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2008Final results

2008 election for West Virginia Delegate District 7

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Lynwood Ireland (R) won re-election with 63.6% of the vote, defeating Ron Nichols (D) by 27.3 points.

Lynwood IrelandRepublican · winner · incumbent
63.6%4,222
Ron NicholsDemocrat
36.4%2,412
6,634 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

The seat's recent races

EvenR+36.92002R+32.32004R+14.32006R+27.32008

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