Alexander X. Mooney
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RepublicanNot in office · last served 2025Last on a ballot: Nov 2022

Alexander X. Mooney

Last held office: U.S. House, WV-2 (2015–2025). Ran in 5 elections between 2014 and 2022, winning 5.

Last office: U.S. House, WV-2Born 1971

Last margin
+31.1
Won 2022
Elections
5
2014–2022

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Career

Offices held, and every time Mooney was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Every race Mooney has run

Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Mooney won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.

YearOfficeStageResultOpponentsShareMarginRaisedBaselineAgainst baseline
2022U.S. House, WV-2GeneralWonBarry Lee Wendell (D)65.6%R+31.1$4.5MR+38.4−7.3
2020U.S. House, WV-2GeneralWonCathy Kunkel (D)63.1%R+26.2$2.2MR+36.3−10.1
2018U.S. House, WV-2GeneralWonTalley Sergent (D), Daniel P. "danny" Lutz Jr. (MTN)54%R+11.0$1.8MR+36.3−25.3
2016U.S. House, WV-2GeneralWonMark Hunt (D)58.2%R+16.4$1.8MR+36.3−19.9
2014U.S. House, WV-2GeneralWonNick Casey (D), Davy Jones (L), Ed Rabel (I)47.1%R+3.2$2M—

Source: 99chambers results archive

Campaign money, 2021–22

Raised
$4.5M
Spent
$6.8M
Cash
$7.1K

Source: FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022Updated Oct 8, 2026, 10:37 AM ET

Seats Mooney has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Mooney has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive

In the polls

Included in 5 polls; Mooney’s best result was 52% (West Virginia's 2nd District, 2018).

Mooney’s polls in the database →

Source: Polls: The New York Times and Wikipedia poll lists

How we know Mooney

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET