1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1984 election for West Virginia Senate District 4
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
Michael Shaw (R) won with 60.4% of the vote, defeating Randall A. Taylor (D) by 20.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Michael ShawRepublican · winner
60.4%25,825
Randall A. TaylorDemocrat
39.6%16,959
42,784 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