1974 general · November 4, 1974
1974 West Virginia House of Delegates election results, district by district
Every West Virginia House of Delegates district in the 1974 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 100 seats
After the electionD 85 · R 14
Races36
Changed party2
Unopposed28%10 races
Incumbents defeated11
Every district
D 85 · R 14
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 | Gust G. Brenda · George Gvoyich (D) | 10.3 | |
| HD-2 | Pamela Sue Shuman · Charles Donley (D) | 13.9 | |
| HD-3 | James E. Altmeyer · George H. Seibert Jr. · Paul J. Otte · Michael J. Moyle (R) | 0.1 | |
| HD-4 | Dan Tonkovich · Robert Larry Wiedebusch (D) | 9.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-5 | Joseph Ballouz (D) | 50.5 | Flipped |
| HD-6 | Larry Swann (R) | 25.4 | |
| HD-7 | Harry E. Moats (R) | 12.5 | Flipped |
| HD-8 | Joseph Albright · George E. Farley · Donza T. Worden · Stephen C. Bird · M. E. Mowery (D) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-9 | Richard L. Miller (D) | 11.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-10 | Charles H. Damron · John E. Fitzgerald · Raymond Peak · William J. Artrip (D) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-11 | Michele Prestera · Charles M. Polan Jr. · Albert C. Esposito · Hugh A. Kincaid · Forest Underwood · Robert L. Childers (DEM) | 0.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-12 | Walter Rollins · Burnie Roger Crabtree (D) | 20.0 | |
| HD-13 | Gerald Chafin · Irvine Damron (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 | Ernest Moore · Lacy Wright Jr. · T. J. Scott (D) | 17.4 | |
| HD-15 | C. E. Allen · Thomas Goodwin (D) | 10.3 | |
| HD-16 | Thomas W. Mathis · Earl Ray Tomblin · Sammie Dalton · Charles Gilliam (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-17 | Harold E. Given · Larry Sonis · Martha Wehrle · John Boettner · J. Kemp McLaughlin · Lyle Sattes · E. M. Johnson · Darrell E. Holmes · Jack Canfield · Roger W. Tompkins · Walton Shepherd · Leon Copeland · John Payne (D) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-18 | Lewis McManus · W. W. Withrow · Sterling T. Lewis · Ted T. Stacy (D) | 8.6 | |
| HD-19 | Hawey A. Wells Jr. · W. Marion Shiflet · James W. McNeely · Clarence C. Christian Jr. · Charles E. Lohr (D) | 4.6 | |
| HD-20 | Sarah Lee Neal · Joseph Richard Holliday (D) | 11.2 | |
| HD-21 | Tom Bell · Adam Toney · Carroll E. Bumgarner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 | Larry A. Tucker · Albert L. Sommerville Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 | Billy B. Burke · Harold V. Long (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 | George E. Arnold (D) | 5.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-25 | Gino Colombo · John McCuskey · Donald Kopp · C. Paul Wanstreet (DEM) | 0.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-26 | William E. Shingleton · Romeo D. Erdie · Samuel Morasco · Nick Fantasia (D) | 0.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-27 | Robert William Dinsmore · Clyde Hagedorn · Ralph N. Brown · Terry T. Jones (DEM) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-28 | James Teets (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 | Charles R. Shaffer · E. E. Bryan (REP) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-30 | Julia Pitsenberger · Jae Spears (D) | 26.6 | |
| HD-31 | Clyde M. See Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 | Guy Ross Smith (D) | 6.0 | |
| HD-33 | Robert D. Harman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 | William T. Milleson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 | Luke E. Terry · Joe Caudle · Wallace Files (REP) | 0.4 | |
| HD-36 | James M. Moler (D) | Unopposed |
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