1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1984 election for West Virginia Senate District 1
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
John Karras (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Joseph B. Cipriani (D) by 2.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John KarrasRepublican · winner
51.0%21,749
Joseph B. CiprianiDemocrat
49.0%20,911
42,660 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET