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2008Final results

2008 election for West Virginia Delegate District 43

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

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

3 seats
Mike CaputoDemocrat · winner · incumbent
28.8%15,595
Linda LongstrethDemocrat · winner · incumbent
26.9%14,567
Tim ManchinRepublican · winner · incumbent
25.7%13,923
Rick StarnRepublican
18.6%10,099
54,184 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

EvenD+6.92002D+28.12004D+25.42006D+18.12008D+16.92010

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