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2002Final results

2002 election for West Virginia Senate District 7

West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia

Tracy Dempsey (D) won with 69.1% of the vote, defeating Doug Waldron (R) by 38.2 points.

Tracy DempseyDemocrat · winner
69.1%13,910
Doug WaldronRepublican
30.9%6,221
20,131 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+60.01982D+50.01984D+62.91996D+38.22002D+49.02004D+54.32006

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