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2000 election for West Virginia Senate District 4

West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia

Karen Facemyer (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Robert L. Dittmar (D) by 2.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Karen FacemyerRepublican · winner
51.4%24,003
Robert L. DittmarDemocrat · incumbent
48.6%22,656
46,659 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+3.91994D+2.01996D+15.41998R+2.92000R+4.92002R+15.52004

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