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1984Final results

1984 election for West Virginia Senate District 12

West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia

Jae Spears (D) won re-election with 70.5% of the vote, defeating Kenneth D. Hines (R) by 41.1 points.

Jae SpearsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.5%27,445
29.5%11,465
38,910 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

EvenD+33.31982D+41.11984D+24.11988D+31.71990

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)