1986 general · November 4, 1986

1986 West Virginia election results

Every race on West Virginia's ballot in the 1986 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races60
Changed party10
Unopposed20%12 races
Incumbents defeated7
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
WV-1Alan Mollohan (D)Unopposed
WV-2Harley Staggers (D)38.9
WV-3Robert Wise (D)29.8
WV-4Nick J. Rahall II (D)42.5

West Virginia State Senate

D 13 · R 4 · 7 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1John G. Chernenko (D)12.5Flipped
SD-2Thomas E. Loehr (D)Unopposed
SD-3Keith Burdette (D)7.5Flipped
SD-4Oshel Craigo (D)14.6Flipped
SD-5B. Ned Jones (D)34.7
SD-6H. Truman Chafin (D)Unopposed
SD-7Lloyd G. Jackson (D)Unopposed
SD-8Darrell E. Holmes · John Boettner (D)4.1
SD-9Tracy Hylton (R)7.8Flipped
SD-10Frederick L. Parker (D)99.5
SD-11J. D. Brackenrich (D)Unopposed
SD-12Larry A. Tucker (D)Unopposed
SD-13M. Jay Wolfe (R)1.0FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-14George Warner (R)2.2FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-15C. N. Harman (R)UnopposedFlipped
SD-16Sondra M. Lucht (D)14.9

West Virginia House of Delegates

D 78 · R 22 · 3 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Patricia Mastrantoni · Sam Love (D)19.9
HD-2Roy E. Givens · Bernard V. Kelly (D)24.0
HD-3Paul J. Otte · David McKinley · Bill Reger (REP)0.3Incumbent lost
HD-4Albert Yanni · Rodney T. Berry (D)1.0
HD-5Robert L. Jones (R)4.6
HD-6Larry Swann (R)15.5
HD-7Otis A. Leggett (R)13.8Flipped
HD-8Robert W. Burk Jr. · Stephen C. Bird · Sandy Rogers · Ken Nowell · George E. Farley (REP)0.6Incumbent lost
HD-9Marge Burke · Robert H. Kidd (D)Unopposed
HD-10Bob Ashley (R)30.8
HD-11Ginny Starcher (D)5.1Flipped
HD-12Patricia White · Deborah F. Phillips · William J. Artrip · John H. Reed III (DEM)0.7
HD-13Steve Williams · Robert Chambers · Harold E. Given · Richard Houvouras · Robert L. Childers · Patricia Hartman (D)0.3Incumbent lost
HD-14Kenneth Adkins · Walter Rollins (D)Unopposed
HD-15Jim Reid · Mike Whitt (D)21.4
HD-16Bill Anderson · Robert L. McCormick · Ancil Lee Miller · Joe C. Ferrell (D)12.9
HD-17Robert Mullett (D)63.9
HD-18Rich Murensky · Ernest Moore (D)Unopposed
HD-19Harold Hayden · Clayton W. Hale (D)20.3
HD-20Richard Flanigan · Howard L. Wellman · Gilbert E. Bailey · James W. McNeely (D)3.4
HD-21W. Marion Shiflet (D)18.9
HD-22Jack Roop · Paul R. Hutchinson · Tom Susman · Arnold W. Ryan · Sterling Lewis Jr. (D)3.5
HD-23Dee Caperton · Charlotte Pritt · John R. Hoblitzell · Barbara Hatfield · Henry Shores · Rudy Seacrist · Sharon Spencer · Bonnie Brown · Thomas A. Knight · John Wells · Lyle Sattes · James F. Humphreys (DEM)0.1Incumbent lost
HD-24John Hatcher Jr. · John Pino · Tom Louisos (D)16.7
HD-25Sarah Lee Neal · Betty Crookshanks (D)1.2
HD-26Linda Nelson Garrett · C. Farrell Johnson (D)14.6
HD-27Joe E. Martin · Charles F. Jordan Jr. (D)7.4
HD-28Donald L. Stemple · Clifford L. Summers (REP)7.6Incumbent lost
HD-29Robert Conley (R)60.4
HD-30Floyd Fullen · Kenneth Riffle · Percy Ashcraft · Joe Minard (D)2.0
HD-31Duane Southern · Paul E. Prunty · William Stewart · Cody A. Starcher (DEM)3.2
HD-32Michael Buchanan · Larry Schifano · Twila S. Metheney · Shelby Leary (D)1.4
HD-33Floyd R. Stiles · Fred C. Peddicord III (R)1.7
HD-34Robert D. Harman · Marc L. Harman (R)10.2
HD-35Thomas J. Hawse (D)Unopposed
HD-36Jerry L. Mezzatesta (D)2.1Flipped
HD-37Patrick H. Murphy (D)33.2
HD-38Larry Faircloth (R)22.5
HD-39John Overington (R)7.8
HD-40William Martin (D)Unopposed

West Virginia

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab