Election 2026

How to vote in Braxton County

Want to know what’s on your ballot before Primary Election Day on May 12? Here are the candidates in Braxton County, West Virginia.

by Mountain State Spotlight Staff April 22nd, 2026April 23rd, 2026

West Virginians will go to the polls on May 12 to pick party nominees for federal jobs like U.S. senator and U.S. representative all the way down to state legislative seats and county commissioners. Plus, there are a number of nonpartisan races on the ballots — positions like school board and many city council seats — that will be decided by this election.

Voting in Braxton County

In Braxton County, like around West Virginia, early voting starts on April 29.

You can vote in-person early from April 29 through May 9. Here’s a list of all of the early voting locations and hours around the state, but to find out more specifics about Braxton County, call the county clerk at (304) 765-2833.

For more information about voting in West Virginia — or to view candidate information for a different county — click here.

Voting by mail is only available for West Virginians who are unable to vote in person for reasons like illness, incarceration, work schedule and travel. Here’s more information about voting absentee.

New this year: voters will be required to show a photo ID when they go to the polls. County clerks and the secretary of state can also issue voter ID cards that meet these requirements.

On Primary Election Day, May 12, polls in Braxton County will be open 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. You can find your polling place by entering your information here.

Braxton County levy

Bonds for new sports complex levy

Braxton County voters will decide whether to add an additional temporary tax of 11.87 to 47.48 cents for every $100 of assessed property to fund bond payments to build a new sports complex for Braxton County Public Schools. Here’s the language as it appears on the ballot:

Shall The Board of Education of the County of Braxton (the “Board”) incur debt and issue Bonds, in one or more series, in the amount of not more than Thirty Two Million Two Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($32,220,000), with maturities on such Bonds to run not more than twenty and one-half (20.5) years from the date of such Bonds, with interest not exceeding the rate of five and seventy-five hundredths percent (5.75%) per annum, payable semi-annually, for the purpose of making the following improvements in the Braxton County School District (estimated costs to include both the Bond proceeds and proceeds of awards, if any, received from the School Building Authority of West Virginia and other sources, including but not limited to Federal, State, local, lease purchase, and/or private funds) to provide adequate, safe and convenient educational facilities for the Braxton County School District (the “School District”), and levy taxes sufficient to pay the interest on and the principal of such Bonds.

PROJECT New Sports Complex for Braxton County Schools

LOCATION Sutton, WV

ESTIMATED COST $30,000,000

Develop, design, acquire, construct, equip, furnish,improve and pay all fees and expenses related to anew Sports Complex for Braxton County Schools,including, without limitation, the following:

(A) New Athletic Stadium, including, without limitation, improvements related to an artificial turf football/soccer field, surrounding competition track, press box, restrooms, concession facilities, stadium seating, scoreboards, stadium lighting, and/or other related improvements.

(B) New Athletic Building, including, without limitation,improvements related to male and female locker rooms for student-athletes, year-round training areas and student-athlete amenities, and/or other related improvements.

(C) New Baseball Facility and Renovated Softball Facility, including without limitation, improvements related to artificial turf fields,stadium lighting, press box, spectator stands, restrooms,concession facilities, batting cages, and/or other related improvements.

(D) New Cross-Country Course, including, without limitation,improvements related to spectator viewing stands and/or other related improvements.

(E) Site Preparation, including, without limitation, any and all excavation, site preparation, utilities, infrastructure and related improvements in connection with the new Sports Complex for Braxton County Schools.

