1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for West Virginia Delegate District 11
West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia
Oscar Hines (D) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Bob Ashley (R) by 6.0 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Oscar HinesDemocrat · winner
53.0%2,641
Bob AshleyRepublican · incumbent
47.0%2,343
4,984 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)