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1974Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1974 election for West Virginia Delegate District 8

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Joseph Albright (D), George E. Farley (D), Donza T. Worden (D), Stephen C. Bird (D) and M. E. Mowery (D) won the district's 5 seats.

5 seats
Joseph AlbrightDemocrat · winner
11.7%13,301
George E. FarleyDemocrat · winner
11.5%13,127
Donza T. WordenDemocrat · winner
11.0%12,559
Stephen C. BirdDemocrat · winner
10.8%12,307
M. E. MoweryDemocrat · winner
10.3%11,685
Gene A. HaynesRepublican · incumbent
9.8%11,132
Larry M. McDanielRepublican
9.3%10,619
J. C. ButcherRepublican · incumbent
9.3%10,571
Blake HayhurstRepublican
8.2%9,360
Don LeachRepublican
7.9%9,032
113,693 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 1974

Races before and after

EvenD+2.41974D+1.21976R+0.91978

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

The candidates

Joseph Albright (D)George E. Farley (D)Donza T. Worden (D)Stephen C. Bird (D)M. E. Mowery (D)Gene A. Haynes (R)Larry M. McDaniel (R)J. C. Butcher (R)Blake Hayhurst (R)Don Leach (R)