1976Final results
1976 election for West Virginia Senate District 6
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
John Fanning (D) won with 80.7% of the vote, defeating Gary Dennis Goode (R) by 61.5 points.
John FanningDemocrat · winner · incumbent
80.7%19,084
Gary Dennis GoodeRepublican
19.3%4,553
23,637 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