1986 general · November 4, 1986
1986 West Virginia House of Delegates election results, district by district
Every West Virginia House of Delegates district in the 1986 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 100 seats
After the electionD 78 · R 22
Races40
Changed party3
Unopposed12%5 races
Incumbents defeated5
Every district
D 78 · R 22
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 | Patricia Mastrantoni · Sam Love (D) | 19.9 | |
| HD-2 | Roy E. Givens · Bernard V. Kelly (D) | 24.0 | |
| HD-3 | Paul J. Otte · David McKinley · Bill Reger (REP) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-4 | Albert Yanni · Rodney T. Berry (D) | 1.0 | |
| HD-5 | Robert L. Jones (R) | 4.6 | |
| HD-6 | Larry Swann (R) | 15.5 | |
| HD-7 | Otis A. Leggett (R) | 13.8 | Flipped |
| HD-8 | Robert W. Burk Jr. · Stephen C. Bird · Sandy Rogers · Ken Nowell · George E. Farley (REP) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-9 | Marge Burke · Robert H. Kidd (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-10 | Bob Ashley (R) | 30.8 | |
| HD-11 | Ginny Starcher (D) | 5.1 | Flipped |
| HD-12 | Patricia White · Deborah F. Phillips · William J. Artrip · John H. Reed III (DEM) | 0.7 | |
| HD-13 | Steve Williams · Robert Chambers · Harold E. Given · Richard Houvouras · Robert L. Childers · Patricia Hartman (D) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-14 | Kenneth Adkins · Walter Rollins (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-15 | Jim Reid · Mike Whitt (D) | 21.4 | |
| HD-16 | Bill Anderson · Robert L. McCormick · Ancil Lee Miller · Joe C. Ferrell (D) | 12.9 | |
| HD-17 | Robert Mullett (D) | 63.9 | |
| HD-18 | Rich Murensky · Ernest Moore (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-19 | Harold Hayden · Clayton W. Hale (D) | 20.3 | |
| HD-20 | Richard Flanigan · Howard L. Wellman · Gilbert E. Bailey · James W. McNeely (D) | 3.4 | |
| HD-21 | W. Marion Shiflet (D) | 18.9 | |
| HD-22 | Jack Roop · Paul R. Hutchinson · Tom Susman · Arnold W. Ryan · Sterling Lewis Jr. (D) | 3.5 | |
| HD-23 | Dee 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) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-24 | John Hatcher Jr. · John Pino · Tom Louisos (D) | 16.7 | |
| HD-25 | Sarah Lee Neal · Betty Crookshanks (D) | 1.2 | |
| HD-26 | Linda Nelson Garrett · C. Farrell Johnson (D) | 14.6 | |
| HD-27 | Joe E. Martin · Charles F. Jordan Jr. (D) | 7.4 | |
| HD-28 | Donald L. Stemple · Clifford L. Summers (REP) | 7.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-29 | Robert Conley (R) | 60.4 | |
| HD-30 | Floyd Fullen · Kenneth Riffle · Percy Ashcraft · Joe Minard (D) | 2.0 | |
| HD-31 | Duane Southern · Paul E. Prunty · William Stewart · Cody A. Starcher (DEM) | 3.2 | |
| HD-32 | Michael Buchanan · Larry Schifano · Twila S. Metheney · Shelby Leary (D) | 1.4 | |
| HD-33 | Floyd R. Stiles · Fred C. Peddicord III (R) | 1.7 | |
| HD-34 | Robert D. Harman · Marc L. Harman (R) | 10.2 | |
| HD-35 | Thomas J. Hawse (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-36 | Jerry L. Mezzatesta (D) | 2.1 | Flipped |
| HD-37 | Patrick H. Murphy (D) | 33.2 | |
| HD-38 | Larry Faircloth (R) | 22.5 | |
| HD-39 | John Overington (R) | 7.8 | |
| HD-40 | William Martin (D) | Unopposed |
West Virginia House of Delegates
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