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Not to be confused with 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia.
2008 West Virginia House of Delegates election
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November 4, 2008
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All 100 seats in the West Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Rick Thompson Tim Armstead
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 17th–Lavalette 32nd–Elkview
Last election 72 seats 28 seats
Seats won 71 29
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 899,525 486,035
Percentage 64.47% 34.84%

     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold
Multi-member districts:
     Democratic majority      Republican majority      Even split

Democratic:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      Unopposed
Republican:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      Unopposed

Speaker before election

Rick Thompson
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Rick Thompson
Democratic

Elections to the West Virginia House of Delegates were held on November 4, 2008, to elect 100 candidates to the House to serve a two-year term. Despite a thirteen-point loss in the concurrent presidential election for Democratic nominee Barack Obama in the state, Democrats maintained their control of the state government, retaining their supermajority status in the House. Of the 100 seats up for election, Democrats won seventy-one and the Republicans twenty-nine, a net gain of one for the Republicans.[1]

This election took place alongside races for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor, state senate, and numerous other state and local elections.

The Democratic primary in the three-seat 10th district resulted in a tie. The three highest-voted candidates in the primary would advance to the general election, and Iris McCrady and Tim Fittro tied for third-place, each with 3,304 votes. The coin toss to determine the third Democratic nominee was won by McCrady, who went on to lose the general election, placing sixth in a field of three Democrats and three Republicans.

Results

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Overall

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2008 West Virginia House of Delegates general election results and statistics
Party Candidates Seats Aggregate votes 2006 general Change
Prim. Gen. No. Percent Seats Vote % Seats Vote %
Democratic 156 92 71
899,525 64.47%
72 59.81% −1 +4.66%
Republican 74 62 29
486,035 34.84%
28 39.97% +1 −5.13%
Mountain 1 2 0
5,606 0.40%
0 0.18% — +0.22%
Independents — 1 0
3,102 0.22%
DNC —
Constitution 0 1 0
917 0.07%
DNC —
Totals 158 100 1,395,185 100% 100 — — —
Turnout[2] 702,109 57.92%
— 26.22% — +31.70%
Registered voters 1,212,117

By district

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District Seats Counties
represented[3]: 324  		Incumbent[3]: 320–322  Elected
Party Delegate Result Party Delegate
1st 2-seat Hancock
Brooke (p) 		Democratic Randy Swartzmiller Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Randy Swartzmiller
Democratic Joe DeLong Incumbent retired to run for secretary of state.
Republican gain. 		Republican Pat McGeehan
2nd 2-seat Brooke (p)
Ohio (p) 		Democratic Tim Ennis Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Tim Ennis
Democratic Jack Yost Incumbent retired to run for state senate.
Democratic hold. 		Democratic Roy Givens
3rd 2-seat Ohio (p) Democratic Tal Hutchins Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Tal Hutchins
Democratic Orphy Klempa Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Orphy Klempa
4th 2-seat Marshall
Ohio (p) 		Democratic Scott G. Varner Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Scott G. Varner
Democratic Kenneth D. Tucker Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold. 		Democratic Michael Ferro
5th 1-seat Monongalia (p)
Wetzel (p) 		Democratic Dave Pethtel Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Dave Pethtel
6th 1-seat Doddridge
Tyler
Wetzel (p) 		Republican William Romine Incumbent re-elected. Republican William Romine
7th 1-seat Pleasants
Ritchie 		Republican Lynwood Ireland Incumbent re-elected. Republican Lynwood Ireland
8th 1-seat Wood (p) Republican Bill Anderson Incumbent re-elected. Republican Bill Anderson
9th 1-seat Wirt
Wood (p) 		Republican Larry Border Incumbent re-elected. Republican Larry Border
10th 3-seat Wood (p) Republican Tom Azinger Incumbent re-elected. Republican Tom Azinger
Republican John Ellem Incumbent re-elected. Republican John Ellem
Democratic Daniel Poling Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Daniel Poling
11th 1-seat Jackson (p)
Roane (p) 		Republican Bob Ashley Incumbent re-elected. Republican Bob Ashley
12th 1-seat Jackson (p) Republican Mitch Carmichael Incumbent re-elected. Republican Mitch Carmichael
13th 2-seat Jackson (p)
Mason (p)
Putnam (p) 		Democratic Dale F. Martin Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Dale F. Martin
Democratic Brady Paxton Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Brady Paxton
14th 2-seat Mason (p)
Putnam (p) 		Republican Troy Andes Incumbent re-elected. Republican Troy Andes
Republican Patti Schoen Incumbent re-elected. Republican Patti Schoen
15th 3-seat Cabell (p)
Lincoln (p) 		Democratic Kevin Craig Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Kevin Craig
Republican Carol Miller Incumbent re-elected. Republican Carol Miller
Democratic Jim Morgan Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Jim Morgan
16th 3-seat Cabell (p)
Wayne (p) 		Democratic Doug Reynolds Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Doug Reynolds
Republican Kelli Sobonya Incumbent re-elected. Republican Kelli Sobonya
Democratic Dale Stephens Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Dale Stephens
17th 2-seat Wayne (p) Democratic Don Perdue Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Don Perdue
Democratic Rick Thompson Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Rick Thompson
18th 1-seat Boone (p) Democratic Larry Barker Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Larry Barker
19th 4-seat Boone (p)
Lincoln (p)
Logan
Putnam (p) 		Democratic Jeff Eldridge Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Jeff Eldridge
Democratic Ralph Rodighiero Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Ralph Rodighiero
Democratic Ted Ellis Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold. 		Democratic Greg Butcher
Democratic Lidella Wilson Hrutkay Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold. 		Democratic Josh Stowers
20th 1-seat Mingo (p)
Wayne (p) 		Democratic Steven Kominar Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Steven Kominar
21st 1-seat McDowell (p)
Mingo (p) 		Democratic Harry Keith White Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Harry Keith White
22nd 2-seat McDowell (p)
Mercer (p)
Wyoming 		Democratic Richard Browning Incumbent retired to run for state senate.
Democratic hold. 		Democratic Daniel Hall
Democratic Mike Burdiss Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold. 		Democratic Linda Phillips
23rd 1-seat McDowell (p) Democratic Clif Moore Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Clif Moore
24th 1-seat Mercer (p) Democratic Eustace Frederick Incumbent retired.
Republican gain. 		Republican John Shott
25th 2-seat Mercer (p) Democratic Marshall Long Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic hold. 		Democratic John R. Frazier
Republican T. Mike Porter Incumbent re-elected. Republican T. Mike Porter
26th 1-seat Monroe
Summers (p) 		Democratic Gerald Crosier Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Gerald Crosier
27th 5-seat Raleigh
Summers (p) 		Democratic Virginia Mahan Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Virginia Mahan
Democratic Rick Moye Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Rick Moye
Republican Linda Sumner Incumbent re-elected. Republican Linda Sumner
Democratic Louis Gall Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic hold. 		Democratic Sally Susman
Democratic Mel Kessler Incumbent retired to run for governor.
Democratic hold. 		Democratic William R. Wooton
28th 2-seat Greenbrier Democratic Tom Campbell Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Tom Campbell
Republican Ray Canterbury Incumbent re-elected. Republican Ray Canterbury
29th 3-seat Clay (p)
Fayette
Nicholas (p) 		Democratic David Perry Incumbent re-elected. Democratic David Perry
Democratic Margaret Anne Staggers Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Margaret Anne Staggers
Democratic John Pino Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold. 		Democratic Tom Louisos
30th 7-seat Kanawha (p) Democratic Bonnie Brown Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Bonnie Brown
Democratic Nancy Peoples Guthrie Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Nancy Peoples Guthrie
Democratic Barbara Hatfield Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Barbara Hatfield
Democratic Sharon Spencer Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Sharon Spencer
Democratic Danny Wells Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Danny Wells
Democratic Dave Higgins Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic hold. 		Democratic Mark Hunt
Democratic Corey Palumbo Incumbent retired to run for state senate.
Democratic hold. 		Democratic Doug Skaff
31st 1-seat Kanawha (p) Democratic Carrie Webster Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Carrie Webster
32nd 3-seat Kanawha (p) Republican Tim Armstead Incumbent re-elected. Republican Tim Armstead
Republican Patrick Lane Incumbent re-elected. Republican Patrick Lane
Republican Ronald N. Walters Incumbent re-elected. Republican Ronald N. Walters
33rd 1-seat Calhoun
Clay (p)
Gilmer (p) 		Democratic William Stemple Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold. 		Democratic David Walker
34th 1-seat Braxton
Gilmer (p) 		Democratic Brent Boggs Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Brent Boggs
35th 1-seat Nicholas (p) Democratic Sam Argento Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Sam Argento
36th 1-seat Nicholas (p)
Webster 		Democratic Joseph B. Talbott Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Joseph B. Talbott
37th 2-seat Pocahontas
Randolph 		Democratic William G. Hartman Incumbent re-elected. Democratic William G. Hartman
Democratic Bill Proudfoot Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Bill Proudfoot
38th 1-seat Lewis
Upshur (p) 		Democratic Doug Stalnaker Incumbent retired to run for state senate.
Democratic hold. 		Democratic Margaret Smith
39th 1-seat Upshur (p) Republican Bill Hamilton Incumbent re-elected. Republican Bill Hamilton
40th 1-seat Barbour
Upshur (p) 		Democratic Mary Poling Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Mary Poling
41st 4-seat Harrison
Marion (p) 		Democratic Sam Cann Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Sam Cann
Democratic Ron Fragale Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Ron Fragale
Democratic Richard Iaquinta Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Richard Iaquinta
Democratic Tim Miley Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Tim Miley
42nd 1-seat Marion (p)
Monongalia (p)
Taylor 		Republican Jeff Tansill Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain. 		Democratic Mike Manypenny
43rd 3-seat Marion (p)
Monongalia (p) 		Democratic Mike Caputo Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Mike Caputo
Democratic Tim Manchin Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Tim Manchin
Democratic Linda Longstreth Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Linda Longstreth
44th 4-seat Monongalia (p) Democratic Bob Beach Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Bob Beach
Democratic Barbara Fleischauer Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Barbara Fleischauer
Democratic Charlene Marshall Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Charlene Marshall
Democratic Alex Shook Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Alex Shook
45th 1-seat Preston (p) Democratic Larry Williams Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Larry Williams
46th 1-seat Preston (p)
Tucker 		Democratic Stanley Shaver Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Stanley Shaver
47th 1-seat Hardy
Pendleton (p) 		Democratic Harold Michael Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Harold Michael
48th 1-seat Grant
Mineral (p)
Pendleton (p) 		Republican Allen V. Evans Incumbent re-elected. Republican Allen V. Evans
49th 1-seat Mineral (p) Republican Robert Schadler Incumbent re-elected. Republican Robert Schadler
50th 1-seat Hampshire (p)
Mineral (p) 		Republican Ruth Rowan Incumbent re-elected. Republican Ruth Rowan
51st 1-seat Hampshire (p)
Morgan (p) 		Republican Daryl Cowles Incumbent re-elected. Republican Daryl Cowles
52nd 1-seat Berkeley (p)
Morgan (p) 		Republican Craig Blair Incumbent re-elected. Republican Craig Blair
53rd 1-seat Berkeley (p) Republican Jonathan Miller Incumbent re-elected. Republican Jonathan Miller
54th 1-seat Berkeley (p) Republican Walter Duke Incumbent re-elected. Republican Walter Duke
55th 1-seat Berkeley (p) Republican John Overington Incumbent re-elected. Republican John Overington
56th 1-seat Berkeley (p)
Jefferson (p) 		Democratic Robert C. Tabb Incumbent re-elected. Democratic Robert C. Tabb
57th 1-seat Jefferson (p) Democratic John Doyle Incumbent re-elected. Democratic John Doyle
58th 1-seat Jefferson (p) Democratic Locke Wysong Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold. 		Democratic Tiffany Lawrence

