1978 general · November 7, 1978
1978 West Virginia House of Delegates election results, district by district
Every West Virginia House of Delegates district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 100 seats
After the electionD 74 · R 26
Races36
Changed party1
Unopposed19%7 races
Incumbents defeated9
Every district
D 74 · R 26
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 | Gust G. Brenda · George Gvoyich (D) | 4.7 | |
| HD-2 | Roy E. Givens · Pamela Sue Shuman (D) | 17.2 | |
| HD-3 | Paul J. Otte · George Dober · Arthur L. McKenzie · John Karras (REP) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-4 | Robert Larry Wiedebusch · Albert Yanni (D) | 5.9 | |
| HD-5 | Joseph Ballouz (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-6 | Larry Swann (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 | Sam White (R) | 1.4 | |
| HD-8 | Keith Burdette · Donza T. Worden · George E. Farley · Joseph Albright · Malcolm B. Louden (DEM) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-9 | Lloyd D. Atkinson (R) | 3.8 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| HD-10 | Jimmy Joe Wedge · W. F. Carmichael · Dan Shumate · John H. Reed III (REP) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-11 | Patricia Hartman · Forest Underwood · Charles M. Polan Jr. · Dorsey Ketchum · Evelyn Richards · Robert Chambers (DEM) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-12 | Burnie Roger Crabtree · Lucian Fry (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-13 | Irvine Damron · R. Doyle Vanmeter II (D) | 23.5 | |
| HD-14 | Lacy Wright Jr. · T. J. Scott · Booker T. Stephens (D) | 20.3 | |
| HD-15 | Frank Blackwell · Troy Wayne Hendricks · Thomas Goodwin (D) | 11.7 | |
| HD-16 | Thomas W. Mathis · Sammie Dalton · Earl Ray Tomblin · Charles Gilliam (D) | 12.2 | |
| HD-17 | Martha Wehrle · Leo Kopelman · John Wells · Lyle Sattes · Thomas A. Knight · Roger W. Tompkins · Walton Shepherd · Walter Price · Darrell E. Holmes · Charlotte Lane · Samuel Rubin · John W. Biddle · George Warner (DEM) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-18 | William R. Wooton · Sterling T. Lewis · Ted T. Stacy · Vernon Barley (D) | 5.8 | |
| HD-19 | Tony E. Whitlow · Jack E. Holt · W. Marion Shiflet · Clarence C. Christian Jr. · Donald Anello (D) | 5.4 | |
| HD-20 | Betty Crookshanks · Sarah Lee Neal (D) | 2.8 | |
| HD-21 | Dave Fox · Adam Toney · Kim Oneal (D) | 12.3 | |
| HD-22 | Larry A. Tucker · Robert L. Ward (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 | Robert H. Kidd · Robert Reed (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 | George E. Arnold (D) | 6.1 | |
| HD-25 | John McCuskey · Michael Greer · Kenneth Riffle · William L. Vincent (REP) | 1.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-26 | Paul E. Prunty · William E. Shingleton · Cody A. Starcher · Benjamin N. Springston (REP) | 1.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-27 | Larry Schifano · Ralph N. Brown · Tom Clark · Clyde H. Richey (DEM) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-28 | James Teets (R) | 53.6 | |
| HD-29 | Charles R. Shaffer · E. E. Bryan (REP) | 4.2 | |
| HD-30 | Jae Spears · Joe E. Martin (D) | 15.9 | |
| HD-31 | Clyde M. See Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 | Guy Ross Smith (D) | 9.9 | |
| HD-33 | Robert D. Harman (R) | 10.4 | |
| HD-34 | William T. Milleson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 | Joe Caudle · Clarence E. Martin III · Terry T. Harden (D) | 1.8 | |
| HD-36 | James M. Moler (D) | 1.0 |
West Virginia House of Delegates
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner