1980Final results
1980 election for West Virginia Senate District 5
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
Homer Heck (D) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Jody G. Smirl (R) by 6.8 points.
Homer HeckDemocrat · winner
53.4%20,736
Jody G. SmirlRepublican
46.6%18,085
38,821 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