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DemocratNot in office · last served 2000Last on a ballot: Nov 1998

Sammie Dalton

Last held office: West Virginia House of Delegates, District 20 (1996–2000). Ran in 18 elections between 1974 and 1998, winning 16.

Last office: West Virginia House of Delegates, District 20

Last margin
−0.3
Won 1998
Elections
18
1974–1998

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

Career

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

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

Every race Dalton has run

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

YearOfficeStageResultOpponentsShareMargin
1998West Virginia House of Delegates, District 20GeneralWonTracy Dempsey (D), Greg A. Butcher (D), Joe C. Ferrell (D)23.2%R+0.3
1996West Virginia House of Delegates, District 20GeneralWonTom Tomblin (D), Tracy Dempsey (D), Greg A. Butcher (D)23.1%R+1.5
1990West Virginia State Senate, District 7GeneralWonUnopposed100%—
1988West Virginia House of Delegates, District 16GeneralWonBill Anderson (D), Joe C. Ferrell (D), Robert L. McCormick (D)24.5%D+1.5
1988West Virginia House of Delegates, District 16PrimaryWonRobert L. McCormick (D), Joe C. Ferrell (D), Bill Anderson (D)12.1%−0.1
1986West Virginia State Senate, District 7PrimaryLostLloyd G. Jackson (D), Troy Wayne Hendricks (D), Thomas Goodwin (D)37.8%−3.7
1984West Virginia House of Delegates, District 16GeneralWonRobert L. McCormick (D), Bill Anderson (D), Joe C. Ferrell (D)19.1%R+0.3
1984West Virginia House of Delegates, District 16PrimaryWonJoe C. Ferrell (D), Robert L. McCormick (D), Bill Anderson (D)17.6%−3.8
1982West Virginia House of Delegates, District 16GeneralWonRobert L. McCormick (D), Charles Gilliam (D), Joe C. Ferrell (D)25.4%D+0.2
1982West Virginia House of Delegates, District 16PrimaryWonCharles Gilliam (D), Joe C. Ferrell (D), Robert L. McCormick (D)11.8%−1.6
1980West Virginia House of Delegates, District 16GeneralWonCharles Gilliam (D), Thomas W. Mathis (D), Robert L. McCormick (D)19.2%R+0.2
1980West Virginia House of Delegates, District 16PrimaryWonRobert L. McCormick (D), Charles Gilliam (D), Thomas W. Mathis (D)11.6%−0.1
1978West Virginia House of Delegates, District 16GeneralWonThomas W. Mathis (D), Earl Ray Tomblin (D), Charles Gilliam (D)21%Even
1978West Virginia House of Delegates, District 16PrimaryWonEarl Ray Tomblin (D), Charles Gilliam (D), Thomas W. Mathis (D)15.6%−3.1
1976West Virginia House of Delegates, District 16GeneralWonThomas W. Mathis (D), Earl Ray Tomblin (D), Charles Gilliam (D)24.8%R+0.3
1976West Virginia House of Delegates, District 16PrimaryWonEarl Ray Tomblin (D), Denver Mathis (D), Charles Gilliam (D)11.7%−3.1
1974West Virginia House of Delegates, District 16GeneralWonThomas W. Mathis (D), Earl Ray Tomblin (D), Charles Gilliam (D)25%R+0.3
1974West Virginia House of Delegates, District 16PrimaryLostEarl Ray Tomblin (D), Thomas W. Mathis (D), Charles Gilliam (D)7.7%−10.1

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Dalton has held

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Who Dalton has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive