1988Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1988 Democratic primary for West Virginia Delegate District 19

Name: 1988 Democratic primary for West Virginia Delegate District 19
Start: 1988-05-01
Location: West Virginia

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Richard Browning (D) won with 26.5% of the vote, defeating Clayton W. Hale (D) by 5.7 points.

Richard BrowningDemocrat · winner

26.5%3,689

W. Richard StatonDemocrat · winner

22.4%3,124

Clayton W. HaleDemocrat · incumbent

20.8%2,895

13.2%1,832

10.7%1,496

6.3%881

13,917 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET