1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for West Virginia Senate District 2
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
Dan Tonkovich (D) won with 61.0% of the vote, defeating Roy Rogerson (R) by 22.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dan TonkovichDemocrat · winner
61.0%19,215
Roy RogersonRepublican · incumbent
39.0%12,289
31,504 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET