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Elections in West Virginia |
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The 2002 West Virginia Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2002, to elect members of the 76th Legislature. 17 of the 34 state senate seats were up for election.[1] The election took place concurrently with the U.S. House elections. The Democratic Party won over 60% of the vote for state senate candidates, retaining a supermajority, but lost 4 seats to Republicans.
Summary
editParty | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | |||||
Democratic | 17 | 278,449 | 61.1% | 28 | 15 | 11 | 24 | 4 | |
Republican | 12 | 176,195 | 38.7% | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | |
Mountain | 1 | 1,173 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Constitution | 1 | 39 | nil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 455,856 | 100% | 34 | 17 | 34 |
SD 1
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edwin Bowman (incumbent) | 16,150 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 16,150 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
SD 2
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Larry Edgell (incumbent) | 18,030 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 18,030 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
SD 3
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank Deem (incumbent) | 16,248 | 58.6 | |
Democratic | Jim Ball | 11,459 | 41.4 | |
Total votes | 27,707 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
SD 4
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lisa D. Smith | 18,193 | 52.4 | |
Democratic | Oshel Craigo (incumbent) | 16,505 | 47.6 | |
Total votes | 34,698 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
SD 5
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Evan H. Jenkins | 12,192 | 50.2 | |
Republican | Thomas Scott | 12,089 | 49.8 | |
Total votes | 24,281 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
SD 6
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | H. Truman Chafin (incumbent) | 12,713 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 12,713 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
SD 7
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tracy Dempsey | 13,970 | 69.2 | |
Republican | Doug Waldron | 6,221 | 30.8 | |
Total votes | 20,191 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
SD 8
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Harrison | 30,329 | 53.8 | |
Democratic | John R. Mitchell (incumbent) | 26,083 | 46.2 | |
Total votes | 56,412 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
SD 9
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Russ Weeks | 9,982 | 51.7 | |
Democratic | William Wooton (incumbent) | 9,340 | 48.3 | |
Total votes | 19,322 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
SD 10
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jesse Guills | 14,760 | 58.2 | |
Democratic | Mary Compton | 10,607 | 41.8 | |
Total votes | 25,367 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
SD 11
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Randy White | 16,256 | 64.3 | |
Republican | Rick Rice | 9,024 | 35.7 | |
Total votes | 25,280 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
SD 12
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Minard (incumbent) | 20,615 | 80.3 | |
Republican | Toni Tampoya | 5,070 | 19.7 | |
Total votes | 25,685 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
SD 13
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mike Oliverio (incumbent) | 20,031 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 20,615 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
SD 14
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sarah Minear (incumbent) | 18,774 | 67.1 | |
Democratic | James Baughman | 9,190 | 32.8 | |
Constitution | John Bartlett | 39 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 28,003 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
SD 15
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Walt Helmick (incumbent) | 14,630 | 55.7 | |
Republican | Chris Davis | 10,461 | 39.8 | |
Mountain | Kit Patten | 1,173 | 4.5 | |
Total votes | 26,264 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
SD 16
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Unger (incumbent) | 20,021 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 20,021 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
SD 17
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brooks McCabe (incumbent) | 30,657 | 55.0 | |
Republican | Patrick Lane | 25,044 | 45.0 | |
Total votes | 55,701 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
References
edit- ^ a b Holmes, Darrell (2003). West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (Volume 84 ed.). p. 776. Retrieved February 20, 2024.