1982Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1982 election for West Virginia Delegate District 31
West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia
Joe Manchin III (D), Cody A. Starcher (D), William Stewart (D) and Paul E. Prunty (R) won the district's 4 seats.
4 seatsJoe Manchin IIIDemocrat · winner
16.7%16,160
Cody A. StarcherDemocrat · winner · incumbent
16.6%16,110
William StewartDemocrat · winner
15.6%15,090
Paul E. PruntyRepublican · winner · incumbent
15.1%14,620
Benjamin N. SpringstonRepublican · incumbent
12.6%12,166
Samuel MorascoDemocrat
12.1%11,741
Edgar L. WilliamsRepublican
5.9%5,702
Lyman ClarkRepublican
5.4%5,270
96,859 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 1982
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)