1988Final results

1988 Democratic primary for West Virginia Delegate District 8

Name: 1988 Democratic primary for West Virginia Delegate District 8
Start: 1988-05-01
Location: West Virginia

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Joseph Albright (D) won with 13.8% of the vote, defeating Joe Rice (D) by 5.3 points.

Joseph AlbrightDemocrat · winner

13.8%6,486

Stephen C. BirdDemocrat · winner · incumbent

13.5%6,386

George E. FarleyDemocrat · winner · incumbent

13.4%6,324

Larry GodfreyDemocrat · winner

11.2%5,261

Gene A. HaynesDemocrat · winner

10.9%5,120

8.4%3,981

8.3%3,932

7.4%3,506

6.7%3,171

6.3%2,976

47,143 votes

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