DemocratNot in office · last served 1988Last on a ballot: Nov 1988

Sarah Lee Neal

Last held office: West Virginia House of Delegates, District 25 (1982–1988). Ran in 18 elections between 1972 and 1988, winning 17.

Last office: West Virginia House of Delegates, District 25

Last margin: −7.3; Lost 1988
Elections: 18; 1972–1988

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

Career

Offices held, and every time Neal 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 4 West Virginia House of Delegates, District 20 West Virginia House of Delegates, District 25Out of office

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

Every race Neal has run

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1988	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 25	General	Lost	James J. Rowe (D), Bill Wallace (R)	29.3%	R+7.3
1988	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 25	Primary	Won	James J. Rowe (D), Betty Crookshanks (D), James Gerl (D)	18.5%	−7.4
1986	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 25	General	Won	Betty Crookshanks (D), Bill Wallace (R)	34.2%	D+0.7
1986	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 25	Primary	Won	Betty Crookshanks (D), James J. Rowe (D)	36.2%	+2.9
1984	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 25	General	Won	Betty Crookshanks (D), Bill Wallace (R)	34%	R+2.2
1984	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 25	Primary	Won	Betty Crookshanks (D), James J. Rowe (D), William L. Garner (D)	29.3%	−1.0
1982	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 25	General	Won	Betty Crookshanks (D), Walter M. Lockhart (R), William L. Johnson (R)	34.1%	R+2.4
1982	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 25	Primary	Won	Betty Crookshanks (D), Edwin H. Warfield (D), Dolan D. Dunbar (D)	29.2%	−1.6
1980	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 20	General	Won	Betty Crookshanks (D), James Clay Jeter (R), Philip Wayne Talbott (R)	30.5%	R+1.3
1980	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 20	Primary	Won	Betty Crookshanks (D), T. E. Myles (D), W. D. Tuckwiller (D)	28.9%	+2.6
1978	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 20	General	Won	Betty Crookshanks (D), Paul D. Rose (R), James Clay Jeter (R)	26.1%	R+1.7
1978	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 20	Primary	Won	Betty Crookshanks (D), Jack Neely (D), Paul R. Lilly (D)	29.3%	−3.8
1976	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 20	General	Won	Betty Crookshanks (D), James Clay Jeter (R), Paul D. Rose (R)	29.2%	D+0.1
1976	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 20	Primary	Won	Betty Crookshanks (D), Jack Neely (D), Paul S. Detch (D)	24.1%	+6.2
1974	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 20	General	Won	Joseph Richard Holliday (D), G. A. Bowling (R)	42.4%	D+7.9
1974	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 20	Primary	Won	Joseph Richard Holliday (D), Eugene McKenzie (D)	43.1%	+11.8
1972	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 4	General	Won	Frank E. Jolliffe (D), G. A. Bowling (R), Wayne Herkness (R)	26.8%	R+1.0
1972	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 4	Primary	Won	Frank E. Jolliffe (D), Donald Crookshanks (D), Robert S. Jacobson (D)	16.4%	−0.5

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Neal has held

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 25 · 1982–1988
West Virginia House of Delegates, District 20 · 1974–1982
West Virginia House of Delegates, District 4 · 1972–1974

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Neal has run against

James J. Rowe (D) · 1988 election, lost
Betty Crookshanks (D) · 1986 election, won
Joseph Richard Holliday (D) · 1974 election, won
Frank E. Jolliffe (D) · 1972 election, won

Source: 99chambers results archive