1978Final results
1978 election for West Virginia Delegate District 18
West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia
William R. Wooton (D), Sterling T. Lewis (D), Ted T. Stacy (D) and Vernon Barley (D) won the district's 4 seats.
4 seatsWilliam R. WootonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
20.6%11,595
Sterling T. LewisDemocrat · winner · incumbent
20.1%11,305
Ted T. StacyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
19.3%10,869
Vernon BarleyDemocrat · winner
18.9%10,665
Robert B. SayreRepublican
13.1%7,389
Brown H. PayneRepublican
8.1%4,557
56,380 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)