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Stateline[4] Safe D October 15, 2008

General election results

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General election results sourced from the West Virginia Secretary of State.[5]

Single-member districts

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District Democratic Republican Others Total
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Votes Maj. Mrg.
5th Dave Pethtel (incumbent) 5,025 84.57% — — — Denzil W. Sloan (Cst.) 917 15.43% 5,942 +4,108 +69.13%
6th — — — William Romine (incumbent) 5,845 100.00% — — — 5,845 −5,845 −100.00%
7th Ron Nichols 2,412 36.36% Lynwood Ireland (incumbent) 4,222 63.64% — — — 6,634 −1,810 −27.28%
8th Charles T. Webb 2,436 32.66% Bill Anderson (incumbent) 5,023 67.34% — — — 7,459 −2,587 −34.68%
9th Jim Marion 3,237 42.90% Larry Border (incumbent) 4,308 57.10% — — — 7,545 −1,071 −14.19%
11th — — — Bob Ashley (incumbent) 4,983 100.00% — — — 4,983 −4,983 −100.00%
12th Jo Phillips 3,941 46.94% Mitch Carmichael (incumbent) 4,454 53.06% — — — 8,395 −513 −6.11%
18th Larry Barker (incumbent) 5,282 100.00% — — — — — — 5,282 +5,282 +100.00%
20th Steven Kominar (incumbent) 4,426 100.00% — — — — — — 4,426 +4,426 +100.00%
21st Harry Keith White (incumbent) 3,461 100.00% — — — — — — 3,461 +3,461 +100.00%
23rd Clif Moore (incumbent) 3,718 100.00% — — — — — — 3,718 +3,718 +100.00%
24th Mike Vinciguerra Jr. 2,724 46.42% John Shott 3,144 53.58% — — — 5,868 −420 −7.16%
26th Gerald Crosier (incumbent) 5,346 100.00% — — — — — — 5,346 +5,346 +100.00%
31st Carrie Webster (incumbent) 5,125 100.00% — — — — — — 5,125 +5,125 +100.00%
33rd David Walker 3,635 67.87% Larry Wayne Cole 1,721 32.13% — — — 5,356 +1,914 +35.74%
34th Brent Boggs (incumbent) 5,206 83.43% Larry M. Bright 1,034 16.57% — — — 6,240 +4,172 +66.86%
35th Sam Argento (incumbent) 5,575 100.00% — — — — — — 5,575 +5,575 +100.00%
36th Joseph B. Talbott (incumbent) 4,309 100.00% — — — — — — 4,309 +4,309 +100.00%
38th Margaret Smith 4,510 65.73% Derrick W. Love 2,351 34.27% — — — 6,861 +2,159 +31.47%
39th — — — Bill Hamilton (incumbent) 6,285 100.00% — — — 6,285 −6,285 −100.00%
40th Mary Poling (incumbent) 4,767 63.89% Lonnie Moore Sr. 2,694 36.11% — — — 7,461 +2,073 +27.78%
42nd Mike Manypenny 5,913 100.00% — — — — — — 5,913 +5,913 +100.00%
45th Larry Williams (incumbent) 5,964 100.00% — — — — — — 5,964 +5,964 +100.00%
46th Stanley Shaver (incumbent) 6,072 100.00% — — — — — — 6,072 +6,072 +100.00%
47th Harold Michael (incumbent) 6,697 100.00% — — — — — — 6,697 +6,697 +100.00%
48th Donna Kuhn 2,614 35.90% Allen V. Evans (incumbent) 4,668 64.10% — — — 7,282 −2,054 −28.21%
49th — — — Robert Schadler (incumbent) 6,113 100.00% — — — 6,113 −6,113 −100.00%
50th Royce Saville 2,683 36.96% Ruth Rowan (incumbent) 4,576 63.04% — — — 7,259 −1,893 −26.08%
51st — — — Daryl Cowles (incumbent) 5,131 75.49% Robert Mills IV (Mtn.) 1,666 24.51% 6,797 −3,465 −50.98%
52nd Michael K. Roberts 4,114 45.17% Craig Blair (incumbent) 4,994 54.83% — — — 9,108 −880 −9.66%
53rd — — — Jonathan Miller (incumbent) 6,581 100.00% — — — 6,581 −6,581 −100.00%
54th — — — Walter Duke (incumbent) 4,850 100.00% — — — 4,850 −4,850 −100.00%
55th — — — John Overington (incumbent) 6,686 100.00% — — — 6,686 −6,686 −100.00%
56th Robert C. Tabb (incumbent) 6,635 100.00% — — — — — — 6,635 +6,635 +100.00%
57th John Doyle (incumbent) 5,533 60.00% Anne Dungan 3,689 40.00% — — — 9,222 +1,844 +20.00%
58th Tiffany Lawrence 4,953 57.78% Tomas Engle 3,619 42.22% — — — 8,572 +1,334 +15.56%

Multi-member districts

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District Seats Democrats Republicans Others Total
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes %
1st 2-seat Randy Swartzmiller (incumbent) 8,763 40.03% Pat McGeehan 8,443 38.57% — — — 21,892
Benton Manypenny 4,686 21.41% — — — — — —
2nd 2-seat Tim Ennis (incumbent) 10,078 54.29% — — — — — — 18,564
Roy Givens 8,486 45.71% — — — — — —
3rd 2-seat Orphy Klempa (incumbent) 9,236 40.14% William N. Hefner (incumbent) 5,278 22.94% — — — 23,009
Tal Hutchins 8,495 36.92% — — — — — —
4th 2-seat Scott G. Varner (incumbent) 8,689 36.27% Ronald Morris 5,215 21.77% Richard E. Hartley (Ind.) 3,102 12.95% 23,955
Michael Ferro 6,949 29.01% — — — — — —
10th 3-seat Daniel Poling (incumbent) 10,086 17.49% Tom Azinger (incumbent) 11,067 19.19% — — — 57,662
Brenda K. Brum 10,077 17.48% John Ellem (incumbent) 11,003 19.08% — — —
Iris E. McCrady 6,389 11.08% Fred D. Gillespie 9,040 15.68% — — —
13th 2-seat Brady Paxton (incumbent) 8,369 31.26% James McCormick 5,986 22.36% — — — 26,772
Dale F. Martin (incumbent) 6,855 25.61% Brian Ray Scott 5,562 20.78% — — —
14th 2-seat Jeffrey Allen Martin 6,145 20.70% Troy Andes (incumbent) 9,323 31.40% — — — 29,691
Karen Coria 5,992 20.18% Patti Schoen (incumbent) 8,231 27.72% — — —
15th 3-seat Kevin Craig (incumbent) 10,522 23.40% Carol Miller (incumbent) 8,163 18.16% — — — 44,958
Jim Morgan (incumbent) 9,387 20.88% James R. Carden 5,150 11.46% — — —
Carl L. Eastham 7,333 16.31% Paula Stewart 4,403 9.79% — — —
16th 3-seat Doug Reynolds (incumbent) 12,462 27.39% Kelli Sobonya (incumbent) 12,071 26.53% — — — 45,491
Dale Stephens (incumbent) 11,482 25.24% — — — — — —
Amy Herrenkohl 9,476 20.83% — — — — — —
17th 2-seat Rick Thompson (incumbent) 8,108 40.84% Lisa Peana 4,624 23.29% — — — 19,853
Don Perdue (incumbent) 7,121 35.87% — — — — — —
19th 4-seat Greg Butcher 16,828 29.23% — — — — — — 57,566
Josh Stowers 13,846 24.05% — — — — — —
Jeff Eldridge (incumbent) 13,511 23.47% — — — — — —
Ralph Rodighiero (incumbent) 13,381 23.24% — — — — — —
22nd 2-seat Linda Phillips 6,824 53.69% — — — — — — 12,711
Daniel Hall 5,887 46.31% — — — — — —
25th 2-seat John R. Frazier 6,664 28.85% T. Mike Porter (incumbent) 6,539 28.31% — — — 23,100
Marshall Long (incumbent) 6,070 26.28% Joe C. Ellington Jr. 3,827 16.57% — — —
27th 5-seat Rick Moye (incumbent) 15,918 12.34% Linda Sumner (incumbent) 17,218 13.35% — — — 128,966
William R. Wooton 14,962 11.60% Jeffrey Pack 11,313 8.77% — — —
Sally Susman 14,894 11.55% Dereck Severt 10,348 8.02% — — —
Virginia Mahan (incumbent) 12,877 9.98% Philip L. Stevens 9,874 7.66% — — —
Louis Gall (incumbent) 12,415 9.63% Albert K. Honaker 9,147 7.09% — — —
28th 2-seat Thomas Campbell (incumbent) 8,639 39.48% Ray Canterbury (incumbent) 7,849 35.87% — — — 21,881
Joan Connie Browning 5,393 24.65% — — — — — —
29th 3-seat Tom Louisos 9,241 22.94% Marshall Clay 4,746 11.78% — — — 40,290
David Perry (incumbent) 9,227 22.90% Daniel B. Wright 4,582 11.37% — — —
Margaret Anne Staggers (incumbent) 9,185 22.80% Steven O. Smith 3,309 8.21% — — —
30th 7-seat Doug Skaff 24,265 8.98% Fred H. Joseph 18,653 6.90% John A. Welbourn (Mtn.) 3,940 1.46% 270,160
Danny Wells (incumbent) 24,019 8.89% John H. Miller Jr. 17,992 6.66% — — —
Bonnie Brown (incumbent) 23,353 8.64% Bud Anderson 16,217 6.00% — — —
Barbara Hatfield (incumbent) 22,709 8.41% Todd Carden 15,286 5.66% — — —
Mark Hunt 21,635 8.01% Victoria L. Casey 14,250 5.27% — — —
Sharon Spencer (incumbent) 21,541 7.97% Edward Burgess 13,282 4.92% — — —
Nancy Peoples Guthrie (incumbent) 20,285 7.51% Lance Vaughan 12,733 4.71% — — —
32nd 3-seat John William Cain Sr. 7,555 14.98% Tim Armstead (incumbent) 10,958 21.73% — — — 50,431
Carmela Ryan-Thompson 7,513 14.90% Ronald N. Walters (incumbent) 10,098 20.02% — — —
Charles Foster Black 5,450 10.81% Patrick Lane (incumbent) 8,857 17.56% — — —
37th 2-seat Bill Proudfoot (incumbent) 9,978 51.59% — — — — — — 19,342
William G. Hartman (incumbent) 9,364 48.41% — — — — — —
41st 4-seat Tim Miley (incumbent) 18,683 21.13% Danny Hamrick 15,107 17.08% — — — 88,436
Ron Fragale (incumbent) 18,482 20.90% — — — — — —
Sam Cann (incumbent) 18,310 20.70% — — — — — —
Richard Iaquinta (incumbent) 17,854 20.19% — — — — — —
43rd 3-seat Mike Caputo (incumbent) 15,595 28.78% Rick Starn 10,099 18.64% — — — 54,184
Linda Longstreth (incumbent) 14,567 26.88% — — — — — —
Tim Manchin (incumbent) 13,923 25.70% — — — — — —
44th 4-seat Alex Shook (incumbent) 17,867 19.76% Cindy Frich 15,245 16.86% — — — 90,404
Charlene Marshall (incumbent) 17,087 18.90% Harry Bertram 7,976 8.82% — — —
Bob Beach (incumbent) 16,168 17.88% — — — — — —
Barbara Fleischauer (incumbent) 16,061 17.77% — — — — — —

Primary election results

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Primary election results sourced from the West Virginia Secretary of State.[6]

Democratic primaries

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Single-member districts

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District Nominee Runners-up Total
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Votes Maj. Mrg.
5th Dave Pethtel (incumbent) 3,672 100.00% — — — — — — 3,672 +3,672 +100.00%
7th Ron Nichols 2,132 100.00% — — — — — — 2,132 +2,132 +100.00%
8th Charles T. Webb 2,124 100.00% — — — — — — 2,124 +2,124 +100.00%
9th Jim Marion 1,246 45.78% Sterling R. Ball 870 31.96% Timothy P. Reed 606 22.26% 2,722 +376 +13.81%
12th Jo Phillips 2,149 64.79% Chadwick M. Slater 1,168 35.21% — — — 3,317 +981 +29.57%
18th Larry Barker (incumbent) 4,109 100.00% — — — — — — 4,109 +4,109 +100.00%
20th Steven Kominar (incumbent) 4,428 100.00% — — — — — — 4,428 +4,428 +100.00%
21st Harry Keith White (incumbent) 3,478 100.00% — — — — — — 3,478 +3,478 +100.00%
23rd Clif Moore (incumbent) 2,357 56.23% Emily W. Yeager 1,835 43.77% — — — 4,192 +522 +12.45%
24th Mike Vinciguerra Jr. 1,556 56.01% Harold Wolfe III 935 33.66% Edwin Ray Vanover 287 10.33% 2,778 +621 +22.35%
26th Gerald Crosier (incumbent) 3,052 100.00% — — — — — — 3,052 +3,052 +100.00%
31st Carrie Webster (incumbent) 1,701 51.78% Meshea L. Poore 1,584 48.22% — — — 3,285 +117 +3.56%
33rd David Walker 1,238 30.60% Ronald R. Blankenship 1,201 29.68% 3 others[b] 1,607 39.72% 4,046 +37 +0.91%
34th Brent Boggs (incumbent) 4,504 100.00% — — — — — — 4,504 +4,504 +100.00%
35th Sam Argento (incumbent) 3,641 100.00% — — — — — — 3,641 +3,641 +100.00%
36th Joseph B. Talbott (incumbent) 2,239 55.32% Mary Anne Carpenter 1,808 44.68% — — — 4,047 +431 +10.65%
38th Margaret Smith 1,498 45.00% Kimberly Ann Harrison 848 25.47% 2 others[c] 983 29.53% 3,329 +650 +19.53%
40th Mary Poling (incumbent) 2,943 100.00% — — — — — — 2,943 +2,943 +100.00%
42nd Mike Manypenny 2,390 67.17% Leroy G. Stanley 1,168 32.83% — — — 3,558 +1,222 +34.35%
45th Larry Williams (incumbent) 2,440 100.00% — — — — — — 2,440 +2,440 +100.00%
46th Stanley Shaver (incumbent) 2,114 60.96% David A. Cooper 1,354 39.04% — — — 3,468 +760 +21.91%
47th Harold Michael (incumbent) 3,561 71.09% George Sponaugle III 1,448 28.91% — — — 5,009 +2,113 +42.18%
48th Donna Kuhn 1,528 100.00% — — — — — — 1,528 +1,528 +100.00%
50th Royce Saville 1,416 50.30% Alan M. Davis 1,399 49.70% — — — 2,815 +17 +0.60%
48th Michael K. Roberts 2,313 100.00% — — — — — — 2,313 +2,313 +100.00%
56th Robert C. Tabb (incumbent) 2,524 100.00% — — — — — — 2,524 +2,524 +100.00%
57th John Doyle (incumbent) 3,247 100.00% — — — — — — 3,247 +3,247 +100.00%
58th Tiffany Lawrence 1,905 65.35% Richard C. Watson 1,010 34.65% — — — 2,915 +895 +30.70%

