1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1998 election for West Virginia Senate District 1
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
Edwin J. Bowman (D) won with 64.0% of the vote, defeating C. Donald Chaney (R) by 28.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Edwin J. BowmanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.0%14,118
C. Donald ChaneyRepublican
36.0%7,944
22,062 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET