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2008Final results

2008 election for West Virginia Senate District 6

West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia

John Fanning (D) won with 65.6% of the vote, defeating Mark Maynard (R) by 31.1 points.

John FanningDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.6%17,603
Mark MaynardRepublican
34.4%9,242
26,845 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+43.21984D+37.91990D+44.42004D+31.12008R+6.62012R+1.62014

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