1988Final results
1988 election for West Virginia Senate District 12
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
Jae Spears (D) won re-election with 62.1% of the vote, defeating Robert Phillips (R) by 24.1 points.
Jae SpearsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.1%23,636
Robert PhillipsRepublican
37.9%14,448
38,084 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)