1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1986 election for West Virginia Senate District 3
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
Keith Burdette (D) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating J. Frank Deem (R) by 7.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Keith BurdetteDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.8%13,917
J. Frank DeemRepublican
46.2%11,974
25,891 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET