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2016Flipped from DemocraticFinal results

2016 election for West Virginia Delegate District 52

West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia

Terri Funk Sypolt (R) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating Steve Shaffer (D) by 14.5 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

Terri Funk SypoltRepublican · winner
54.9%3,609
40.5%2,659
John R. BartlettConstitution
4.6%304
The same year, the district voted R+52.2 for president; this race was R+14.5.6,572 votes

Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Oct 1, 2026, 4:52 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2016

Races before and after

EvenD+9.22014R+14.52016R+52.22016 Pres.R+8.72018R+22.22020

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

The candidates

Terri Funk Sypolt (R)Steve Shaffer (D)

Also on the ballot: John R. Bartlett (Constitution), 4.6%