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1970Final results

1970 election for West Virginia Delegate District 7

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Billy B. Burke (D) won re-election with 63.0% of the vote, defeating C. M. Johnson (R) by 26.1 points.

Billy B. BurkeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.0%3,411
C. M. JohnsonRepublican
37.0%1,999
5,410 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 1970

The seat's recent races

EvenD+10.81968D+26.11970

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