1978 primaries · May 1, 1978
1978 West Virginia State Senate primary results, district by district
Every West Virginia State Senate district in the 1978 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 · Democratic primary | Thais Blatnik (D) | 9.5 | |
| SD-1 · Republican primary | Judith A. Herndon (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 · Democratic primary | Samuel D. Winer (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 · Republican primary | William Gilligan (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 · Democratic primary | Russell G. Beall (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 · Republican primary | J. Frank Deem (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 · Democratic primary | Robert F. Hatfield (D) | 17.7 | |
| SD-4 · Republican primary | Michael Shaw (R) | 12.7 | |
| SD-5 · Democratic primary | Robert R. Nelson (D) | 30.3 | |
| SD-5 · Republican primary | Albert C. Esposito (R) | 5.3 | |
| SD-6 · Democratic primary | Lafe P. Ward (D) | 21.6 | |
| SD-7 · Democratic primary | J. Robert Rogers (D) | 4.3 | |
| SD-8 · Democratic primary | Si Galperin Jr. (D) | 15.1 | |
| SD-8 · Republican primary | Paul Zakaib (R) | 35.2 | |
| SD-9 · Democratic primary | Alan L. Susman (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 · Republican primary | C. O. Smith Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 · Democratic primary | Richard Baylor (D) | 10.6 | |
| SD-11 · Democratic primary | Ralph D. Williams (D) | 28.2 | |
| SD-12 · Democratic primary | Carl E. Gainer (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 · Democratic primary | Gino Colombo (D) | 41.9 | |
| SD-13 · Republican primary | Virginia Mitchell Colbert (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 · Democratic primary | William A. Moreland (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 · Republican primary | Richard Lindsay (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-15 · Democratic primary | Gerald W. Ash (D) | 11.7 | |
| SD-15 · Republican primary | C. N. Harman (R) | 57.2 | |
| SD-16 · Democratic primary | Robert M. Steptoe (D) | 63.5 |
West Virginia State Senate
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