DemocratNot in office · last served 1986Last on a ballot: Nov 1986

Leonard Underwood

Last held office: West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23 (1982–1986). Ran in 12 elections between 1970 and 1986, winning 8.

Last office: West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23

Last margin: −1.6; Lost 1986
Elections: 12; 1970–1986

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

Offices held, and every time Underwood was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028West Virginia House of Delegates, District KANAWHAWest Virginia House of Delegates, District 23Out of office

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

Every race Underwood has run

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1986	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	General	Lost	Dee Caperton (D), Charlotte Pritt (D), John R. Hoblitzell (R)	4.1%	R+1.6
1986	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	Primary	Won	Charlotte Pritt (D), Dee Caperton (D), Thomas A. Knight (D)	3.4%	−2.7
1984	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	General	Won	John Wells (R), Charlotte Pritt (D), Thomas A. Knight (D)	4.4%	R+0.4
1984	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	Primary	Won	June Bledsoe (D), Thomas A. Knight (D), Bonnie Brown (D)	3.5%	−1.5
1982	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	General	Won	Jane H. Theiling (D), Martha Wehrle (D), Bonnie Brown (D)	4.7%	R+2.1
1982	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	Primary	Won	Jane H. Theiling (D), Martha Wehrle (D), Lyle Sattes (D)	4%	−3.8
1980	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17	General	Lost	Jane H. Theiling (D), Martha Wehrle (D), John Slack III (D)	3.7%	R+1.8
1980	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17	Primary	Won	Jane H. Theiling (D), Martha Wehrle (D), Darrell E. Holmes (D)	2.5%	−3.4
1976	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17	Primary	Lost	Martha Wehrle (D), Larry Sonis (D), John Boettner (D)	2.7%	−2.0
1974	West Virginia State Senate, District 8	Primary	Lost	Si Galperin Jr. (D), Roland Savilla (D), Dewey E. S. Kuhns (D)	17.1%	−14.7
1972	West Virginia House of Delegates, Kanawha	General	Won	Cleo S. Jones (R), Phyllis J. Rutledge (D), James Clay Jeter (R)	3.7%	R+0.3
1970	West Virginia House of Delegates, Kanawha	General	Won	Ivor F. Boiarsky (D), James Loop (D), Cleo S. Jones (R)	3.7%	R+0.4

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Underwood has held

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23 · 1982–1986
West Virginia House of Delegates, District KANAWHA · 1970–1974

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Underwood has run against

Dee Caperton (D) · 1986 election, lost
John Wells (R) · 1984 election, won
Jane H. Theiling (D) · 1982 election, won
Cleo S. Jones (R) · 1972 election, won
Ivor F. Boiarsky (D) · 1970 election, won

Source: 99chambers results archive