Morrisey, Justice Lead GOP Primaries in W.Va. Gubernatorial, Senate Polls

(Dreamstime)

The leading candidates in the race for the Republican candidate for both West Virginia governor and senator from the state have overwhelming leads, according to a WOWK-TV/Emerson poll released Friday.

Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading the race for the Republican candidate for governor with 54% support, well ahead of Chris Miller, who has the backing of only 16.2% and Moore Capito, who has the support of 14.4%.

In the poll, Mac Warner is the choice of 6.2% of those surveyed.

However, 28.9% of the voters are undecided in the poll, which was conducted March 19-21.

In the West Virginia race for the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate, Gov. Jim Justice has the backing of 54% of voters, with U.S. House Rep. Alex Mooney well behind in second place at 16.7%.

In the Republican primary to be senator, 22% are undecided. The primary is less than two months away on May 14.