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2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2014 election for West Virginia Delegate District 61

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Walter E. Duke (R) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Jason Barrett (D) by 9.4 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

Walter E. DukeRepublican · winner
54.7%1,968
Jason BarrettDemocrat · incumbent
45.3%1,629
3,597 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

EvenD+5.42012R+9.42014D+3.02016D+17.02020

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