2010 West Virginia House of Delegates election
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Elections to the West Virginia House of Delegates were held on November 2, 2010, to elect 100 candidates to the House to serve a two-year term. In a national environment widely characterized as a red wave, Republicans broke the Democrats' supermajority status in the House. Of the 100 seats up for election, Democrats won sixty-five and the Republicans thirty-five, a net gain of six for the Republicans.[1]
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November 2, 2010
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All 100 seats in the West Virginia House of Delegates 51 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Democratic gain Democratic hold 
Democratic: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Unopposed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This election took place alongside races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, state senate, and numerous other state and local elections.
Results
Overall
| 2010 West Virginia House of Delegates general election results and statistics | ||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Aggregate votes | 2008 general | Change | |||||||
| Prim. | Gen. | No. | Percent | Seats | Vote % | Seats | Vote % | |||||
| Democratic | 90 | 65 | 610,790 | 56.02% | 65 | 64.47% | −6 | −8.45 pp | ||||
| Republican | 72 | 35 | 467,75 | 42.90% | 29 | 34.84% | +6 | +8.06 pp | ||||
| Independents | — | 4 | 0 | 8,251 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.22% | — | +0.54 pp | |||
| Mountain | 2 | 0 | 2,791 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.40% | — | −0.14 pp | ||||
| Libertarian | 1 | 0 | 747 | 0.07% | DNC | — | ||||||
| Totals | 169 | 100 | 1,395,185 | 100% | 100 | — | — | — | ||||
| Turnout[2] | 535,152 | 44.01% | — | 57.92% | — | −13.91 pp | ||||||
| Registered voters | 1,216,023 | |||||||||||
General election results
General election results sourced from the West Virginia Secretary of State.[3]
Single-member districts
| District | Democratic | Republican | Others | Total | ||||||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | Plr. | Mrg. | |
| 5th | Dave Pethtel (incumbent) | 3,835 | 100.00% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,835 | 3,835 | 100.00% |
| 6th | Charles Ray Delauder | 1,568 | 30.29% | William Romine (incumbent) | 3,608 | 69.71% | — | — | — | 5,176 | −2,040 | −39.41% |
| 7th | — | — | — | Lynwood Ireland (incumbent) | 4,486 | 100.00% | — | — | — | 4,486 | 4,486 | 100.00% |
| 8th | — | — | — | Bob Ashley | 4,530 | 100.00% | — | — | — | 4,530 | 4,530 | 100.00% |
| 9th | Francis James Marion | 2,068 | 36.71% | Larry Border (incumbent) | 3,566 | 63.29% | — | — | — | 5,634 | −1,498 | −26.59% |
| 11th | — | — | — | Robert Ashley | 3,266 | 80.94% | Mark Steven Myers D.C (Mtn.) | 769 | 19.06% | 4,035 | −2,497 | −61.88% |
| 12th | Jo Boggess Phillips | 3,261 | 49.08% | Mitch Carmichael (incumbent) | 3,383 | 50.92% | — | — | — | 6,644 | −122 | −1.84% |
| 18th | Larry Barker (incumbent) | 3,436 | 76.71% | Lawrence B. Lyon Jr. | 1,043 | 23.29% | — | — | — | 4,479 | 2,393 | 53.43% |
| 20th | Steve Kominar (incumbent) | 3,410 | 100.00% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,410 | 3,410 | 100.00% |
| 21st | Harry Keith White (incumbent) | 2,593 | 100.00% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,593 | 2,593 | 100.00% |
| 23rd | Clif Moore (incumbent) | 2,471 | 100.00% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,471 | 2,471 | 100.00% |
| 24th | — | — | — | Gary Gearheart | 2,797 | 100.00% | — | — | — | 2,797 | 2,797 | 100.00% |
| 26th | Gerald Crosier (incumbent) | 2,805 | 56.09% | Roy Gale Cooper | 2,196 | 43.91% | — | — | — | 5,001 | 609 | 12.18% |
| 31st | Meshea La'Shawn Poore | 2,807 | 70.53% | Pamela Kate Minimah | 935 | 23.49% | Janet Louise Thompson (Ind.) | 238 | 5.98% | 3,980 | 1,872 | 47.04% |
| 33rd | David Walker (incumbent) | 3,325 | 100.00% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,325 | 3,325 | 100.00% |
| 34th | Brent Boggs (incumbent) | 4,131 | 100.00% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,131 | 4,131 | 100.00% |
| 35th | Sam Argento† (incumbent) | 2,153 | 40.69% | Harold Sigler | 3,138 | 59.31% | — | — | — | 5,291 | −985 | −18.62% |
| 36th | Joseph B. Talbott (incumbent) | 2,555 | 71.73% | — | — | — | Duane D. Borchers Sr. (Ind.) | 1,007 | 28.27% | 3,562 | 1,548 | 43.46% |
| 38th | Margaret Smith (incumbent) | 4,291 | 100.00% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,291 | 4,291 | 100.00% |
| 39th | — | — | — | Bill Hamilton (incumbent) | 4,765 | 100.00% | — | — | — | 4,765 | −4,765 | −100.00% |
| 40th | Mary Poling (incumbent) | 3,568 | 62.31% | Lonnie Lee Moore Sr. | 2,158 | 37.69% | — | — | — | 5,726 | 1,410 | 24.62% |
| 42nd | Mike Manypenny (incumbent) | 3,223 | 54.18% | Jeffery L. Tansill | 2,726 | 45.82% | — | — | — | 5,949 | 497 | 8.35% |
| 45th | Larry Williams (incumbent) | 4,758 | 100.00% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,758 | 4,758 | 100.00% |
| 46th | Stanley Shaver (incumbent) | 3,171 | 50.43% | Deborah R. Stevens | 3,117 | 49.57% | — | — | — | 6,288 | 54 | 0.86% |
| 47th | Harold Michael (incumbent) | 4,704 | 100.00% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,704 | 4,704 | 100.00% |
| 48th | — | — | — | Allen V. Evans (incumbent) | 4,794 | 100.00% | — | — | — | 4,794 | 4,794 | 100.00% |
| 49th | Charles Edward Messick | 2,345 | 43.86% | Gary Howell | 3,001 | 56.14% | — | — | — | 5,346 | −656 | −12.27% |
| 50th | Alan Mitchell Davis | 1,547 | 28.14% | Ruth Rowan (incumbent) | 3,950 | 71.86% | — | — | — | 5,497 | −2,403 | −43.71% |
| 51st | Alton Earl Wolfe Jr. | 1,628 | 28.77% | Daryl Cowles (incumbent) | 4,030 | 71.23% | — | — | — | 5,658 | −2,402 | 42.45% |
| 52nd | Michael Kirk Roberts | 2,810 | 42.93% | Larry Kump | 3,735 | 57.07% | — | — | — | 6,545 | −925 | −14.13% |
| 53rd | Robert Vincent Mills | 1,650 | 30.85% | Jonathan Miller (incumbent) | 3,699 | 69.15% | — | — | — | 5,349 | −2,049 | −38.31% |
| 54th | Michael Jason Barrett | 1,954 | 43.65% | Walter Duke (incumbent) | 2,523 | 56.35% | — | — | — | 4,477 | −569 | −12.71% |
| 55th | Donn E. Marshall | 2,376 | 39.44% | John Overington (incumbent) | 3,648 | 60.56% | — | — | — | 6,024 | −1,272 | −21.12% |
| 56th | Terry Lee Walker | 2,573 | 43.65% | Eric Householder | 3,322 | 56.35% | — | — | — | 5,895 | −749 | −12.71% |
| 57th | John Doyle (incumbent) | 3,661 | 54.21% | Elliot Mark Simon | 3,092 | 45.79% | — | — | — | 6,753 | 569 | 8.43% |
| 58th | Tiffany Lawrence (incumbent) | 3,133 | 53.41% | Alan Blake Thompson | 2,733 | 46.59% | — | — | — | 5,866 | 400 | 6.82% |
Multi-member districts
| District | Seats | Democratic | Republican | Others | Total | ||||||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | Plr. | Mrg. | ||
| 1st | 2-seat | Randy Swartzmiller (incumbent) | 6,853 | 43.41% | — | — | — | Amanda M. Mesler (Ind.) | 4,447 | 28.17% | 15,785 | 38 | 0.24% |
| Ronnie Jones | 4,485 | 28.41% | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2nd | 2-seat | Tim Ennis (incumbent) | 7,338 | 53.83% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13,631 | 6,293 | 100.00% |
| Roy Givens (incumbent) | 6,293 | 46.17% | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 3rd | 2-seat | Ryan Ferns | 4,958 | 25.87% | Erikka Lynn Storch | 5,410 | 28.23% | — | — | — | 19,163 | 440 | 2.30% |
| Shawn Fluharty | 4,277 | 22.32% | Adolph William Santorine Jr. | 4,518 | 23.58% | — | — | — | |||||
| 4th | 2-seat | Scott Varner (incumbent) | 7,557 | 52.29% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14,451 | 6,894 | 100.00% |
| Michael Ferro (incumbent) | 6,894 | 47.71% | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 10th | 3-seat | Daniel Poling (incumbent) | 8,592 | 23.38% | John Ellem (incumbent) | 10,307 | 28.05% | — | — | — | 36,744 | 600 | 1.63% |
| — | — | — | Thomas Azinger (incumbent) | 9,853 | 26.82% | — | — | — | |||||
| — | — | — | Fred D. Gillespie | 7,992 | 21.75% | — | — | — | |||||
| 13th | 2-seat | Brady Paxton (incumbent) | 6,175 | 35.04% | Brian Ray Scott | 5,639 | 31.99% | — | — | — | 17,625 | 172 | 0.98% |
| Dale F. Martin (incumbent) | 5,811 | 32.97% | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 14th | 2-seat | Catherine L. Larck | 5,355 | 26.44% | Troy Andes (incumbent) | 8,159 | 40.28% | — | — | — | 20,255 | −1,386 | −6.84% |
| — | — | — | Brian Savilla | 6,741 | 33.28% | — | — | — | |||||
| 15th | 3-seat | Kevin Craig (incumbent) | 6,886 | 20.59% | Carol Miller (incumbent) | 6,601 | 19.74% | — | — | — | 33,447 | 295 | 0.88% |
| Jim Morgan (incumbent) | 6,188 | 18.50% | Patrick Allen Lucas | 4,408 | 13.18% | — | — | — | |||||
| Matthew James Woelfel | 5,893 | 17.62% | Douglas W. Franklin | 3,471 | 10.38% | — | — | — | |||||
| 16th | 3-seat | Doug Reynolds (incumbent) | 8,900 | 26.43% | Kelli Sobonya (incumbent) | 10,026 | 29.78% | — | — | — | 33,669 | 1,405 | 4.17% |
| Dale Stephens (incumbent) | 8,074 | 23.98% | Tomma Anne See | 6,669 | 19.81% | — | — | — | |||||
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| 17th | 2-seat | Rick Thompson (incumbent) | 6,509 | 52.42% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12,418 | 5,909 | 100.00% |
| Don Perdue (incumbent) | 5,909 | 47.58% | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 19th | 4-seat | Ralph Rodighiero (incumbent) | 10,372 | 21.59% | Chad Ryan Story | 5,140 | 10.70% | — | — | — | 48,042 | 3,532 | 7.35% |
| Gregory Butcher (incumbent) | 9,706 | 20.20% | Elias Clark Gregory | 4,861 | 10.12% | — | — | — | |||||
| Josh Stowers (incumbent) | 9,291 | 19.34% | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Rupie Phillips | 8,672 | 18.05% | — | — | — | — | — | —
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| 22nd | 2-seat | Linda Phillips (incumbent) | 4,357 | 40.04% | Shawn Raymond Spears | 2,812 | 25.84% | — | — | — | 10,882 | 901 | 8.28% |
| Daniel Hall (incumbent) | 3,713 | 34.12% | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 25th | 2-seat | John R. Frazier (incumbent) | 6,095 | 34.48% | Joe Ellington | 4,693 | 26.55% | — | — | — | 17,679 | 833 | 4.71% |
| Billy Joe Morefield | 3,031 | 17.14% | Charles Edward Terry Jr. | 3,860 | 21.83% | — | — | — | |||||
| 27th | 5-seat | Rick Moye (incumbent) | 11,644 | 12.05% | Linda Sumner (incumbent) | 13,784 | 14.27% | — | — | — | 96,611 | 805 | 0.83% |
| William R. Wooton (incumbent) | 11,038 | 11.43% | Rick Snuffer | 12,299 | 12.73% | — | — | — | |||||
| Sally Susman (incumbent) | 10,233 | 10.59% | John O'Neal | 11,591 | 12.00% | — | — | — | |||||
| Melvin Ray Kessler | 8,951 | 9.26% | Richard Eugene Franklin | 8,516 | 8.81% | — | — | — | |||||
| Virginia Mahan (incumbent) | 8,555 | 8.86% | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 28th | 2-seat | Thomas Campbell (incumbent) | 6,152 | 39.39% | Ray Canterbury (incumbent) | 6,254 | 40.04% | — | — | — | 15,620 | 2,938 | 18.81% |
| Michael Shawn Knisely | 3,214 | 20.58% | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 29th | 3-seat | Margaret Anne Staggers (incumbent) | 7,309 | 28.02% | Marshall Clay | 4,752 | 18.22% | — | — | — | 26,087 | 2,105 | 8.07% |
| David Perry (incumbent) | 7,169 | 27.48% | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| John Pino | 6,857 | 26.29% | — | — | — | — | — | —
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| 30th | 7-seat | Doug Skaff (incumbent) | 19,335 | 8.79% | Eric Nelson | 17,603 | 8.00% | — | — | — | 220,086 | 615 | 0.28% |
| Danny Wells (incumbent) | 17,197 | 7.81% | Fred H. Joseph | 15,329 | 6.97% | — | — | — | |||||
| Barbara Hatfield (incumbent) | 17,186 | 7.81% | Brian F. Hicks | 15,001 | 6.82% | — | — | — | |||||
| Bonnie Brown (incumbent) | 16,920 | 7.69% | Michael S. Hall | 14,923 | 6.78% | — | — | — | |||||
| Mark Hunt | 16,498 | 7.50% | James W. Strawn | 14,180 | 6.44% | — | — | — | |||||
| Nancy Peoples Guthrie (incumbent) | 16,301 | 7.41% | Daniel Richard Barnett | 12,119 | 5.51% | — | — | — | |||||
| Sharon Spencer (incumbent) | 15,686 | 7.13% | Steven Sweeney | 11,808 | 5.37% | — | — | — | |||||
| 32nd | 3-seat | Clint Adison Casto | 4,216 | 10.70% | Tim Armstead (incumbent) | 9,087 | 23.06% | Jesse Johnson (Mtn.) | 2,022 | 5.13% | 39,402 | −3,813 | −9.68% |
| Philip Scott Lavigne | 4,149 | 10.53% | Ronald N. Walters (incumbent) | 8,251 | 20.94% | — | — | — | |||||
| Charles Foster Black | 3,648 | 9.26% | Patrick Lane (incumbent) | 8,029 | 20.38% | — | — | — | |||||
| 37th | 2-seat | Denise Lynne Campbell | 6,328 | 35.79% | Wilda Joan Sharp | 5,399 | 30.54% | — | — | — | 17,681 | 555 | 3.14% |
| William G. Hartman (incumbent) | 5,954 | 33.67% | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 41st | 4-seat | Tim Miley (incumbent) | 11,894 | 15.07% | Daniel Hamrick | 9,865 | 12.50% | — | — | — | 78,907 | 1,303 | 1.65% |
| Richard Iaquinta (incumbent) | 11,796 | 14.95% | Laura Diana Bartley | 8,896 | 11.27% | — | — | — | |||||
| Sam Cann (incumbent) | 11,516 | 14.59% | Edward Wayne Randolph | 6,992 | 8.86% | — | — | — | |||||
| Ron Fragale (incumbent) | 11,168 | 14.15% | William Michael Griffith | 6,780 | 8.59% | — | — | — | |||||
| 43rd | 3-seat | Mike Caputo (incumbent) | 11,409 | 22.73% | Rickie Ray Starn | 7,448 | 14.84% | — | — | — | 50,202 | 3,026 | 6.03% |
| Linda Longstreth (incumbent) | 10,597 | 21.11% | Travis Lee Blosser | 5,276 | 10.51% | — | — | — | |||||
| Tim Manchin (incumbent) | 10,474 | 20.86% | Lynette Mae McQuain | 4,998 | 9.96% | — | — | — | |||||
| 44th | 4-seat | Charlene Marshall (incumbent) | 12,003 | 15.41% | Amanda Pasdon | 9,736 | 12.50% | Paul Burton Brown (Ind.) | 2,559 | 3.29% | 77,879 | 688 | 0.88% |
| Barbara Fleischauer (incumbent) | 11,460 | 14.72% | Chris Walters | 8,806 | 11.31% | Tad Britch (Lbt.) | 747 | 0.96% | |||||
| Anthony Barill | 9,494 | 12.19% | Kevin Scott Poe | 8,273 | 10.62% | — | — | — | |||||
| Stephen Lee Cook | 8,445 | 10.84% | Kevin Lee Patrick Jr | 6,356 | 8.16% | — | — | — | |||||
See also
Notes
- In multi-member districts, the shading of the district shapes are determined by the sum of all of the candidates' vote percentages, and the shading of the circles is determined by multiplying each elected candidate's vote percentage by the number of seats up for election.