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1996Final results

1996 election for West Virginia Delegate District 8

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Bill Anderson (R) won re-election with 71.5% of the vote, defeating Loretta Knight (D) by 43.0 points.

Bill AndersonRepublican · winner · incumbent
71.5%4,841
28.5%1,931
6,772 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

EvenR+14.01992R+51.81994R+43.01996R+33.62000

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