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1998Final results

1998 election for West Virginia Delegate District 55

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

John Doyle (D) won re-election with 61.7% of the vote, defeating David L. Woods (R) by 23.3 points.

John DoyleDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.7%2,388
David L. WoodsRepublican
38.3%1,484
3,872 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

EvenD+21.11992D+6.81994D+16.51996D+23.31998D+23.72000

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