1968Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1968 election for West Virginia Delegate District 1
West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia
Wallace Files (R) and Ward W. Keesecker (R) won the district's 2 seats.
2 seatsWallace FilesRepublican · winner · incumbent
27.8%9,144
Ward W. KeeseckerRepublican · winner
26.1%8,613
Robert M. SteptoeDemocrat · incumbent
25.2%8,314
Ralph HovermaleDemocrat
20.9%6,874
32,945 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)