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2008Final results

2008 election for West Virginia Senate District 2

West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia

Jeffrey V. Kessler (D) won with 63.8% of the vote, defeating Fred J. Brunner (R) by 27.5 points.

Jeffrey V. KesslerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.8%23,875
Fred J. BrunnerRepublican
36.2%13,564
37,439 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+39.32000D+34.82004D+29.92006D+27.52008R+2.62014R+16.92016

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