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2004Final results

2004 election for West Virginia Senate District 6

West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia

John Fanning (D) won with 72.2% of the vote, defeating Jacob T. Potter (R) by 44.4 points.

John FanningDemocrat · winner · incumbent
72.2%22,232
Jacob T. PotterRepublican
27.8%8,557
30,789 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

EvenD+60.31980D+43.21984D+37.91990D+44.42004D+31.12008R+6.62012

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