CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia has hundreds of legislative candidates this year.

So far, they've amassed more than 3.2 million dollars heading into Tuesday's primary.

According to the latest available campaign finance reports, the various state Senate and House of Delegates hopefuls had spent $1.6 million of that total by late April.

About a half-dozen legislative primary contests have twice as many candidates as there are seats in that district.

But there are also plenty of unopposed primary candidates as well.

As a result, the median amount raised pre-primary by House candidates has been $4,050, and $10,175 for Senate candidates.

Spending medians have been even lower: $3,754 for Senate candidate,
and $995 for their House counterparts.