.3% 9.9% 10.9%Hardy 63.3% 14.2% 9.2% 10.4%Harrison 68.4% 11.8% 8.4% 7.5%Jackson 68.4% 12.8% 9.6% 6.3%Jefferson 86.1% 4.7% 4.4% 3.2%Kanawha 80.8% 6.6% 5.8% 4.4%Lewis 57.9% 15.9% 10.7% 13.6%Lincoln 55.5% 14.3% 11.8% 16.2%Logan 51.8% 15.7% 8.4% 19.8%Marion 67.2% 11.3% 10.4% 8.4%Marshall 65.2% 17.2% 7.5% 7.2%Mason 59.8% 20.3% 8.3% 8%McDowell 57.6% 14.1% 9.1% 14.5%Mercer 68.1% 13.4% 8.8% 6.8%Mineral 66.8% 10% 15.4% 5.8%Mingo 49.2% 23.8% 7.8% 14.4%Monongalia 80.8% 8.7% 5% 3.3%Monroe 71.5% 10.1% 9.7% 6.6%Morgan 71.5% 10.1% 9.7% 6.6%Nicholas 62.2% 17.6% 11.2% 7%Ohio 77.3% 10.7% 2.9% 6.8%Pendleton 66.5% 11.3% 10.5% 9.1%Pleasants 65.1% 17.3% 9.3% 5.8%Pocahontas 66.4% 12.5% 9.2% 10.1%Preston 64.7% 14.3% 10.8% 7.1%Putnam 77% 7% 7.2% 7%Raleigh 67.9% 13.9% 6.7% 7.9%Randolph 61.8% 13.8% 9.4% 12.3%Ritchie 63.3% 17.4% 9.2% 7.8%Roane 70.3% 16% 4.5% 5.2%Summers 66.5% 15.4% 8.2% 7%Taylor 67.5% 16.8% 7.9% 6.3%Tucker 64.4% 10.4% 15.3% 8%Tyler 57.4% 18.7% 8.6% 13.4%Upshur 68.7% 9.5% 12% 6.7%Wayne 59.1% 18.5% 8.6% 10.3%Webster 49.9% 18.9% 9.4% 17.5%Wetzel 57.8% 16.3% 9.2% 12.8%Wirt 48.4% 14.6% 17.5% 18.7%Wood 72.5% 11.6% 6.9% 6.1%Wyoming 44.8% 24.2% 11.8% 14.8%

See also 2024 West Virginia Republican presidential primary 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2024 United States presidential election 2024 United States presidential election in West Virginia 2024 United States elections

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