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2006Final results

2006 election for West Virginia Senate District 5

West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia

Evan H. Jenkins (D) won with 64.1% of the vote, defeating Thomas F. Scott (R) by 28.1 points.

Evan H. JenkinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.1%16,502
Thomas F. ScottRepublican
35.9%9,257
25,759 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+1.21998D+0.42002D+23.62004D+28.12006D+33.92008D+2.82014

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