1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1970 election for West Virginia Senate District 1
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
Chester R. Hubbard (R) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Richard Wojcik (D) by 7.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Chester R. HubbardRepublican · winner · incumbent
53.5%17,825
Richard WojcikDemocrat
46.5%15,490
33,315 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
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET