DemocratNot in office · last served 1976Last on a ballot: Jun 1982

Wallace Files

Wallace Files ran in 12 elections between 1968 and 1982, winning 9. Served in the West Virginia House of Delegates (District 1 and District 35).

Last office: West Virginia House of Delegates, District 35

Elections: 12; 1968–1982
Won: 9; generals, primaries and specials

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

Career

Offices held, and every time Files 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 1 West Virginia House of Delegates, District 1 West Virginia House of Delegates, District 35Out of office

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

Every race Files has run

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1982	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 37	Primary	Lost	Patrick H. Murphy (D), Gary W. Greenfield (D)	32.4%	−4.0
1980	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 35	General	Lost	Larry Faircloth (R), Clarence E. Martin III (D), Terry T. Harden (D)	15.8%	R+3.1
1980	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 35	Primary	Won	Larry Faircloth (R), Jerry W. Cogle (R), Hoy Shingleton Jr. (R)	23.9%	0.0
1976	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 35	General	Lost	Joe Caudle (D), Clarence E. Martin III (D), Terry T. Harden (D)	15.1%	R+7.8
1976	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 35	Primary	Won	Allen Goldstrom (R), Thomas R. Swaim (R), Larry Faircloth (R)	30.6%	+3.7
1974	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 35	General	Won	Luke E. Terry (R), Joe Caudle (D), Paul L. Hoover (D)	16.9%	R+2.1
1974	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 35	Primary	Won	Luke E. Terry (R), Allen Goldstrom (R), Charles R. Stiles (R)	26.2%	−3.1
1972	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 1	General	Won	Luke E. Terry (R), Charles A. Kiser (D), John F. Hoover (D)	26.1%	R+0.9
1972	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 1	Primary	Won	Luke E. Terry (R)	47.4%	−5.1
1970	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 1	Primary	Won	Ward W. Keesecker (R), Louis T. Young Jr. (R)	34.2%	−8.2
1968	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 1	General	Won	Ward W. Keesecker (R), Robert M. Steptoe (D), Ralph Hovermale (D)	27.8%	D+1.6
1968	West Virginia House of Delegates, District 1	Primary	Won	Ward W. Keesecker (R), K. Brent Johnson (R), A. Foster Lineweaver (R)	28.5%	−2.4

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

Seats Files has held

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 35 · 1975–1976
West Virginia House of Delegates, District 1 · 1973–1974
West Virginia House of Delegates, District 1 · 1969–1970

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

Who Files has run against

Larry Faircloth (R) · 1980 election, lost
Joe Caudle (D) · 1976 election, lost
Luke E. Terry (R) · 1974 election, won
Ward W. Keesecker (R) · 1968 election, won

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