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1972Final results

1972 election for West Virginia Delegate District 7

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Billy B. Burke (D) won re-election with 61.8% of the vote, defeating C. M. Johnson (R) by 23.6 points.

Billy B. BurkeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.8%5,327
C. M. JohnsonRepublican
38.2%3,291
8,618 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 1972

Races before and after

EvenD+23.61972R+12.51974R+4.91976

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