2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2008 election for West Virginia Senate District 15
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
Clark Barnes (R) won with 55.9% of the vote, defeating Michael Ross (D) by 11.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Clark BarnesRepublican · winner · incumbent
55.9%25,283
Michael RossDemocrat
44.1%19,942
45,225 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET