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1968Final results

1968 election for West Virginia House of Delegates: Barbour

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Ken Auvil (D) won re-election with 59.4% of the vote, defeating Orville Edens (R) by 18.8 points.

Ken AuvilDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.4%3,875
Orville EdensRepublican
40.6%2,646
6,521 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

EvenD+18.81968D+21.51970

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)