1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for West Virginia Senate District 1
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
Pat McCune (D) won with 58.7% of the vote, defeating John J. Paull Jr. (R) by 17.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Pat McCuneDemocrat · winner
58.7%24,671
John J. Paull Jr.Republican
41.3%17,379
42,050 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET