1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1986 election for West Virginia Senate District 9
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
Tracy Hylton (R) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating William R. Wooton (D) by 7.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tracy HyltonRepublican · winner
53.9%12,530
William R. WootonDemocrat
46.1%10,711
23,241 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