1998Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for West Virginia Delegate District 30
West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia
Jon Amores (D), Larry L. Rowe (D), Shelley Moore Capito (R), Margaret Miller (R), Joe F. Smith (D), Sharon Spencer (D) and Barbara Hatfield (D) won the district's 7 seats.
7 seatsJon AmoresDemocrat · winner · incumbent
11.4%17,944
Larry L. RoweDemocrat · winner · incumbent
10.3%16,166
Shelley Moore CapitoRepublican · winner · incumbent
9.0%14,198
Margaret MillerRepublican · winner · incumbent
9.0%14,137
Joe F. SmithDemocrat · winner
8.7%13,663
Sharon SpencerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
8.6%13,625
Barbara HatfieldDemocrat · winner
8.6%13,538
Rudy SeacristDemocrat · incumbent
7.7%12,154
Dan GreearRepublican
7.1%11,229
Pam NixonDemocrat
6.8%10,768
Brent WolfingbargerRepublican
6.8%10,707
James D. EplinRepublican
4.8%7,606
John WelbournLibertarian
1.2%1,817
157,552 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)
The candidates
Jon Amores (D)Larry L. Rowe (D)Shelley Moore Capito (R)Margaret Miller (R)Joe F. Smith (D)Sharon Spencer (D)Barbara Hatfield (D)Rudy Seacrist (D)Dan Greear (R)Pam Nixon (D)Brent Wolfingbarger (R)
Also on the ballot: James D. Eplin (Republican), 4.8%; John Welbourn (Libertarian), 1.2%