2014Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for West Virginia Delegate District 30
West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia
Mick Bates (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Linda Sumner (R) by 1.9 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Mick BatesDemocrat · winner
51.0%2,662
Linda SumnerRepublican · incumbent
49.0%2,561
5,223 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 2014
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)