1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 West Virginia House of Delegates election results, district by district

Every West Virginia House of Delegates district in the 1988 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 100 seats

After the electionD 80 · R 20
Races40
Changed party1
Unopposed15%6 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 80 · R 20

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Sam Love · Patricia Bradley (D)11.6
HD-2Roy E. Givens · Bernard V. Kelly (D)11.4
HD-3Paul J. Otte · David McKinley · Andy Katz (REP)0.7
HD-4Rodney T. Berry · A. E. Tribett (D)3.9
HD-5Dave Pethtel (D)7.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-6James E. Willison (R)5.1
HD-7Otis A. Leggett (R)Unopposed
HD-8J. Frank Deem · Robert W. Burk Jr. · Stephen C. Bird · Vernon Criss · George E. Farley (REP)0.3
HD-9Randy Schoonover · Marge Burke (D)11.1
HD-10Bob Ashley (R)9.2
HD-11Ginny Starcher (D)13.9
HD-12Patricia White · Deborah F. Phillips · Charles H. Damron · Lydia D. Long (D)0.2Incumbent lost
HD-13Robert Chambers · Harold E. Given · Steve Williams · Richard Houvouras · Evelyn Richards · James H. Morgan Jr. (DEM)0.6
HD-14Walter Rollins · Kenneth Adkins (D)Unopposed
HD-15Jim Reid · Mike Whitt (D)26.0
HD-16Sammie Dalton · Bill Anderson · Joe C. Ferrell · Robert L. McCormick (D)12.2
HD-17Delores W. Cook (D)Unopposed
HD-18Rich Murensky · Ernest Moore (D)Unopposed
HD-19Richard Browning · W. Richard Staton (D)Unopposed
HD-20Richard Flanigan · Richard N. Kephart · Howard L. Wellman · Terry W. Basham (D)5.6
HD-21Mary Pearl Compton (D)37.7
HD-22Tom Susman · Jack Roop · William R. Wooton · Robert S. Kiss · Arnold W. Ryan (D)4.0
HD-23Danny Jones · Henry Shores · Sharon Spencer · Barbara Hatfield · David Grubb · Lyle Sattes · Ramona Cerra · Phyllis J. Rutledge · Rudy Seacrist · Robert J. Louderback · James F. Humphreys · Margaret Miller (REP)0.1
HD-24John Hatcher Jr. · L. Dale Clonch · Paul M. Blake Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-25James J. Rowe · Bill Wallace (DEM)4.9Incumbent lost
HD-26C. Farrell Johnson · Eugene T. Wilson (D)15.5
HD-27Walt Helmick · Joe E. Martin (D)7.9
HD-28Donald L. Stemple · Dale F. Riggs (R)8.2
HD-29Robert Conley (R)27.2
HD-30Barbara A. Warner · Percy Ashcraft · Joe Minard · Michael L. Queen (D)3.5
HD-31Cody A. Starcher · James Pitrolo Jr. · Roman W. Prezioso Jr. · Nick Fantasia (D)1.1
HD-32Michael Buchanan · Florence Merow · Twila S. Metheney · Stephen L. Cook (D)4.8
HD-33David E. Miller · Fred C. Peddicord III (D)0.7
HD-34Robert A. Schadler · Marc L. Harman (R)9.5
HD-35Harold F. Michael (D)24.4
HD-36Jerry L. Mezzatesta (D)34.9
HD-37Patrick H. Murphy (D)18.4
HD-38Larry Faircloth (R)29.0
HD-39John Overington (R)4.2
HD-40Dale Manuel (D)26.4

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