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Image 1 — All three incumbent judges running for reelection to statewide judicial officers in West Virginia lost.
Image 2 — All three incumbent judges running for reelection to statewide judicial officers in West Virginia lost.
Image 3 — All three incumbent judges running for reelection to statewide judicial officers in West Virginia lost.
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All three incumbent judges running for reelection to statewide judicial officers in West Virginia lost.

Alongside the primary elections for partisan officers, West Virginia held three general elections for statewide judicial offices. Two elections for Supreme Court of Appeals (state Supreme Court), and one for Intermediate Court of Appeals (the appellate court. In all three elections, incumbents appointed by Republican governors ran for reelection and lost. In the first supreme court election, an incumbent appointed by Patrick Morrisey lost reelection to Republican state legislator. In the second supreme court election, an incumbent appointed by Morrisey lost reelection to a retired circuit court judge. In the Intermediate Court of Appeals election, an incumbent appointed by Jim Justice lost reelection to a Family Court Judge from the 11th circuit.

The election that was won by the Republican state delegate is obviously a GOP hold, but the others are harder to decipher. Judicial elections in West Virginia are nonpartisan. But Kirk Kirkpatrick, the winner of the second supreme court election, was appointed to his Circuit judgeship by a Democratic governor many decades ago, and the Intermediate Court of Appeals winner was referred to as "Democratic-aligned" by another poster here, though I myself cannot independently verify that.

Regardless of the leanings of the winners, it's still extremely notable that all three incumbents lost specularly. Clearly West Virginians are not happy with their judges.