2004Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2004 election for West Virginia Senate District 15
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
Clark Barnes (R) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Michael Ross (D) by 0.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Clark BarnesRepublican · winner
50.4%22,000
Michael RossDemocrat · incumbent
49.6%21,669
43,669 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 2004
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET