1978Final results
1978 election for West Virginia Senate District 13
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
Gino Colombo (D) won with 71.0% of the vote, defeating Virginia Mitchell Colbert (R) by 42.0 points.
Gino ColomboDemocrat · winner
71.0%21,878
Virginia Mitchell ColbertRepublican
29.0%8,929
30,807 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET