Christopher Rose
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Christopher Rose (Republican Party) (also known as Chris) is a member of the West Virginia State Senate, representing District 2. He assumed office on December 1, 2024. His current term ends on December 1, 2028.
Rose (Republican Party) ran for election to the West Virginia State Senate to represent District 2. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Rose also ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent West Virginia. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 5, 2024.
Rose completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Christopher Rose earned a high school diploma from Iaeger High School and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering technology from Bluefield State College in 2012. His career experience includes working as an electrician, electronics technician and in coal mining. Rose has been affiliated with the NRA, Gun Owners of America, and West Virginia Citizens Defense League.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: West Virginia State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for West Virginia State Senate District 2
Christopher Rose won election in the general election for West Virginia State Senate District 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Christopher Rose (R) | 100.0 | 36,972 |
| Total votes: 36,972 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 2
Christopher Rose defeated incumbent Mike Maroney in the Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 2 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christopher Rose | 61.3 | 7,653 |
 | Mike Maroney | 38.7 | 4,824 | |
| Total votes: 12,477 | |||
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Endorsements
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Rose received the following endorsements.
- U.S. Rep. Alexander Mooney (R)
- State Sen. Robert Karnes (R)
- State Sen. Randy E. Smith (R)
- State Sen. Mike Stuart (R)
- State Sen. Jay Taylor (R)
- State Del. Eric Brooks (R)
- State Del. Eugene Chiarelli (R)
- State Del. Elias Coop-Gonzalez (R)
- State Del. Henry Dillon (R)
- West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture Kent Leonhardt (R)
- WV Attny. Gen. Patrick Morrisey (R)
- Drain the Swamp PAC
- Moms for America
- Oil & Gas Workers Association
- Students for Life Action
- The Calvin Coolidge Project
- Veterans for America First
- West Virginia Freedom Caucus
- West Virginia Health Freedom PAC
- West Virginians for Life PAC
2024
See also: United States Senate election in West Virginia, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. Senate West Virginia
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate West Virginia on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jim Justice (R) | 70.2 | 433,428 |
 | Glenn Elliott (D) | 26.2 | 161,538 | |
 | David Moran (L) | 3.6 | 22,446 | |
 | Lewie Andrews (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Tim Stevenski (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Joshua Standridge (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Total votes: 617,412 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Christopher Rose (R)
- Michael Sigmon (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate West Virginia
Glenn Elliott defeated Zachary Shrewsbury and Don Blankenship in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate West Virginia on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Glenn Elliott | 45.4 | 46,176 |
 | Zachary Shrewsbury | 36.1 | 36,754 | |
 | Don Blankenship | 18.5 | 18,778 | |
| Total votes: 101,708 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joe Manchin III (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate West Virginia
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate West Virginia on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jim Justice | 61.8 | 138,307 |
 | Alexander Mooney | 26.5 | 59,348 | |
 | Bryan Bird | 3.1 | 7,001 | |
 | Bryan McKinney | 2.9 | 6,573 | |
 | Zane Lawhorn | 2.0 | 4,517 | |
 | Janet McNulty | 2.0 | 4,404 | |
| Don Lindsay | 1.6 | 3,503 | |
| Total votes: 223,653 | |||
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Endorsements
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To view Rose's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Rose in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
State Senate District 2
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Christopher Rose did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
U.S. Senate
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Christopher Rose completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rose's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Chris Rose is a 4th generation West Virginia coal miner and an ultra-MAGA political outsider who stands with President Trump and believes we must always put America first. Chris believes it is time that the working class had a seat at the table in Washington. The political class had their chance, they failed, and now it is our turn. Chris will be the true voice that the everyday West Virginian deserves and so desperately needs. Chris Rose is West Virginia's Blue-Collar Conservative.
- Unleashing American energy is vital to our energy independence, national security, combating inflation, and creating millions of good-paying jobs for Americans to provide for their families.
- We must secure our southern border. This is essential to our national security, lowering drug and crime rates, and creating safer American communities. I support the completion of Trump's Wall and have a plan to secure the border with the National Guard.
- Brining back "Made in the USA." -- For far too long, American jobs have been flowing out of our country to other nations like China that use child labor and pay a sweatshop wage. The political establishment has overtaxed and overregulated many businesses out of our country, driving many Americans out of high-paying jobs. We must create an economic environment that protects American businesses and workers and revives the American Dream. Through tax reform, tariffs, and eliminating excess regulation, we can make America the best place to do business in the entire world and put America back on the path to prosperity.
Energy Independence
Border Security
Term Limits
Tax Reform
Upholding the 2nd Amendment
Election Integrity
The Constitution of the United States, The Federalist Papers, The Conscience of a Conservative, and Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
I am a man of strong moral principles and conviction. I will not be beholden to any political party or establishment. We need leaders in Washington who have the courage to stand up for what is right and uphold the rights of their constituents, even if it is unpopular with their own political party.
A more powerful and prosperous nation, with constitutional rights restored to those our founding fathers envisioned. To see the American Dream revived and the rights to Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness restored. A more fiscally responsible and limited government that focuses on the needs of the American people and not those of lobbyists or foreign nations.
Everybody Talks to God - Aaron Lewis
Enduring the "War on Coal." The Obama and Biden Administrations have interjected the Federal Government into picking winners and losers in America's energy sector. As a 4th generation West Virginia coal miner, my family and I have seen the economic decline and the toll that it has taken on families in coal country despite technological improvements to coal production and power plant emissions. Tens of thousands of my fellow West Virginians have had their American Dream ripped away from them in the name of the "Climate Change" hoax. In an open and free market, I will take the hard-working West Virginian coal miners, gas, and oil workers over failed subsidized "green energy" companies any day.
As your next US Senator from West Virginia, I pledge to work tirelessly until Congress enacts term limits. For far too long, career politicians have been abusing the powers of their elected office and infringing on the rights and freedoms of American citizens. By imposing term limits, we can put an end to the political establishment and force them to live under the laws that they created. We often hear of politicians campaigning on the promise of term limits, only for them to be elected to Washington and the promise left unfulfilled. I will sponsor and put a constitutional amendment enacting term limits up for a vote. This will make everyone in Washington go on an official public record on where they stand. The American people will then know who stands with them in enacting term limits and draining the swamp.
As I work to get a constitutional amendment for term limits passed through Congress, I understand that a Convention of the States may be necessary to enact term limits on a Congress that is unwilling to enact them on themselves.
On 09/30/2022, I signed U.S. Term Limits’ pledge to cosponsor and vote for the U.S. Term Limits Amendment of three (3) House terms and two (2) Senate terms. We must be a nation that is represented by the American people, not by career politicians and a never-ending political establishment in a faraway capital.
Energy and Natural Resources- My experience and insight from working in the coal mining industry and for a power utility would be helpful in ensuring that policies are put in place to promote a free market that will ensure that Americans have an affordable and reliable electric grid. I will push to end federal subsidies and stop the federal government from picking winners and losers in our energy sector.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs- We need leadership that is willing to take the necessary steps to secure our southern border. America has an endless invasion of illegal immigrants and harmful drugs such as fentanyl that are pouring into our country. I will push for the completion of the border wall and implement a plan to use the National Guard to secure the border.
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT)
Senator Lee has a tremendous conservative voting record that has upheld our constitutional rights and promoted an America first agenda. I look forward to working with Senator Lee in the US Senate as we work to secure our borders, combat inflation, lower taxes, and restore America's energy independence.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 30, 2022
- ↑ Chris Rose WV, "About," accessed March 22, 2024
