RepublicanNot in office · last served 1974Last on a ballot: Nov 1980

Paul Zakaib

Last held office: West Virginia House of Delegates, District KANAWHA (1968–1974). Ran in 9 elections between 1968 and 1980, winning 6.

Last office: West Virginia House of Delegates, District KANAWHA

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

Career

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

1968197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028West Virginia House of Delegates, District KANAWHAOut of office

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1980	West Virginia State Senate, District 8	General	Lost	Mario J. Palumbo (D), Robert Wise (D), John T. Poffenbarger (R)	21.7%	D+6.3
1980	West Virginia State Senate, District 8	Primary	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
1978	West Virginia State Senate, District 8	General	Lost	Si Galperin Jr. (D), John Boettner (D), T. Higgins (R)	24.1%	D+4.5
1978	West Virginia State Senate, District 8	Primary	Won	T. Higgins (R), Harry Zinn (R), E. E. Cumptan (R)	45.3%	+9.2
1974	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17	General	Lost	Harold E. Given (D), Larry Sonis (D), Martha Wehrle (D)	2.9%	D+2.4
1974	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17	Primary	Won	Thomas E. Potter (R), Cleo S. Jones (R), James Clay Jeter (R)	5.1%	−2.2
1972	West Virginia House of Delegates, Kanawha	General	Won	Cleo S. Jones (R), Phyllis J. Rutledge (D), James Clay Jeter (R)	3.6%	D+0.4
1970	West Virginia House of Delegates, Kanawha	General	Won	Ivor F. Boiarsky (D), James Loop (D), Cleo S. Jones (R)	3.7%	D+0.4
1968	West Virginia House of Delegates, Kanawha	General	Won	Ivor F. Boiarsky (D), Si Galperin Jr. (D), James Clay Jeter (R)	3.8%	D+0.4