1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 West Virginia House of Delegates election results, district by district
Every West Virginia House of Delegates district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 100 seats
After the electionD 57 · R 43
Races47
Changed party0
Unopposed13%6 races
Incumbents defeated7
Every district
D 57 · R 43
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 | Luke E. Terry · Wallace Files (R) | 2.0 | |
| HD-2 | Larkin B. Ours (R) | 30.4 | |
| HD-3 | Thomas J. Hawse (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-4 | Frank E. Jolliffe · Sarah Lee Neal (D) | 2.5 | |
| HD-5 | Larry Swann (R) | 41.4 | |
| HD-6 | Harry E. Moats (R) | 18.3 | |
| HD-7 | Billy B. Burke (D) | 23.6 | |
| Barbour | Gary L. Everson (R) | 2.0 | |
| Boone | Ivan White · Thomas Goodwin (D) | 16.4 | |
| Braxton | Rodney B. Belknap (D) | Unopposed | |
| Brooke | Charles Donley · Mino R. Daurora (D) | 4.1 | |
| Cabell | Michele Prestera · Jody G. Smirl · Charles E. Romine Jr. · Roy A. Edwards Jr. · Hugh A. Kincaid · Charles M. Polan Jr. (DEM) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| Clay | Robert Reed (D) | 21.1 | |
| Fayette | T. E. Myles · Carroll E. Bumgarner · Adam Toney (D) | 11.5 | |
| Hampshire | James B. Cookman (D) | 21.6 | |
| Hancock | Kim Bryan Carey · Gust G. Brenda (D) | 12.3 | |
| Harrison | John McCuskey · Gino Colombo · Donald Kopp · Michael Greer (REP) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| Jackson | W. F. Carmichael (R) | 7.6 | Incumbent lost |
| Jefferson | James M. Moler (D) | 21.5 | |
| Kanawha | Cleo S. Jones · Phyllis J. Rutledge · James Clay Jeter · Louie A. Paterno Jr. · W. C. Field · Thomas E. Potter · Leo Kopelman · James Copenhaver · Roland Savilla · Harold E. Given · Leonard Underwood · Paul Zakaib · Jean S. Holt · Boner Gillispie (REP) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| Lewis | Fred L. Mulneix (R) | 30.7 | |
| Lincoln | H. Leon Hager (D) | 9.0 | |
| Logan | Thomas W. Mathis · Ervin S. Queen · Charles Gilliam (D) | 10.9 | |
| Marion | William E. Shingleton · William H. Hawkins · Paul E. Prunty (DEM) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| Marshall | Dan Tonkovich · Robert C. Polen (DEM) | 1.0 | |
| Mason | Michael Shaw (R) | 13.7 | Incumbent lost |
| McDowell | T. J. Scott · Ronnie McKenzie · Harry Pauley · Ernest Moore (D) | Unopposed | |
| Mercer | William P. Stafford · Tony E. Whitlow · Charles E. Lohr · Clarence C. Christian Jr. (REP) | Unopposed | |
| Mineral | Robert D. Harman (R) | 24.3 | |
| Mingo | Joe Wayne Hatfield · R. Doyle Vanmeter II (D) | 14.1 | |
| Monongalia | Robert William Dinsmore · Terry T. Jones · Robert B. Stone (DEM) | 3.3 | |
| Monroe | W. Marion Shiflet (D) | Unopposed | |
| Nicholas | Larry A. Tucker (D) | 22.5 | |
| Ohio | George H. Seibert Jr. · Judith A. Herndon · George F. Beneke · Fred A. Grewe (R) | 3.9 | |
| Preston | James Teets (R) | 31.8 | |
| Putnam | Raymond Peak (D) | 3.5 | |
| Raleigh | Lewis McManus · W. W. Withrow · Charles W. Merritt · Ted T. Stacy (D) | 4.8 | |
| Randolph | Earl H. Stalnaker (D) | Unopposed | |
| Roane | Orton R. Karickhoff (R) | 0.9 | |
| Summers | James E. Meadows (R) | 8.1 | |
| Taylor | Samuel Morasco (D) | 0.1 | |
| Upshur | Charles R. Shaffer (R) | 35.2 | |
| Wayne | Clayton C. Davidson · Walter Rollins (D) | 13.4 | |
| Webster | Albert L. Sommerville Jr. (D) | 25.1 | |
| Wetzel | Joseph Ballouz (D) | 2.1 | |
| Wood | Calvin A. Calendine · Gene A. Haynes · J. C. Butcher · James McCutcheon (R) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| Wyoming | Charles Cline · C. E. Allen (D) | 8.0 |
West Virginia House of Delegates
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