Current seat holder: Jonathan Kyle (Republican).
Danielle Marie Dougherty is the Democratic nominee for West Virginia House of Delegates District 66, which includes parts of Randolph and Pocahontas counties. She is a Beverly resident, and is challenging Republican incumbent Jonathan Kyle in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election. Dougherty is a family nurse practitioner, Army veteran and mother of two. She served four years in the U.S. Army and earned nursing degrees from West Virginia Wesleyan College. Raised in a working-class family in Randolph County, Dougherty later worked on the front lines of West Virginia’s substance use crisis. She advanced from the uncontested Democratic primary with 930 votes. Her campaign emphasizes good paying local jobs, lower household costs and stronger public schools. She also says she supports affordable utilities, early-childhood development, teachers, state employees and policies intended to reduce generational poverty. Her campaign presents these priorities as ways to help families remain in rural West Virginia rather than leave to find economic opportunity.
· Candidate campaign website & Ballotpedia (secondary source)
Jonathan Kyle is the Republican incumbent representing West Virginia House of Delegates District 66, which covers northern Pocahontas County and Randolph County. He was born in Elkins and earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Marshall University. He works as a real estate investor and founded Mountaineer Insurance Services in 2006, where he serves as president. He has also served on the Elkins Randolph County Chamber of Commerce. Kyle was elected to the House in 2024 with 70.3% of the vote and began his term on Dec. 1, 2024. He is seeking reelection against Democratic nominee Danielle Marie Dougherty. In the state legislature, Kyle currently serves on the Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourism Committee, Government Administration Committee, Government Organization Committee and Local Government Committee. He also chairs the interim Rule Making Review Committee. Kyle was the lead sponsor of 10 bills during the 2026 regular session. Two became law: House Bill 4009, the Portable Benefit Account Act, and House Bill 4464, concerning underground facility damage prevention.