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2002Final results

2002 election for West Virginia Delegate District 9

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Larry Border (R) won re-election with 55.6% of the vote, defeating Kent A. Brown (D) by 14.6 points.

Larry BorderRepublican · winner · incumbent
55.6%2,639
Kent A. BrownDemocrat
40.9%1,944
Timothy Paul ReedIndependent
3.5%166
4,749 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenR+14.62002R+14.62004R+8.72006

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

The candidates

Larry Border (R)Kent A. Brown (D)

Also on the ballot: Timothy Paul Reed (Independent), 3.5%