1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1972 election for West Virginia House of Delegates: Mason

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

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Michael Shaw (R) won with 56.8% of the vote, defeating Eugene Ball (D) by 13.7 points.

Michael ShawRepublican · winner

56.8%6,097

Eugene BallDemocrat · incumbent

43.2%4,628

10,725 votes

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