1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1972 election for West Virginia House of Delegates: Cabell

Name: 1972 election for West Virginia House of Delegates: Cabell
Start: 1972-11-07
Location: West Virginia

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Michele Prestera (D), Jody G. Smirl (R), Charles E. Romine Jr. (R), Roy A. Edwards Jr. (R), Hugh A. Kincaid (D) and Charles M. Polan Jr. (D) won the district's 6 seats.

6 seats

Michele PresteraDemocrat · winner

10.5%24,544

Jody G. SmirlRepublican · winner · incumbent

9.6%22,345

Charles E. Romine Jr.Republican · winner · incumbent

9.2%21,455

Roy A. Edwards Jr.Republican · winner

8.8%20,522

Hugh A. KincaidDemocrat · winner · incumbent

8.5%19,866

Charles M. Polan Jr.Democrat · winner

8.5%19,758

Robert R. Fredeking IIDemocrat

8.3%19,238

Dennis WhiteDemocrat · incumbent

7.9%18,484

Freda PaulDemocrat

7.7%18,017

Robert SteppRepublican

7.4%17,129

Clyde FullerRepublican

6.9%16,035

William E. LewisRepublican

6.6%15,429

232,822 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates

Michele Prestera (D)Jody G. Smirl (R)Charles E. Romine Jr. (R)Roy A. Edwards Jr. (R)Hugh A. Kincaid (D)Charles M. Polan Jr. (D)Robert R. Fredeking II (D)Dennis White (D)Freda Paul (D)Robert Stepp (R)Clyde Fuller (R)William E. Lewis (R)