1970 primaries · May 1, 1970
1970 West Virginia State Senate primary results, district by district
Every West Virginia State Senate district in the 1970 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 · Democratic primary | Richard Wojcik (D) | 7.3 | |
| SD-1 · Republican primary | Chester R. Hubbard (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 · Democratic primary | Robert F. Stewart (D) | 23.0 | |
| SD-2 · Republican primary | John E. Carrigan (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 · Republican primary | J. C. Powell (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 · Democratic primary | Randall A. Taylor (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 · Republican primary | V. K. Knapp (R) | 12.0 | |
| SD-5 · Democratic primary | Robert R. Nelson (D) | 18.3 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-5 · Republican primary | William C. Campbell (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 · Democratic primary | Lafe P. Ward (D) | 2.2 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-6 · Republican primary | Sidney M. Copley (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 · Democratic primary | David E. Wallace (D) | 5.0 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-7 · Republican primary | Wetzel Lusher (R) | 6.1 | |
| SD-8 · Democratic primary | Si Galperin Jr. (D) | 6.5 | |
| SD-8 · Republican primary | John T. Poffenbarger (R) | 29.2 | |
| SD-9 · Democratic primary | Alan L. Susman (D) | 21.3 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-10 · Democratic primary | J. C. Dillon Jr. (D) | 6.9 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-11 · Democratic primary | Ralph D. Williams (D) | 13.8 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-12 · Democratic primary | Carl E. Gainer (D) | 25.1 | |
| SD-12 · Republican primary | Robert Phillips (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 · Democratic primary | William Neely (D) | 32.3 | |
| SD-14 · Democratic primary | William A. Moreland (D) | 36.2 | |
| SD-14 · Republican primary | Paul H. Price (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-15 · Republican primary | C. N. Harman (R) | 18.7 | |
| SD-16 · Democratic primary | Clarence E. Martin III (D) | 12.1 | |
| SD-16 · Republican primary | Louise Leonard Harpers (R) | 14.2 |
West Virginia State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner