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2002 West Virginia Senate election

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2002 West Virginia Senate elections

← 2000 November 5, 2002 2004 →

17 of 34 seats in the West Virginia Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Earl Ray Tomblin Vic Sprouse
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since 1995 1998
Leader's seat SD 7 SD 8
Seats before 28 6
Seats after 24 10
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 4
Popular vote 278,449 176,195
Percentage 61.1% 38.7%
Seats up 15 2
Seats won 11 6

Holds and gains
     Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

Senate President before election

Earl Ray Tomblin
Democratic

Elected Senate President

Earl Ray Tomblin
Democratic

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. State senate seats in West Virginia are staggered, with senators serving 4-year terms.[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

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Summary of the 2002 West Virginia Senate election results[1]
Party Candidates Votes % Seats
Before Up Won After +/–
Democratic 17 278,449 61.1% 28 15 11 24 Decrease 4
Republican 12 176,195 38.7% 6 2 6 10 Increase 4
Mountain 1 1,173 0.2% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Constitution 1 39 nil 0 0 0 0 Steady
Total 455,856 100% 34 17 34 Steady
Popular vote
Democratic
61.1%
Republican
38.7%
Mountain
0.2%
Constitution
nil%
Senate seats
Democratic
70.6%
Republican
29.4%


SD 1

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2002 West Virginia SD 1 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edwin Bowman (incumbent) 16,150 100.0
Total votes 16,150 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 2

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2002 West Virginia SD 2 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Edgell (incumbent) 18,030 100.0
Total votes 18,030 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 3

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2002 West Virginia SD 3 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

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2002 West Virginia SD 4 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

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2002 West Virginia SD 5 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

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2002 West Virginia SD 6 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic H. Truman Chafin (incumbent) 12,713 100.0
Total votes 12,713 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 7

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2002 West Virginia SD 7 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tracy Dempsey 13,970 69.2
Republican Doug Waldron 6,221 30.8
Total votes 20,191 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 8

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2002 West Virginia SD 8 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

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2002 West Virginia SD 9 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

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2002 West Virginia SD 10 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

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2002 West Virginia SD 11 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Randy White 16,256 64.3
Republican Rick Rice 9,024 35.7
Total votes 25,280 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 12

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2002 West Virginia SD 12 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

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2002 West Virginia SD 13 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Oliverio (incumbent) 20,031 100.0
Total votes 20,615 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 14

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2002 West Virginia SD 14 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

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2002 West Virginia SD 15 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
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

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2002 West Virginia SD 16 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Unger (incumbent) 20,021 100.0
Total votes 20,021 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 17

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2002 West Virginia SD 15 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brooks McCabe (incumbent) 30,657 55.0
Republican Patrick Lane 25,044 45.0
Total votes 55,701 100.0
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ a b Holmes, Darrell (2003). West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (Volume 84 ed.). p. 776. Retrieved February 20, 2024.