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2012Final results

2012 election for West Virginia Delegate District 5

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Dave Pethtel (D) won re-election with 80.7% of the vote, defeating Raymond V. Davis III (MTN) by 67.4 points.

Dave PethtelDemocrat · winner · incumbent
80.7%4,596
13.4%761
Denzil W. SloanConstitution
5.9%335
5,692 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+35.62014D+25.92016

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