← Election Series · All house races
LiberalMind endorses Riley Moore
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and voting is already underway in West Virginia. This is the whole race on the record we could verify.
The setup
West Virginia's 2nd District — the northern Panhandle and the north-central and eastern Panhandle counties, including Wheeling, Fairmont, Clarksburg, Morgantown, and Parkersburg — is held by Rep. Riley Moore (R), elected in 2024 with 70.8%. Every rater in the file agrees: Cook Solid R, Inside Elections Solid R, Sabato Safe R, Decision Desk HQ Safe R. Moore was unopposed in his primary. (Rosters are compilation strength cross-checked against a guide built from the Secretary of State's listing; the direct SOS pull remains the pre-print confirmation. Two independents listed in the compilation as disqualified — Pat Carney and Chris Whitcomb — are not on the ballot and are not counted below.)
Riley Moore (Republican)
Moore served as West Virginia's State Treasurer (2021–2025) before winning this seat (compilation-strength background). He is Trump-endorsed and carries the WV Chamber of Commerce's endorsement.
Pros: A proven statewide officeholder before he was a congressman — the only candidate in this race who has run anything — now a proven incumbent on Safe R ground.
Cons: No flaw of service is documented against him in this pass at proven strength.
The flaw, plainly: None located. The finding stands as written.
Ace Parsi (Democratic)
Parsi, a political organizer (Wikipedia), won a three-way primary with 39.8% against Stephanie Spears Tomana (37.9%) and Steven Wendelin (22.4%). He was endorsed after the primary by the New American Leaders Action Fund. He has no prior elected office.
Pros: A plurality primary win in a contested field and an organizer's ground game.
Cons: Organizing is a trade, not a governing record — and it is organizing for the other side. No documented break with his party toward our values exists in the file, because there is no service in the file for a break to live in.
The flaw, plainly: Parsi's flaw is the caucus with a clipboard: an unproven Democrat is still a Democratic organizing vote, and this one's profession is organizing.
OUR CALL
LiberalMind endorses Riley Moore.
A proven incumbent with prior statewide office, on unanimously safe ground, against an unproven organizer with no exception to offer. The call follows.
This race is one of hundreds in LiberalMind's Election 2026 coverage. For the complete breakdown — every race, claim by claim — go to liberalmindhq.com.
Vote early. Research your candidates. Choose the best moderates, whatever their party — no extremism from either side. And encourage your friends and family to do the same.
Sources
- Wikipedia — "2026 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia" (Moore's 2024 result, 70.8%, and unopposed primary; Parsi's three-way primary, 39.8%; the disqualified independents; Parsi's organizer biography and New American Leaders endorsement)
- Cook Political Report; Inside Elections; Sabato's Crystal Ball; Decision Desk HQ — ratings via Wikipedia compilation (all Solid/Safe R)
- Daily Letter — WV midterm guide (Oct. 11, 2026), built from the WV Secretary of State's candidate listing
Winner: Riley Moore (Republican) — called by the Associated Press. This result was appended on November 4, 2026 (results wave 1); the original article above is unchanged, exactly as published before Election Day.
AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.