Total Estimated Project Costs ( excluding Costs of lssuance andCapitalized Interest): $30,000,000

Project Costs Funded by Bond Proceeds: $30,000,000

Estimated Costs of Issuance Funded by Bond Proceeds: $351,911

Estimated Capitalized Interest: $1,868,089

TOTAL PARAMOUNT OF BONDS: $32,220,000

The amounts set forth above as “Total Par Amount of Bonds” for the Projects include the estimated Costs of Issuance for the Bonds and the estimated Capitalized Interest, each of which may be funded from the proceeds of the Bonds. The Board shall be authorized to pay such Costs of Issuance from its general funds and/or the proceeds of the Bonds, as the Board deems appropriate at the time such Costs of Issuance are required to be paid. For the avoidance of doubt, the Board may elect, in its sole discretion and in accordance with applicable law, to use Bond proceeds to pay debt service on the Bonds (described as capitalized interest above) prior to the imposition of the Bond levies contemplated herein.

The foregoing estimated project cost amounts include the costs of acquiring any necessary lands, sites and rights-of-way and easements, if necessary to complete the Projects, the payment of interest on the Bonds while the Projects are under construction and up to six months thereafter,and any engineering and architectural costs, construction costs, including, but not limited to,construction manager fees and expenses, the cost of using county maintenance personnel, the costs of erecting, improving, equipping and furnishing the Projects, the costs and estimated costs of the issuance of the Bonds, and such other costs, fees, and expenses as may be necessary and/or properly incurred in carrying out the Projects. All Handicapped and E.S.S.I.A. Title l expenditures are subject to written approval by the West Virginia Department of Education.

The estimated project costs set forth above are based upon the estimates provided to the Board by its architects, engineers and other professional advisers, and the actual costs of completing anyone or more of the Projects may vary due to circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Board. To the extent the actual cost to complete any one or more of the Projects is greater or less than such estimates, the Board, in its reasonable discretion, can allocate and expend the available funds (including proceeds of the Bonds, School Building Authority of West Virginia grant funds and other funds available to the Board) between the Projects as necessary to carry out the intent of this Order; provided however, that in any event, the Board shall use its best efforts to complete each of the Projects described above, to the extent sufficient funding is available.

If the proceeds of the Bonds and/or amounts allocated for the above-stated purposes are insufficient to complete the Projects, then the Board, in its discretion, shall allocate such shortfall to one or more of the above-stated purposes. In the event the Board shall obtain additional money by grant or otherwise from the State or Federal government, or from any agency of either, or from any other source (including private funds, local funds, lease purchase proceeds, or other funds made available to the Board), for use in the acquisition, construction, renovation, improvement,furnishing, and/or equipping of the Projects, such additional money may be used either in substitution for or in addition to the proceeds of the sale of the Bonds proposed hereby, as may be determined by the Board and the granting body or agency.

If the voters of the School District approve the incurring of said debt and the issuance of said Bonds, the Board will lay annually upon the assessed valuation of all the taxable property within the School District an additional levy sufficient to provide funds for the payment of the annual interest upon the Bonds as such interest accrues semiannually and the principal of the Bonds at maturity,for which purposes a levy upon each $100 valuation, based upon the last assessment of such property for State and County purposes, will be required as follows:

Upon Class I Property approximately 11.87 cents

Upon Class II Property approximately 23.74 cents

Upon Class III Property approximately 47.48 cents

Upon Class IV Property approximately 47.48 cents

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Nonpartisan candidates on every ballot

Because this is a primary election, there are different Republican and Democratic ballots.

But in every county there are also nonpartisan races that will be on every ballot. Unlike the partisan races, these seats will be decided during the primary, meaning this is your only chance to weigh in on candidates.

Judicial positions

Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals

Five justices are elected to West Virginia’s highest court for 12-year terms. Every year, the court convenes twice for several months to hear appeals of Intermediate Court decisions, as well as appeals from circuit court in criminal cases, juvenile proceedings, and child abuse and neglect matters. They can also be asked to help interpret state and national constitutions and laws.

To be eligible for the court, candidates must be at least 30 years old, have lived in West Virginia for at least five years, be a member in good standing with the West Virginia State Bar, and have been admitted to practice law for at least 10 years prior to the election.

In the 2026 primary, there are two unexpired terms on the ballot.

Division 1: 6 year unexpired term