1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1994 election for West Virginia Delegate District 5
West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia
Charles Clements (R) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Dave Pethtel (D) by 5.6 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Charles ClementsRepublican · winner
52.8%2,576
Dave PethtelDemocrat · incumbent
47.2%2,303
4,879 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 1994
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)