1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1996 election for West Virginia Senate District 14
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
Jon Blair Hunter (D) won with 57.4% of the vote, defeating Thomas H. Hudgins Jr. (R) by 14.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jon Blair HunterDemocrat · winner
57.4%21,195
Thomas H. Hudgins Jr.Republican
42.6%15,753
36,948 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET