2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for West Virginia Senate District 2
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
Kent Leonhardt (R) won with 50.0% of the vote, defeating Larry John Edgell (D) by 2.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Kent LeonhardtRepublican · winner
50.0%13,034
Larry John EdgellDemocrat · incumbent
47.4%12,358
Jeffrey Frank JarrellConstitution
2.6%681
26,073 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2014
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The candidates
Kent Leonhardt (R)Larry John Edgell (D)
Also on the ballot: Jeffrey Frank Jarrell (Constitution), 2.6%