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1996Final results

1996 election for West Virginia Delegate District 16

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Evan H. Jenkins (D), Jody G. Smirl (R) and Susan Hubbard (D) won the district's 3 seats.

3 seats
Evan H. JenkinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
26.2%10,175
Jody G. SmirlRepublican · winner · incumbent
25.9%10,049
Susan HubbardDemocrat · winner · incumbent
25.3%9,830
22.6%8,761
38,815 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+4.91992R+3.61994R+6.81996R+9.31998D+5.92000

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