1980 general · November 4, 1980
1980 West Virginia House of Delegates election results, district by district
Every West Virginia House of Delegates district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 100 seats
After the electionD 78 · R 22
Races36
Changed party4
Unopposed11%4 races
Incumbents defeated10
Every district
D 78 · R 22
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 | George Gvoyich · Gust G. Brenda (D) | 11.7 | |
| HD-2 | Roy E. Givens · Pamela Sue Shuman (D) | 20.4 | |
| HD-3 | Paul J. Otte · Thais Blatnik · John Karras · George Dober (REP) | 0.5 | |
| HD-4 | Robert Larry Wiedebusch · Albert Yanni (D) | 12.0 | |
| HD-5 | Joseph Ballouz (D) | 6.1 | |
| HD-6 | Larry Swann (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 | Gregory K. Smith (D) | 8.7 | Flipped |
| HD-8 | Keith Burdette · Sandy Rogers · George E. Farley · Joseph Albright · Donza T. Worden (DEM) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-9 | Lloyd D. Atkinson (R) | 14.8 | |
| HD-10 | Jimmy Joe Wedge · W. F. Carmichael · Oshel Craigo · Charles H. Damron (REP) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-11 | Patricia Hartman · Charles M. Polan Jr. · Robert Chambers · Harold E. Given · Sue A. Davis · Dorsey Ketchum (D) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-12 | Richard Thompson · Lucian Fry (D) | 9.4 | |
| HD-13 | Irvine Damron · James Simpkins (D) | 24.9 | |
| HD-14 | Rudolph J. Murensky II · Booker T. Stephens · Ernest Moore (D) | 21.5 | |
| HD-15 | Troy Wayne Hendricks · Bruce Williams · Frank Blackwell (D) | 13.3 | |
| HD-16 | Charles Gilliam · Thomas W. Mathis · Sammie Dalton · Robert L. McCormick (D) | 10.3 | |
| HD-17 | Jane H. Theiling · Martha Wehrle · John Slack III · Leo Kopelman · Thomas A. Knight · Darrell E. Holmes · Roger W. Tompkins · Rudy Seacrist · Lyle Sattes · Ruth Goldsmith · Walton Shepherd · June Bledsoe · John Wells (DEM) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-18 | William R. Wooton · Vernon Barley · Paul R. Hutchinson · Paul Vennari (D) | 9.7 | |
| HD-19 | John Frazier · Tony E. Whitlow · Rudolph Jennings · W. Marion Shiflet · Jack E. Holt (D) | 3.7 | |
| HD-20 | Betty Crookshanks · Sarah Lee Neal (D) | 7.3 | |
| HD-21 | John Hatcher Jr. · Tom Pridemore · Carroll E. Bumgarner (D) | 16.6 | |
| HD-22 | Larry A. Tucker · Robert E. Goff (D) | 9.6 | |
| HD-23 | Robert H. Kidd · Marge Burke (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 | Robert Conley (R) | 4.5 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| HD-25 | John McCuskey · Donald Kopp · Kenneth Riffle · Michael Greer (REP) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-26 | Paul E. Prunty · William E. Shingleton · Cody A. Starcher · Benjamin N. Springston (REP) | 0.7 | |
| HD-27 | Elizabeth Martin · Larry Schifano · Stephen L. Cook · Clyde Hagedorn (D) | 1.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-28 | James Teets (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 | Charles R. Shaffer · Donald L. Stemple (R) | 2.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-30 | Joe E. Martin · Charles F. Jordan Jr. (D) | 13.2 | |
| HD-31 | Clyde M. See Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 | Marc L. Harman (R) | 14.2 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| HD-33 | Robert D. Harman (R) | 22.1 | |
| HD-34 | Daniel L. Shanholtz (R) | 1.8 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| HD-35 | Larry Faircloth · Clarence E. Martin III · Terry T. Harden (REP) | 0.9 | |
| HD-36 | Thomas W. Steptoe (D) | 34.5 |
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