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2000Final results

2000 election for West Virginia Senate District 2

West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia

Jeffrey V. Kessler (D) won with 69.7% of the vote, defeating Larry Tighe (R) by 39.3 points.

Jeffrey V. KesslerDemocrat · winner
69.7%22,344
Larry TigheRepublican
30.3%9,726
32,070 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

Races before and after

EvenD+0.61994D+14.41996D+12.81998D+39.32000D+34.82004D+29.92006

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET