1988 primaries · March 1, 1988
1988 West Virginia House of Delegates primary results, district by district
Every West Virginia House of Delegates district in the 1988 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | Sam Love (D) | — | |
| HD-1 · Republican primary | David L. Cline (R) | — | |
| HD-2 · Democratic primary | Bernard V. Kelly (D) | 11.5 | |
| HD-2 · Republican primary | Virgil George Thompson (R) | — | |
| HD-3 · Democratic primary | Bill Reger (D) | — | |
| HD-3 · Republican primary | David McKinley (R) | — | |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | Albert Yanni (D) | 8.8 | |
| HD-4 · Republican primary | Joseph Parriott (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-5 · Democratic primary | Dave Pethtel (D) | 13.7 | |
| HD-5 · Republican primary | Robert L. Jones (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-6 · Democratic primary | Stephen Seago (D) | 18.5 | |
| HD-6 · Republican primary | James E. Willison (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7 · Republican primary | Otis A. Leggett (R) | 37.3 | |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | Joseph Albright (D) | 5.3 | |
| HD-8 · Republican primary | J. Frank Deem (R) | 4.5 | |
| HD-9 · Democratic primary | Marge Burke (D) | 3.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-9 · Republican primary | Gerald Drake (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | Christine M. Hedges (D) | 36.8 | |
| HD-10 · Republican primary | Bob Ashley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 · Democratic primary | Ginny Starcher (D) | 16.4 | |
| HD-11 · Republican primary | Lois Wallace (R) | 12.2 | |
| HD-12 · Democratic primary | Patricia White (D) | 6.4 | |
| HD-12 · Republican primary | John H. Reed III (R) | — | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Robert Chambers (D) | 7.2 | |
| HD-13 · Republican primary | Evelyn Richards (R) | — | |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | Kenneth Adkins (D) | 8.0 | |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | Jim Reid (D) | 4.1 | |
| HD-15 · Republican primary | Scott Maynard (R) | — | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | Robert L. McCormick (D) | 3.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-16 · Republican primary | Charles Kelly Poston (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-17 · Democratic primary | Delores W. Cook (D) | 15.0 | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | Rich Murensky (D) | 13.0 | |
| HD-19 · Democratic primary | Richard Browning (D) | 5.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-19 · Republican primary | William W. Jennings (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20 · Democratic primary | Richard Flanigan (D) | 7.2 | |
| HD-20 · Republican primary | Herb Sims (R) | — | |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | Mary Pearl Compton (D) | 18.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-21 · Republican primary | Frank H. Crawford (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | Tom Susman (D) | 4.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-22 · Republican primary | Margaret Scott (R) | — | |
| HD-23 · Democratic primary | Barbara Hatfield (D) | 2.4 | |
| HD-23 · Republican primary | Henry Shores (R) | 7.0 | |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | John Hatcher Jr. (D) | 9.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | James J. Rowe (D) | 11.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-25 · Republican primary | Bill Wallace (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | C. Farrell Johnson (D) | 10.7 | |
| HD-27 · Democratic primary | Joe E. Martin (D) | 7.5 | |
| HD-27 · Republican primary | Jimmie A. Ryder (R) | — | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | Greg Phillips (D) | — | |
| HD-28 · Republican primary | Donald L. Stemple (R) | 10.0 | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Linda Lee Pertz (D) | 13.2 | |
| HD-29 · Republican primary | Robert Conley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-30 · Democratic primary | Barbara A. Warner (D) | 5.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-30 · Republican primary | Carl Furbee (R) | — | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | Cody A. Starcher (D) | 3.1 | |
| HD-31 · Republican primary | Cecily McAteer Enos (R) | — | |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | Florence Merow (D) | 2.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-32 · Republican primary | Russell L. Kincaid (R) | — | |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | Fred C. Peddicord III (D) | 8.6 | |
| HD-33 · Republican primary | Harry H. Hill (R) | 4.3 | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | John B. Lusk (D) | — | |
| HD-34 · Republican primary | Marc L. Harman (R) | 19.3 | |
| HD-35 · Democratic primary | Harold F. Michael (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-35 · Republican primary | Robert F. Seaman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | Jerry L. Mezzatesta (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-36 · Republican primary | Ann Maroulis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | Patrick H. Murphy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 · Republican primary | Tom Thompson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | Leo A. Demers (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-38 · Republican primary | Larry Faircloth (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-39 · Republican primary | John Overington (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-40 · Democratic primary | Dale Manuel (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-40 · Republican primary | Thomas K. Hood (R) | Unopposed |
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