Multi-member districts

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District Seats Nominees Runners-up Total
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes %
1st 2-seat Randy Swartzmiller (incumbent) 5,090 45.86% Tamara Diane Pettit 2,521 22.72% — — — 11,098
Benton Manypenny 3,487 31.42% — — — — — —
2nd 2-seat Tim Ennis (incumbent) 5,083 45.21% Calvin Heck 2,764 24.58% — — — 11,244
Roy Givens 3,397 30.21% — — — — — —
3rd 2-seat Orphy Klempa (incumbent) 4,754 51.53% — — — — — — 9,226
Tal Hutchins 4,472 48.47% — — — — — —
4th 2-seat Scott G. Varner (incumbent) 4,918 43.67% Kenneth D. Tucker (incumbent) 2,585 22.95% — — — 11,262
Michael Ferro 3,759 33.38% — — — — — —
10th 3-seat Brenda K. Brum 5,329 32.55% Timothy Allen Fittro 3,304 20.18% — — — 16,374
Daniel Poling (incumbent) 4,437 27.10% — — — — — —
Iris E. McCrady[d] 3,304 20.18% — — — — — —
13th 2-seat Brady Paxton (incumbent) 3,886 38.56% Michael E. Whalen 2,857 28.35% — — — 10,077
Dale F. Martin (incumbent) 3,334 33.09% — — — — — —
14th 2-seat Jeffrey Allen Martin 3,725 50.43% — — — — — — 7,387
Karen Coria 3,662 49.57% — — — — — —
15th 3-seat Jim Morgan (incumbent) 5,321 37.86% — — — — — — 14,055
Kevin Craig (incumbent) 5,179 36.85% — — — — — —
Carl L. Eastham 3,555 25.29% — — — — — —
16th 3-seat Doug Reynolds (incumbent) 5,573 25.38% Robert R. Nelson 3,806 17.33% — — — 21,961
Dale Stephens (incumbent) 5,382 24.51% Christopher L. Tatum 3,188 14.52% — — —
Amy Herrenkohl 4,012 18.27% — — — — — —
17th 2-seat Rick Thompson (incumbent) 6,087 53.92% — — — — — — 11,289
Don Perdue (incumbent) 5,202 46.08% — — — — — —
19th 4-seat Ralph Rodighiero (incumbent) 7,151 14.10% Ted Ellis (incumbent) 4,607 9.09% Harry Ernest Freeman 3,149 6.21% 50,702
Josh Stowers 5,403 10.66% Ted Tomblin 4,485 8.85% Billy Ray Bryant 2,760 5.44%
Greg Butcher 5,357 10.57% Lidella Wilson Hrutkay (incumbent) 3,931 7.75% James M. Porter Jr. 2,407 4.75%
Jeff Eldridge (incumbent) 5,194 10.24% Rupert W. Phillips Jr. 3,928 7.75% Jeremy Elmer Farley 2,330 4.60%
22nd 2-seat Linda Phillips 3,531 28.12% Bruce Owen Williams 2,047 16.30% Morgan Keith Davis 1,834 14.61% 12,556
Daniel Hall 2,263 18.02% Mike Burdiss (incumbent) 1,985 15.81% Martey Owen Ashley 896 7.14%
25th 2-seat John R. Frazier 4,437 46.04% Lyle Wilton Cottle 1,090 11.31% — — — 9,638
Marshall Long (incumbent) 4,111 42.65% — — — — — —
27th 5-seat Sally Susman 9,401 15.19% Albert Augustus Martine III 5,393 8.71% — — — 61,896
William R. Wooton 9,271 14.98% Michael Patrick Bates 4,704 7.60% — — —
Rick Moye (incumbent) 7,941 12.83% Jack Kelly Covey 4,336 7.01% — — —
Virginia Mahan (incumbent) 7,397 11.95% Kelley N. Sponaugle 3,755 6.07% — — —
Louis Gall (incumbent) 6,363 10.28% Andrew Joseph Moscarito Jr. 3,335 5.39% — — —
28th 2-seat Thomas Campbell (incumbent) 5,457 48.58% Paul Stewart Detch 2,412 21.47% — — — 11,233
Joan Connie Browning 3,364 29.95% — — — — — —
29th 3-seat Margaret Anne Staggers (incumbent) 6,581 25.20% John Pino (incumbent) 5,369 20.56% — — — 26,116
David Perry (incumbent) 5,860 22.44% William R. Sulesky 2,485 9.52% — — —
Tom Louisos 5,821 22.29% — — — — — —
30th 7-seat Danny Wells (incumbent) 13,530 10.98% Barbara A. Lacy 5,854 4.75% Timothy Patrick Cooper 3,350 2.72% 123,226
Barbara Hatfield (incumbent) 13,171 10.69% Brenda Nichols Harper 5,449 4.42% Cody Lee Britton 2,989 2.43%
Bonnie Brown (incumbent) 12,774 10.37% Dave Higgins (incumbent) 5,356 4.35% Roger A. Decanio 2,807 2.28%
Sharon Spencer (incumbent) 11,478 9.31% Jeffrey Allen Wood 5,086 4.13% — — —
Mark Hunt 10,512 8.53% James Gordon Canterbury 4,414 3.58% — — —
Doug Skaff 9,390 7.62% Doris F. Rowe 4,209 3.42% — — —
Nancy Peoples Guthrie (incumbent) 8,844 7.18% Gerald R. Mollohan 4,013 3.26% — — —
32nd 3-seat John William Cain Sr. 3,886 27.78% Clint Adison Casto 2,347 16.78% — — — 13,989
Carmela Ryan-Thompson 3,576 25.56% Curtis G. Robinson Jr. 1,714 12.25% — — —
Charles Foster Black 2,466 17.63% — — — — — —
37th 2-seat Bill Proudfoot (incumbent) 5,225 35.27% Thomas Paul Ditty 2,812 18.98% — — — 14,815
William G. Hartman (incumbent) 4,469 30.17% Margaret Ann Beckwith 2,309 15.59% — — —
41st 4-seat Ron Fragale (incumbent) 10,003 22.49% Anthony J. Barberio 6,192 13.92% — — — 44,480
Tim Miley (incumbent) 9,870 22.19% — — — — — —
Richard Iaquinta (incumbent) 9,287 20.88% — — — — — —
Sam Cann (incumbent) 9,128 20.52% — — — — — —
43rd 3-seat Mike Caputo (incumbent) 10,686 35.51% — — — — — — 30,095
Linda Longstreth (incumbent) 9,800 32.56% — — — — — —
Tim Manchin (incumbent) 9,609 31.93% — — — — — —
44th 4-seat Charlene Marshall (incumbent) 9,531 25.04% Steven Fumich 4,657 12.24% — — — 38,062
Barbara Fleischauer (incumbent) 8,933 23.47% — — — — — —
Alex Shook (incumbent) 7,802 20.50% — — — — — —
Bob Beach (incumbent) 7,139 18.76% — — — — — —

