1976Final results
1976 election for West Virginia Delegate District 3
West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia
Thais Blatnik (D), Paul J. Otte (R), John Karras (D) and Jerry A. Tighe (D) won the district's 4 seats.
4 seatsThais BlatnikDemocrat · winner
14.8%13,951
Paul J. OtteRepublican · winner · incumbent
14.5%13,706
John KarrasDemocrat · winner
13.6%12,833
Jerry A. TigheDemocrat · winner
12.4%11,738
Howard Vincent Corcoran Jr.Republican
12.2%11,517
Thomas E. WelchRepublican
11.0%10,408
William A. FlutyRepublican
10.7%10,114
Charles BallouzDemocrat
10.7%10,090
94,357 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)