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2006Final results

2006 election for West Virginia Delegate District 27

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Linda Sumner (R), Ricky Moye (D), Ron Thompson (D), Melvin Kessler (D) and Virginia Mahan (D) won the district's 5 seats.

5 seats
Linda SumnerRepublican · winner · incumbent
12.0%10,256
Ricky MoyeDemocrat · winner
10.8%9,218
Ron ThompsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
10.6%9,108
Melvin KesslerDemocrat · winner
10.2%8,785
Virginia MahanDemocrat · winner
10.0%8,603
Kevin L. MaynusDemocrat
10.0%8,598
Charles CarpenterRepublican
9.6%8,214
Dereck SevertRepublican
9.1%7,799
Philip L. StevensRepublican
8.9%7,629
Ron HedrickRepublican
8.8%7,502
85,712 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 2006

Races before and after

EvenD+2.32002D+6.82004D+2.32006D+6.52008R+6.22010

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

The candidates

Linda Sumner (R)Ricky Moye (D)Ron Thompson (D)Melvin Kessler (D)Virginia Mahan (D)Kevin L. Maynus (D)Charles Carpenter (R)Dereck Severt (R)Philip L. Stevens (R)Ron Hedrick (R)