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1968Final results

1968 election for West Virginia House of Delegates: Mingo

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Robert L. Simpkins (D) and T. I. Varney (D) won the district's 2 seats.

2 seats
Robert L. SimpkinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
32.5%8,235
T. I. VarneyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
31.4%7,953
Thomas HanshawRepublican
18.7%4,739
17.4%4,419
25,346 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+25.31968D+14.41970

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