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 Winner by party Margin of victoryCircular inset (SD 2): Special election Holds and gains Democratic gain Democratic hold Republican hold
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The1998 West Virginia Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 3, 1998. State senate seats inWest Virginia are staggered, with senators serving 4-year terms. 18 of the 34 state senate seats were up for election,[1] with SD 2 holding an additional special election forLarry Wiedebusch's seat, who died on October 25, 1997.[2]Jeffrey V. Kessler was appointed to fill the seat and was re-elected by a wide margin. The election took place concurrently with theU.S. House elections. TheDemocratic Party won over 60% of the vote for state senate candidates and flipped 4 Republican seats, retaining a supermajority in the state legislature's upper chamber.
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | |||||
| Democratic | 18 | 265,373 | 63.2% | 25 | 12 | 16 | 29 |  4 | |
| Republican | 13 | 149,651 | 35.6% | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 |  4 | |
| Libertarian | 3 | 5,100 | 1.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | |
| Write-in | 1 | 8 | nil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Total | 420,124 | 100% | 34 | 18 | 34 | | |||
| Democratic | 63.2% | |||
| Republican | 35.6% | |||
| Libertarian | 1.2% | |||
| Write-in | nil% | |||
| Democratic | 85.3% | |||
| Republican | 14.7% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Edwin Bowman (incumbent) | 14,118 | 64.0 | |
| Republican | Don Chaney | 7,944 | 36.0 | |
| Total votes | 22,062 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Larry Edgell | 11,253 | 56.4 | |
| Republican | Charles Clements | 8,691 | 43.6 | |
| Total votes | 19,944 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jeffrey Kessler | 13,308 | 66.5 | |
| Republican | Douglas Sapp | 6,697 | 33.5 | |
| Total votes | 20,005 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Deem (incumbent) | 14,159 | 53.2 | |
| Democratic | Paul Thornton | 12,465 | 46.8 | |
| Write-in | Larry Butcher | 8 | nil | |
| Total votes | 26,632 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Oshel Craigo (incumbent) | 18,183 | 57.7 | |
| Republican | Kelly Given | 13,328 | 42.3 | |
| Total votes | 31,511 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Marie Redd | 9,082 | 50.6 | |
| Republican | Thomas Scott (incumbent) | 8,867 | 49.4 | |
| Total votes | 17,949 | 100.0 | ||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | H. Truman Chafin (incumbent) | 10,669 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 10,669 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lloyd G. Jackson II (incumbent) | 11,840 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 11,840 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John R. Mitchell, Jr. | 26,149 | 57.1 | |
| Republican | Jack Buckalew (incumbent) | 19,643 | 42.9 | |
| Total votes | 45,792 | 100.0 | ||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William R. Wooton (incumbent) | 11,552 | 80.0 | |
| Libertarian | Joy Johnson | 2,892 | 20.0 | |
| Total votes | 14,444 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Leonard Anderson | 11,452 | 61.4 | |
| Republican | Thomas Fast | 6,022 | 33.3 | |
| Libertarian | Elizabeth Simmons | 1,175 | 6.3 | |
| Total votes | 18,649 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Randy Schoonover (incumbent) | 15,065 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 15,065 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joseph M. Minard | 15,961 | 65.5 | |
| Republican | David Hinkle | 8,416 | 34.5 | |
| Total votes | 24,377 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mike Oliverio (incumbent) | 19,094 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 19,094 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Sarah Minear (incumbent) | 15,230 | 56.3 | |
| Democratic | Gary Livengood | 10,795 | 39.9 | |
| Libertarian | John Bartlett | 1,033 | 3.8 | |
| Total votes | 27,058 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Walt Helmick (incumbent) | 14,879 | 61.7 | |
| Republican | Les Shoemaker | 9,238 | 38.3 | |
| Total votes | 24,117 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Unger | 13,037 | 55.5 | |
| Republican | Harry Dugan (incumbent) | 10,439 | 44.5 | |
| Total votes | 23,476 | 100.0 | ||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Brooks McCabe | 26,471 | 55.8 | |
| Republican | Larry Kimble | 20,977 | 44.2 | |
| Total votes | 47,448 | 100.0 | ||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||
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