2004Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2004 election for West Virginia Senate District 16
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
John Yoder (R) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating R. Gregory Lance (D) by 15.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John YoderRepublican · winner
57.9%28,480
R. Gregory LanceDemocrat
42.1%20,748
49,228 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