1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1976 election for West Virginia Senate District 4
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
Orton A. Jones (R) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating R. T. Sizemore Jr. (D) by 0.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Orton A. JonesRepublican · winner · incumbent
50.4%22,492
R. T. Sizemore Jr.Democrat
49.6%22,148
44,640 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