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2000Final results

2000 election for West Virginia Delegate District 5

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Dave Pethtel (D) won re-election with 61.3% of the vote, defeating Charles Clements (R) by 22.6 points.

Dave PethtelDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.3%3,658
38.7%2,309
5,967 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 2000

The seat's recent races

EvenD+35.51992R+5.61994R+4.31996D+29.41998D+22.62000

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