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2008Final results

2008 election for West Virginia Delegate District 3

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Orphy Klempa (D) and Tal Hutchins (D) won the district's 2 seats.

2 seats
Orphy KlempaDemocrat · winner · incumbent
40.1%9,236
Tal HutchinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
36.9%8,495
Bill HefnerRepublican
22.9%5,278
23,009 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenR+1.82002R+5.32004D+6.02006D+23.42008D+4.62010

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