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2008Final results

2008 election for West Virginia Senate District 16

West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia

Herb Snyder (D) won with 50.2% of the vote, defeating Bob Adams (R) by 0.4 points.

Herb SnyderDemocrat · winner
50.2%26,793
Bob AdamsRepublican
49.8%26,569
53,362 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+1.22000R+15.72004D+29.32006D+0.42008D+0.92010D+7.82012

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