Political ads · 2026 · WV

West Virginia House District 2 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Riley Moore won · 59.4% to 40.6% · Called by AP on Nov 3

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Riley Moore (Republican) and Ace Parsi (Democrat) are the nominees for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Riley Moore is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Riley Moore's campaign had raised $1.6 million (through October 14, 2026) and Ace Parsi's campaign $277,000 (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $98,000 for Riley Moore and $0 against.

Riley Moore (REP, incumbent), Ace Parsi (DEM). 2 others filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing.

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Money in this race

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Riley Moore (REP, incumbent)

Raised: $1.6M through 2026-10-14 individuals $555K · PACs $678K · from the candidate's other committees $385K · cash on hand $581K
Outside spending: $98K supporting Moore · latest reported 2026-10-23
Largest outside spenders: 1863 PAC INC — $98K supporting Moore WEST VIRGINIANS FOR LIFE INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE — $266 supporting Moore

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

149 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

AIR METHODS, LLC PAC (AMPAC) $1,500
ALLIANCE COAL, LLC PAC $5,000
AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY PAC $2,500
AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. $3,500
AMERICA'S MOUNTAIN PAC $3,500
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY BRAINPAC $1,000
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY INC POLITICAL COMMITTEE (OPHTHPAC) $1,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC) $6,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS PAC $1,000
AMERICAN CEMENT ASSOCIATION (CEMENT PAC) $1,000
AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC $2,000
AMERICAN CONCRETE PIPE ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) $5,000
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY PAC $5,000
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION PAC $3,000
AMERICAN FUELS AND PETROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION PAC (AFPMPAC) $1,000
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $6,500
AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION PAC ('HOTELPAC') $2,000
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS PAC $10K
AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
AMERICAN RESORT DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION RESORT OWNERS COALITION PAC (ARDA-ROC PAC) $5,000
AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA, INC PAC $3,000
AMERICAN SUGARBEET GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION LTD. PAC (ARI PAC) $2,500
ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC. PAC (ANDURIL PAC) $2,000
APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. PAC (ARAPAC) $5,000
ASIAN AMERICAN HOTEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION PAC (AAHOA PAC) $2,500
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA PAC $3,500
AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC) $2,000
BAE SYSTEMS INC. PAC (BAE SYSTEMS USA PAC) $4,000
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY PAC $1,000
BLANK ROME PAC $2,500
BLUE ORIGIN LLC PAC (BLUE ORIGIN PAC) $1,000
BLUEPAC - BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
BUILD PAC OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) $2,500
BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC PAC $1,000
CAMBIA HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC. PAC $1,000
CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS $5,000
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. PAC $2,500
CHEVRON EMPLOYEES PAC - CHEVRON CORPORATION $5,000
COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY PAC (CMC PAC) $8,000
CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC $4,500
CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE PAC (CEPAC) $2,000
COVESTROPAC A PAC OF COVESTRO LLC $3,000
CSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $1,000
CVS HEALTH PAC $1,000
D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROT... $6,500
DOMINION ENERGY, INC. PAC - DOMINION PAC $6,000
DOW INC. PAC (DOWPAC) $1,000
EL SUENO AMERICANO $3,500
ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS (EMMER PAC) $5,000
ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. PAC (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC) $3,500
EMMER FOR CONGRESS $2,000
EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC $10K
EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION PAC $6,000
ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $10K
FIGHT ON PAC $5,000
FIRSTENERGY CORP PAC $10K
FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC $1,000
FOOD SOLUTIONS ACTION PAC (FSA PAC) $1,500
FRIENDS OF DAVE JOYCE $2,000
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION PAC (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC) $2,000
GOD, FAMILY, & COUNTRY PAC $2,500
GUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATION PAC (GUIDEWELL PAC) $3,000
HDR, INC. EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC $2,500
HF SINCLAIR PAC (DINO PAC) $2,500
HIGHMARK PAC OF HIGHMARK INC. $3,500
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL PAC $2,000
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEES PAC (HIIPAC) $6,000
INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. PAC (INSURPAC) $5,000
INSTITUTE OF MAKERS OF EXPLOSIVES PAC $1,000
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS PAC $700
INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION FRANCHISING PAC INC $10K
JB AKERS FOR WV $250
JBS USA FOOD COMPANY PAC $2,500
KELLEY DRYE & WARREN PAC $2,500
KOCH INDUSTRIES INC. PAC $7,500
KOCH INDUSTRIES INC. PAC $2,500
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC $1,000
LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $5,000
LEIDOS INC. PAC $4,000
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' PAC $1,000
MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION EMPLOYEES PAC (MPAC) $10K
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. PAC $1,000
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC. EMPLOYEE PAC (MASTERCARD PAC) OR (MASTERCARD EMPLOYEE PAC) $2,500
MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS PAC $1,500
MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) $1,000
MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (MORPAC) $2,000
MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC $5,000
NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION PAC $8,500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES PAC $2,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC $2,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC $5,000
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION PAC (NCBA-PAC) $2,500
NATIONAL COALITION OF TURKISH AMERICAN WOMEN'S PAC $1,000
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE PAC / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS $2,500
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL PAC $1,000
NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION AND MARINE RETAILERS ASSOCIATION BOAT PAC $1,000
NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL AND REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSFORMATION CENTER PAC (NM... $1,000
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND $1,000
NATIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION ROOF PAC $2,000
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC $2,500
NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. PAC (NSSF PAC) $3,500
NATIONAL STONE, SAND & GRAVEL ASSOCIATION ROCKPAC $3,500
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION RURAL BROADBAND PAC $1,000
NUCOR CORPORATION PAC $1,000
PARSONS CORPORATION PAC $9,000
PHILLIPS 66 PAC $5,000
RAPTOR PAC $7,000
REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PAC $1,000
RUDY FOR INDIANA $4,000
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION VOLUNTARY PAC $4,500
SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PAC $1,000
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $10K
SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC PAC $10K
SMART TD PAC $3,500
SMUCKER FOR CONGRESS $2,000
SOCIETY OF INDEPENDENT GASOLINE MARKETERS OF AMERICA PAC (SIGMA: AMERICA'S LEADING FUEL MARKETERS... $2,500
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC $1,000
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS PAC (SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS PAC) $1,500
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY FEDERAL PAC (STATE FARM FEDERAL PAC) $1,000
SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA (PAC) $500
SWISHER INTERNATIONAL INC PAC FUND $5,000
TEXANS FOR JODEY ARRINGTON $1,000
TEXTRON INC. PAC $4,000
THE BOEING COMPANY PAC $5,000
THE CHEMOURS COMPANY PAC CHEMOURS PAC $2,500
THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS PAC $5,000
THE HOME DEPOT INC. PAC $5,000
THE LINCOLN CLUB OF ORANGE COUNTY FEDERAL PAC $10K
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $1,000
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC PAC (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC) $6,000
TRUCKING PAC OF THE AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS INC. $1,500
UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC $5,000
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA - COAL MINERS PAC $6,000
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. PAC $2,500
UNITED POSTMASTERS AND MANAGERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL FUND $1,500
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED PAC (UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PAC) $1,000
URSA MAJOR TECHNOLOGIES INC PAC (URSA MAJOR PAC) $3,500
VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION PAC $10K
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PAC (VERIZON PAC) $3,500
VNA HOLDING INC. PAC (VG PAC) $3,000
WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $2,000
WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC $1,000
WILD AND WONDERFUL PAC $10K
WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. PAC $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

Ace Parsi (DEM)

Raised: $277K through 2026-10-14 individuals $274K · PACs $2,994 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $100 · cash on hand $89K
Outside spending: none reported

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

5 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

COMMITTEE TO ELECT BRENDA BRUM $700
ELLIOTT FOR WEST VIRGINIA $1,000
MORGAN COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXEC COMMITTEE $500
WV CANT WAIT ACTION COMMITEETEE $500
ZUPAN FOR DELEGATE $294

All filings at the FEC ↗

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