DemocratNot in office · last served 1990Last on a ballot: Nov 1990

Lyle Sattes

Last held office: West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23 (1982–1990). Ran in 18 elections between 1972 and 1990, winning 16.

Last office: West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23

Last margin: −0.6; Lost 1990
Elections: 18; 1972–1990

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

Career

Offices held, and every time Sattes 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 17 West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23Out of office

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

Every race Sattes has run

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1990	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	General	Lost	Ramona Cerra (D), David Grubb (D), Margaret Miller (R)	4.2%	R+0.6
1988	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	General	Won	Danny Jones (R), Henry Shores (R), Sharon Spencer (D)	4.8%	R+1.0
1988	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	Primary	Won	Barbara Hatfield (D), James F. Humphreys (D), Rudy Seacrist (D)	4.6%	−1.4
1986	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	General	Won	Dee Caperton (D), Charlotte Pritt (D), John R. Hoblitzell (R)	4.6%	R+1.1
1986	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	Primary	Won	Charlotte Pritt (D), Dee Caperton (D), Thomas A. Knight (D)	5%	−1.1
1984	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	General	Won	John Wells (R), Charlotte Pritt (D), Thomas A. Knight (D)	4.6%	R+0.3
1984	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	Primary	Won	June Bledsoe (D), Thomas A. Knight (D), Bonnie Brown (D)	4.2%	−0.8
1982	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	General	Won	Jane H. Theiling (D), Martha Wehrle (D), Bonnie Brown (D)	5.1%	R+1.7
1982	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23	Primary	Won	Jane H. Theiling (D), Martha Wehrle (D), Thomas A. Knight (D)	5.1%	−2.7
1980	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17	General	Won	Jane H. Theiling (D), Martha Wehrle (D), John Slack III (D)	4%	R+1.6
1980	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17	Primary	Won	Jane H. Theiling (D), Martha Wehrle (D), Darrell E. Holmes (D)	3.2%	−2.7
1978	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17	General	Won	Martha Wehrle (D), Leo Kopelman (R), John Wells (R)	4.1%	R+0.5
1978	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17	Primary	Won	Martha Wehrle (D), Darrell E. Holmes (D), Roger W. Tompkins (D)	4.5%	−2.4
1976	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17	General	Won	Martha Wehrle (D), Larry Sonis (D), John Boettner (D)	4.9%	R+0.4
1976	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17	Primary	Won	Martha Wehrle (D), Larry Sonis (D), John Boettner (D)	3.3%	−1.4
1974	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17	General	Won	Harold E. Given (D), Larry Sonis (D), Martha Wehrle (D)	4.6%	R+0.6
1974	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17	Primary	Won	Martha Wehrle (D), Larry Sonis (D), Harold E. Given (D)	3%	−2.0
1972	West Virginia House of Delegates, Kanawha	General	Lost	Cleo S. Jones (R), Phyllis J. Rutledge (D), James Clay Jeter (R)	3.3%	R+0.8

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Sattes has held

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 23 · 1982–1990
West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17 · 1974–1982

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Sattes has run against

Ramona Cerra (D) · 1990 election, lost
Danny Jones (R) · 1988 election, won
Dee Caperton (D) · 1986 election, won
John Wells (R) · 1984 election, won
Jane H. Theiling (D) · 1982 election, won
Martha Wehrle (D) · 1978 election, won
Harold E. Given (D) · 1974 election, won
Cleo S. Jones (R) · 1972 election, lost

Source: 99chambers results archive