1996Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for West Virginia Senate District 8
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
2 seats: Martha Yeager Walker (D), Vic Sprouse (R) won.
2 seatsMartha Yeager WalkerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
39.8%46,201
Vic SprouseRepublican · winner
31.0%36,042
David GrubbDemocrat · incumbent
29.2%33,957
116,200 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