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1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal results

1986 election for West Virginia Delegate District 11

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Ginny Starcher (D) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating James Waybright (R) by 5.1 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

Ginny StarcherDemocrat · winner
52.5%2,580
James WaybrightRepublican
47.5%2,331
4,911 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 1986

Races before and after

EvenR+12.31982R+7.01984D+5.11986D+13.91988R+4.81990

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