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2006Final results

2006 election for West Virginia Delegate District 43

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Mike Caputo (D), Tim Manchin (D) and Linda Longstreth (D) won the district's 3 seats.

3 seats
Mike CaputoDemocrat · winner · incumbent
23.4%10,432
Tim ManchinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
22.8%10,176
Linda LongstrethDemocrat · winner · incumbent
22.2%9,902
Rick StarnRepublican
13.2%5,889
10.8%4,813
Thomas R. SmithRepublican
7.7%3,447
44,659 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+6.92002D+28.12004D+25.42006D+18.12008D+16.92010

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