DemocratNo state or federal office heldLost the 1988 general

Billy J. Chaffin

Billy J. Chaffin ran in 8 elections between 1976 and 1988, winning 1.

Elections: 8; 1976–1988
Won: 1; generals, primaries and specials

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

Every race Chaffin has run

Margin: how far Chaffin finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1988	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 13	General	Lost	Robert Chambers (D), Harold E. Given (D), Steve Williams (D)	7.7%	R+5.3
1988	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 13	Primary	Won	Robert Chambers (D), Harold E. Given (D), Richard Houvouras (D)	7.9%	−6.3
1986	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 13	Primary	Lost	Robert Chambers (D), Steve Williams (D), Harold E. Given (D)	2%	−9.5
1984	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 13	Primary	Lost	Sue A. Davis (D), Robert Chambers (D), Harold E. Given (D)	4.9%	−9.0
1982	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 13	Primary	Lost	Robert Chambers (D), Charles M. Polan Jr. (D), Patricia Hartman (D)	2.1%	−7.6
1980	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 11	Primary	Lost	Robert Chambers (D), Dorsey Ketchum (D), Patricia Hartman (D)	1.8%	−7.9
1978	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 11	Primary	Lost	Forest Underwood (D), Patricia Hartman (D), Charles M. Polan Jr. (D)	3.6%	−8.4
1976	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 11	Primary	Lost	Charles M. Polan Jr. (D), Michele Prestera (D), Hugh A. Kincaid (D)	3.1%	−7.3

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

Who Chaffin has run against

Robert Chambers (D) · 1988 election, lost

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