1980Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 Democratic primary for West Virginia Delegate District 23
West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia
Marge Burke (D) won with 25.6% of the vote, defeating James W. Douglas (D) by 4.3 points.
Marge BurkeDemocrat · winner
25.6%4,446
Robert H. KiddDemocrat · winner · incumbent
25.3%4,379
James W. DouglasDemocrat
21.4%3,704
Robert ReedDemocrat · incumbent
19.1%3,312
Robert W. StumpDemocrat
8.7%1,501
17,342 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET