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1996Final results

1996 election for West Virginia Senate District 4

West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia

Robert L. Dittmar (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Bobby Brown (R) by 2.0 points.

Robert L. DittmarDemocrat · winner · incumbent
51.0%20,861
Bobby BrownRepublican
49.0%20,024
40,885 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+23.21990D+7.51992D+3.91994D+2.01996D+15.41998R+2.92000

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET