2022Final results
2022 election for West Virginia Delegate District 12
West Virginia House of Delegates · West Virginia
Vernon Criss (R) won re-election with 62.3% of the vote, defeating Jonathan Defibaugh (D) by 32.1 points.
Vernon CrissRepublican · winner · incumbent
62.3%2,467
Jonathan DefibaughDemocrat
30.2%1,196
Stephen ThomassmithLibertarian
7.5%295
3,958 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 2022
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)