On June 12, West Virginia Delegate Marshall Wilson said he will run for Governor as an independent. He represents Berkeley County in the state’s eastern panhandle. He was elected as a Republican in 2016 and 2018, but in 2019 he switched to being an independent. See this story.
No independent candidate has been on the ballot for Governor of West Virginia since 1920, when Samuel Montgomery polled 15.9% of the vote.
Mike Folk got 12.4% this past Tuesday, so I would say that is a realistic figure for Delegate Wilson in November. Figure a couple of percent for the Libertarian and maybe 4% for a similarly unknown Green (Mountain) Party candidate and the establishment candidates are left with just over 80% to divvy up. Republican Bill Cole got 42% four years ago to Big Jimbo’s 49% (as a Democrat then). Gonna be a nail-biter for sure.