1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1984 election for West Virginia Delegate District 5
West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia
Robert L. Jones (R) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Linda Sue Washington (D) by 8.5 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Robert L. JonesRepublican · winner
54.3%4,234
Linda Sue WashingtonDemocrat
45.7%3,570
7,804 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)