1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1970 election for West Virginia House of Delegates: Clay
West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia
Robert Reed (D) won with 55.5% of the vote, defeating Monroe Arbogast (R) by 11.0 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Robert ReedDemocrat · winner
55.5%1,498
Monroe ArbogastRepublican
44.5%1,200
2,698 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)