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2002Final results

2002 election for West Virginia Senate District 5

West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia

Evan H. Jenkins (D) won with 50.2% of the vote, defeating Thomas F. Scott (R) by 0.4 points.

Evan H. JenkinsDemocrat · winner
50.2%12,192
Thomas F. ScottRepublican
49.8%12,089
24,281 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

EvenD+28.81990R+3.81994D+1.21998D+0.42002D+23.62004D+28.12006

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