Republican primaries

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Single-member districts

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District Nominee Runners-up Total
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Votes Maj. Mrg.
6th William Romine (incumbent) 2,708 100.00% — — — — — — 2,708 +2,708 +100.00%
7th Lynwood Ireland (incumbent) 2,231 100.00% — — — — — — 2,231 +2,231 +100.00%
8th Bill Anderson (incumbent) 1,541 100.00% — — — — — — 1,541 +1,541 +100.00%
9th Larry Border (incumbent) 1,070 60.01% Sean D. Francisco 713 39.99% — — — 1,783 +357 +20.02%
11th Bob Ashley (incumbent) 1,513 100.00% — — — — — — 1,513 +1,513 +100.00%
12th Mitch Carmichael (incumbent) 1,935 100.00% — — — — — — 1,935 +1,935 +100.00%
24th John Shott 469 65.41% Steven K. Mancini 101 14.09% 2 others[e] 147 20.50% 717 +368 +51.32%
34th Larry M. Bright 521 100.00% — — — — — — 521 +521 +100.00%
38th Derrick W. Love 678 40.24% Claude M. Riffle 389 23.09% 2 others[f] 618 36.68% 1,685 +289 +17.15%
39th Bill Hamilton (incumbent) 2,233 80.88% Jerry A. Reynolds 528 19.12% — — — 2,761 +1,705 +61.75%
40th Lonnie Moore Sr. 1,490 100.00% — — — — — — 1,490 +1,490 +100.00%
48th Allen V. Evans (incumbent) 2,977 100.00% — — — — — — 2,977 +2,977 +100.00%
49th Robert Schadler (incumbent) 1,714 100.00% — — — — — — 1,714 +1,714 +100.00%
50th Ruth Rowan (incumbent) 1,144 100.00% — — — — — — 1,144 +1,144 +100.00%
51st Daryl Cowles (incumbent) 1,778 100.00% — — — — — — 1,778 +1,778 +100.00%
52nd Craig Blair (incumbent) 1,947 100.00% — — — — — — 1,947 +1,947 +100.00%
53rd Jonathan Miller (incumbent) 1,693 100.00% — — — — — — 1,693 +1,693 +100.00%
54th Walter Duke (incumbent) 1,076 100.00% — — — — — — 1,076 +1,076 +100.00%
55th John Overington (incumbent) 1,514 100.00% — — — — — — 1,514 +1,514 +100.00%
57th Anne Dungan 745 100.00% — — — — — — 745 +745 +100.00%

Multi-member districts

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District Seats Nominees Runners-up Total
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes %
1st 2-seat Pat McGeehan 1,621 100.00% — — — — — — 1,621
4th 2-seat Ronald Morris 2,016 100.00% — — — — — — 2,016
10th 3-seat Tom Azinger (incumbent) 3,109 23.85% Gene A. Haynes 2,081 15.96% Dennis S. Kimes 833 6.39% 13,035
John Ellem (incumbent) 2,969 22.78% Edward T. Long 956 7.33% — — —
Fred D. Gillespie 2,205 16.92% William R. Bell 882 6.77% — — —
13th 2-seat James McCormick 1,661 39.30% Brian C. Savilla 1,065 25.20% — — — 4,227
Brian Ray Scott 1,501 35.51% — — — — — —
14th 2-seat Troy Andes (incumbent) 2,337 52.15% — — — — — — 4,481
Patti Schoen (incumbent) 2,144 47.85% — — — — — —
15th 3-seat Carol Miller (incumbent) 2,116 43.84% — — — — — — 4,827
James R. Carden 1,381 28.61% — — — — — —
Paula Stewart 1,330 27.55% — — — — — —
16th 3-seat Kelli Sobonya (incumbent) 3,349 100.00% — — — — — — 3,349
17th 2-seat Lisa Peana 1,264 100.00% — — — — — — 1,264
25th 2-seat T. Mike Porter (incumbent) 1,319 63.57% — — — — — — 2,075
Joe C. Ellington Jr. 756 36.43% — — — — — —
27th 5-seat Linda Sumner (incumbent) 3,155 25.45% Gilbert W. Conner 1,367 11.03% — — — 12,399
Dereck Severt 2,277 18.36% — — — — — —
Jeffrey Pack 2,131 17.19% — — — — — —
Albert K. Honaker 1,921 15.49% — — — — — —
Philip L. Stevens 1,548 12.48% — — — — — —
28th 2-seat Ray Canterbury (incumbent) 1,817 100.00% — — — — — — 1,817
29th 3-seat Marshall Clay 1,059 37.45% — — — — — — 2,828
Daniel B. Wright 938 33.17% — — — — — —
Steven O. Smith 831 29.38% — — — — — —
30th 7-seat John H. Miller Jr. 4,121 15.25% Elijah E. Young 2,741 10.15% — — — 27,018
Fred H. Joseph 4,053 15.00% — — — — — —
Bud Anderson 3,872 14.33% — — — — — —
David T. Carden 3,489 12.91% — — — — — —
Lance B. Vaughan 3,072 11.37% — — — — — —
Victoria L. Casey 2,912 10.78% — — — — — —
Edward R. Burgess 2,758 10.21% — — — — — —
32nd 3-seat Tim Armstead (incumbent) 2,791 36.75% — — — — — — 7,595
Ronald N. Walters (incumbent) 2,457 32.35% — — — — — —
Patrick Lane (incumbent) 2,347 30.90% — — — — — —
41st 4-seat Danny Hamrick 3,810 100.00% — — — — — — 3,810
43rd 3-seat Rick Starn 2,886 100.00% — — — — — — 2,886
44th 4-seat Cindy Frich 3,110 62.83% — — — — — — 4,950
Harry Bertram 1,840 37.17% — — — — — —

Mountain primaries

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Multi-member district

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District Seats Nominee Total
Candidate Votes %
30th 7-seat John A. Welbourn 21 100.00% 21

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ In multi-member districts, the shading of the district shapes are determined by the sum of all of the candidates' vote percentages, and the shading of the circles is determined by multiplying each elected candidate's vote percentage by the number of seats up for election.
  2. ^ Rick W. Frame: 789 votes, 19.50%; Larry Dale Cottrell: 667 votes, 16.49%; Diann Clothier: 151 votes, 3.73%
  3. ^ Robert L. Stultz: 834 votes, 25.05%; Michael C. DeBarr: 149 votes, 4.48%
  4. ^ Won after a tie-breaking coin toss[7]
  5. ^ Douglas C. Quesinberry: 78 votes, 10.88%; Blaine Allan Braithwaite: 69 votes, 9.62%
  6. ^ Bruce Beam: 329 votes, 19.53%; Steven M. Moneypenny: 289 votes, 17.15%

References

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  1. ^ Barnes, Clark S. (2016). WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK 2015 -2016 (PDF). Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Senate Clerk's Office. p. 511. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  2. ^ "2008 General" (PDF). West Virginia Secretary of State.
  3. ^ a b Holmes, Darrell E. (2008). WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK 2008 (PDF). Charleston, West Virginia. Retrieved 18 February 2026.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Jacobson, Louis (October 15, 2008). "Legislative races tilting Dems' way in '08". Stateline. Archived from the original on November 6, 2008. Retrieved February 18, 2026.
  5. ^ "Statewide Results General Election - November 4, 2008 - Official Results". West Virginia Secretary of State. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Statewide Results - Primary Election - May 13, 2008 - Official Results". West Virginia Secretary of State. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Clerk's race ends with 17-vote split". The Parkersburg News and Sentinel. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
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