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2012Final results

2012 election for West Virginia Delegate District 8

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Bill Anderson (R) won re-election with 66.8% of the vote, defeating Denzil Malone (D) by 42.3 points.

Bill AndersonRepublican · winner · incumbent
66.8%4,842
24.5%1,778
Bob BuchananIndependent
8.7%630
7,250 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

EvenR+42.32012R+53.52014R+21.02016

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