1976 general · November 2, 1976

1976 West Virginia House of Delegates election results, district by district

Every West Virginia House of Delegates district in the 1976 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 100 seats

After the electionD 91 · R 9
Races36
Changed party0
Unopposed28%10 races
Incumbents defeated4

Every district

D 91 · R 9

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Gust G. Brenda · George Gvoyich (D)Unopposed
HD-2Pamela Sue Shuman · Charles Donley (D)Unopposed
HD-3Thais Blatnik · Paul J. Otte · John Karras · Jerry A. Tighe (DEM)0.2
HD-4Robert Larry Wiedebusch · Albert Yanni (D)9.3
HD-5Joseph Ballouz (D)Unopposed
HD-6Larry Swann (R)25.6
HD-7Sam White (R)4.9
HD-8Donza T. Worden · George E. Farley · Joseph Albright · M. E. Mowery · Stephen C. Bird (D)0.2
HD-9Corlis W. Harris (D)9.8
HD-10Dan Shumate · Dave Oneal · John E. Fitzgerald · Charles H. Damron (D)2.2
HD-11Michele Prestera Craig · Albert C. Esposito · Hugh A. Kincaid · Charles M. Polan Jr. · Dorsey Ketchum · Patricia Hartman (DEM)0.0
HD-12Burnie Roger Crabtree · Fox Fry (D)Unopposed
HD-13James E. Blevins · R. Doyle Vanmeter II (D)Unopposed
HD-14Lacy Wright Jr. · T. J. Scott · Ernest Moore (D)22.1
HD-15Frank Blackwell · Thomas Goodwin · Troy Wayne Hendricks (D)17.4
HD-16Thomas W. Mathis · Earl Ray Tomblin · Charles Gilliam · Sammie Dalton (D)Unopposed
HD-17Martha Wehrle · Larry Sonis · John Boettner · Jack Canfield · Lyle Sattes · Leon Copeland · Walton Shepherd · John Slack III · Darrell E. Holmes · Helaine Rotgin · E. M. Johnson · Roger W. Tompkins · William Dodd (D)0.7
HD-18William R. Wooton · Sterling T. Lewis · Ted T. Stacy · W. W. Withrow (D)12.4
HD-19Tony E. Whitlow · James W. McNeely · Clarence C. Christian Jr. · W. Marion Shiflet · Charles E. Lohr (D)7.9
HD-20Sarah Lee Neal · Betty Crookshanks (D)6.8
HD-21Paul McKown · Adam Toney · Carroll E. Bumgarner (D)Unopposed
HD-22Larry A. Tucker · Albert L. Sommerville Jr. (D)40.5
HD-23Billy B. Burke · Harold V. Long (D)24.4
HD-24George E. Arnold (D)12.7
HD-25Donald Kopp · Gino Colombo · Michael Greer · James Laulis (DEM)0.0Incumbent lost
HD-26William E. Shingleton · Cody A. Starcher · Samuel Morasco · Paul E. Prunty (DEM)0.0Incumbent lost
HD-27Larry Schifano · Clyde H. Richey · Clyde Hagedorn · Ralph N. Brown (D)0.9Incumbent lost
HD-28James Teets (R)17.1
HD-29E. E. Bryan · Charles R. Shaffer (DEM)1.2
HD-30Jae Spears · Julia Pitsenberger (D)Unopposed
HD-31Clyde M. See Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-32Guy Ross Smith (D)8.6
HD-33Robert D. Harman (R)16.7
HD-34William T. Milleson (D)Unopposed
HD-35Joe Caudle · Clarence E. Martin III · Terry T. Harden (D)2.4Incumbent lost
HD-36Carolyn M. Snyder (D)39.5

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