1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1990 election for West Virginia Senate District 3
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
Keith Burdette (D) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating J. Frank Deem (R) by 8.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Keith BurdetteDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.2%13,157
J. Frank DeemRepublican
45.8%11,126
24,283 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
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET