1976Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for West Virginia Delegate District 26
West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia
William E. Shingleton (D), Cody A. Starcher (D), Samuel Morasco (D) and Paul E. Prunty (R) won the district's 4 seats.
4 seatsWilliam E. ShingletonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
18.2%21,560
Cody A. StarcherDemocrat · winner
17.9%21,202
Samuel MorascoDemocrat · winner · incumbent
15.1%17,919
Paul E. PruntyRepublican · winner
15.0%17,766
Nick FantasiaDemocrat · incumbent
15.0%17,742
Lawrence H. RiggsRepublican
10.0%11,785
L. N. ThorpRepublican
8.8%10,424
118,398 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)