1996 general · November 5, 1996

1996 West Virginia House of Delegates election results, district by district

Every West Virginia House of Delegates district in the 1996 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 100 seats

After the electionD 74 · R 26
Races56
Changed party0
Unopposed18%10 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 74 · R 26

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Jeff Davis · Tamara Herron Pettit (D)10.9
HD-2Timothy R. Ennis · Roy E. Givens (D)Unopposed
HD-3Tal Hutchins · L. Gil White (DEM)6.6
HD-4Scott G. Varner · Kenneth D. Tucker (D)6.4
HD-5Charles Clements (R)4.3
HD-6James E. Willison (R)19.6
HD-7Otis A. Leggett (R)38.8
HD-8Bill Anderson (R)43.0
HD-9Larry Border (R)15.4
HD-10Tom Azinger · J. D. Beane · Fred Gillespie (REP)3.9
HD-11Bob Ashley (R)14.8
HD-12Karen Facemyer (R)2.9
HD-13Jerry K. Kelley · Gary Otho Tillis (D)2.0
HD-14Kelly Given · Mike Hall (R)3.0
HD-15Mark Forest Underwood · Margarette R. Leach · Arley R. Johnson (D)1.1
HD-16Evan H. Jenkins · Jody G. Smirl · Susan Hubbard (DEM)2.8
HD-17Jerry Michael Damron (D)Unopposed
HD-18Larry Heck (D)33.9
HD-19Grant Preece · Harry Keith White (D)Unopposed
HD-20Tom Tomblin · Sammie Dalton · Tracy Dempsey · Greg A. Butcher (D)15.5
HD-21Earnie Kuhn (D)60.3
HD-22Lacy Wright Jr. · Emily W. Yeager (D)Unopposed
HD-23Joe Sparks · W. Richard Staton (D)Unopposed
HD-24Eustace Frederick (D)27.1
HD-25Richard Flanigan · Elizabeth Osborne (D)16.0
HD-26Mary Pearl Compton (D)24.5
HD-27Robert S. Kiss · Ron Thompson · Robert P. Pulliam · Warren R. McGraw II · Virginia Mahan (D)3.5
HD-28James J. Rowe · Thomas W. Campbell (D)3.9
HD-29William R. Laird IV · Tom Louisos · John Pino (D)14.2
HD-30Jon Amores · Margaret Miller · Joe Farris · Larry L. Rowe · Sharon Spencer · Rudy Seacrist · Shelley Moore Capito (DEM)0.4Incumbent lost
HD-31Mark A. Hunt (D)30.4
HD-32Steve Harrison · Dick Henderson · Rusty Webb · Ronald N. Walters (R)4.5
HD-33William Stemple (D)Unopposed
HD-34Brent Boggs (D)58.4
HD-35John W. Shelton (D)10.7
HD-36C. Randy White (D)48.8
HD-37Joe E. Martin · Bill Proudfoot (D)Unopposed
HD-38Douglas K. Stalnaker (R)32.5
HD-39Dale F. Riggs (R)46.2
HD-40Richard Everson (D)30.3
HD-41Samuel J. Cann · Ron Fragale · Larry A. Linch · Barbara A. Warner (D)10.9
HD-42Tom Coleman (D)Unopposed
HD-43Paul E. Prunty · Mike Caputo · Nick Fantasia (D)9.5
HD-44Michael Buchanan · Robert C. Beach · Barbara Evans Fleischauer · Eugene Claypole (D)0.7Incumbent lost
HD-45Larry Allen Williams (D)22.4
HD-46David Collins (D)25.6
HD-47Harold F. Michael (D)Unopposed
HD-48Allen V. Evans (R)51.3
HD-49Carl Thomas (R)20.6
HD-50Jerry L. Mezzatesta (D)28.9
HD-51Charles S. Trump IV (R)30.8
HD-52Vicki V. Douglas (D)12.1
HD-53Larry Faircloth (R)Unopposed
HD-54John Overington (R)13.2
HD-55John Doyle (D)16.5
HD-56Dale Manuel (D)27.7

West Virginia House of Delegates

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner