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1998Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1998 election for West Virginia Delegate District 15

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Margarette R. Leach (D), Arley R. Johnson (D) and Charles E. Romine Jr. (R) won the district's 3 seats.

3 seats
Margarette R. LeachDemocrat · winner · incumbent
23.9%5,108
Arley R. JohnsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
23.1%4,944
Charles E. Romine Jr.Republican · winner
23.1%4,938
Mark Forest UnderwoodDemocrat · incumbent
18.3%3,903
Terry RowseyRepublican
11.6%2,468
21,361 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

EvenR+2.01992D+11.11994D+3.01996R+11.71998D+1.32000

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