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1990Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1990 election for West Virginia Delegate District 12

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Ben Vest (D), Patricia White (D), Deborah F. Phillips (D) and Harriet Lenhart (R) won the district's 4 seats.

4 seats
Ben VestDemocrat · winner
16.1%10,238
Patricia WhiteDemocrat · winner · incumbent
15.6%9,934
Deborah F. PhillipsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
15.5%9,907
Harriet LenhartRepublican · winner
13.9%8,842
Charles H. DamronDemocrat · incumbent
13.6%8,686
Dana T. BrownRepublican
13.5%8,622
Mary E. HouseRepublican
11.8%7,544
63,773 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 1990

The seat's recent races

EvenD+5.61982D+1.51984R+2.81986D+0.61988R+0.91990

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)