Incumbent David McKinley was easily re-elected to the 1st district, while in the 2nd district, Republican Alex Mooney narrowly won the election to replace outgoing incumbent Shelley Moore Capito, who retired to run for Senate.

In the 3rd district, longtime incumbent Democrat Nick Rahall was defeated by Republican Evan Jenkins by a 10-point margin.

Republican congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito defeated Democratic secretary of state Natalie Tennant by a 27.6 point margin, a near flip from the results of the seat's last election, in which Rockefeller defeated the Republican nominee by 27.4 points.

[4] However, Democratic senator Daniel Hall changed his party affililiation to Republican, giving the GOP a majority going into the 82nd Legislature.

Republicans won 64 of the 100 seats, flipping the chamber's control from the Democrats for the first time in 83 years.