West Virginia 2012 Election Results

West Virginia held its general election on November 6, 2012, deciding 101 legislative seats across 84 districts and 6 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

Democrats held the governorship and both chambers, but Republicans made deep gains. The House of Delegates went from 65-35 to 54-46, the GOP's largest share since the 1930 election, and the Senate went from 28-6 to 25-9.
Patrick Morrisey (R) unseated longtime Attorney General Darrell McGraw (D) by about 2.5 points, becoming the first Republican elected since 1933. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D) beat Bill Maloney (R) by about 5 points to win a full term, in a rematch of the 2011 special election Tomblin had narrowly won.
Most of the legislators who lost were Democrats:
- Bill Cole (R) unseated Sen. Mark Wills (D) by about 7 points in Senate District 6.
- In the four-seat House District 35 in Kanawha County, Dels. Bobbie Hatfield (D) and Bonnie Brown (D) both lost; John McCuskey (R) took the last seat by 41 votes over Hatfield.
- Del. Linda Sumner (R) beat Del. Bill Wooton (D) by about 7 points in House District 30.
- Joshua Nelson (R) unseated Del. Larry Barker (D) in House District 23, and Randy Smith (R) unseated Del. Stanley Shaver (D) in House District 53.
- In four-seat House District 48 in Harrison County, Danny Hamrick (R) took the last seat by about 220 votes over Del. Ron Fragale (D), the first loss for a Harrison County slate of Democrats that had always come out undefeated.
- The lone Republican incumbent to lose was Del. Walter Duke (R), beaten by Jason Barrett (D) by about 330 votes in House District 61.
Democratic incumbents Natalie Tennant (D, secretary of state), John Perdue (D, treasurer), and Glen Gainer III (D, auditor) were re-elected, and Walt Helmick (D) held the open agriculture commissioner's office by about 3 points over Kent Leonhardt (R). Voters rejected Amendment 1, which would have ended term limits for county sheriffs.

Legislature

House of Delegates (100 seats): 65 D, 35 R before the election, 54 D, 46 R after; control stayed with Democrats.
Senate (34 seats): 28 D, 6 R before the election, 25 D, 9 R after; control stayed with Democrats.

Statewide races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
Governor	Earl Ray Tomblin (D) 50.49%	Bill Maloney (R) 45.64%, Jesse Clarence Johnson (Mountain Party) 2.53%
Agriculture Commissioner	Walt Dolph Helmick (D) 51.59%	Kent Leonhardt (R) 48.41%
Attorney General	Patrick Morrisey (R) 51.24%	Darrell McGraw (D) 48.76%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
Auditor	Glen B. Gainer III (D) 57.4%	Larry V. Faircloth (R) 42.6%
Secretary of State	Natalie Tennant (D) 62.39%	Brian Curtis Savilla (R) 37.61%
Treasurer	John D. Perdue (D) 55.4%	Mike Hall (R) 44.6%

Legislative races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
House of Delegates 1	Randy Swartzmiller (D) 36.27%, Ronnie Jones (D) 28.54%	Carl Thompson (R) 20.56%, Justin Bull (R) 14.63%
House of Delegates 2	Phil Diserio (D) 52.04%	Lynn Davis (R) 47.96%
House of Delegates 3	Erikka Storch (R) 37.64%, Ryan Ferns (D) 26.13%	Shawn Fluharty (D) 25.15%, Larry Thomas Tighe (R) 11.08%
House of Delegates 4	Mike Ferro (D) 39.12%, David Paul Evans (R) 31.15%	David Sidiropolis (D) 29.73%	Flipped D to R
House of Delegates 5	David Pethtel (D) 80.74%	Raymond V. Davis Iii (Mountain Party) 13.37%, Denzil W. Sloan (Constitution Party) 5.89%
House of Delegates 6	Wm. Roger Romine (R) 67.52%	Charles Ray Delauder (D) 32.48%
House of Delegates 7	Lynwood "Woody" Ireland (R) 100%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 8	Bill Anderson (R) 66.79%	Denzil "Buddy" Malone (D) 24.52%, Bob Buchanan (I) 8.69%
House of Delegates 9	Anna Border (R) 65.65%	Jim Marion (D) 34.35%
House of Delegates 10	Tom Azinger (R) 27.06%, John N. Ellem (R) 26.74%, Dan Poling (D) 24.74%	Frederick David Gillespie (R) 21.47%
House of Delegates 11	Bob Ashley (R) 81.13%	Mark Myers (Mountain Party) 18.87%
House of Delegates 12	Steve Westfall (R) 49.71%	Jo Boggess Phillips (D) 45.22%, Justin Johnson (Mountain Party) 5.07%
House of Delegates 13	Brady Ralph Paxton (D) 27.82%, Scott Cadle (R) 25.68%	Brian Ray Scott (R) 25.06%, Helen Martin (D) 21.44%	Flipped D to R
House of Delegates 14	Jim Butler (R) 54.23%	Jimmie Wood Jr. (D) 45.77%
House of Delegates 15	Stephen Troy Andes (R) 100%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 16	Kevin J. Craig (D) 22.92%, Carol Miller (R) 21.75%, Jim Morgan (D) 20.81%	Sean Hornbuckle (D) 18.97%, Mike Davis (R) 15.54%
House of Delegates 17	Doug Reynolds (D) 32.91%, Dale G. Stephens (D) 29.99%	Michael Ankrom (R) 20.54%, Joyce W. Holland (R) 16.55%
House of Delegates 18	Kelli Sobonya (R) 69.35%	Billy J. Chaffin Ii (D) 30.65%
House of Delegates 19	Rick Thompson (D) 40.66%, Don C. Perdue (D) 36.36%	Randy Tomblin (R) 22.98%
House of Delegates 20	Justin J. Marcum (D) 68.45%	Michael J. Baisden (R) 31.55%
House of Delegates 21	Harry Keith White (D) 72.64%	Roger Stacy (R) 27.36%
House of Delegates 22	Josh Daniel Stowers (D) 31.19%, Jeff Eldridge (D) 26.33%	Michel G. Moffatt (R) 24.28%, Gary Lee Johngrass (R) 18.2%
House of Delegates 23	Joshua Nelson (R) 62.38%	Larry Wayne Barker (D) 37.62%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House of Delegates 24	Teddy "Ted" Tomblin (D) 52.6%, Rupie Phillips (D) 47.4%	Unopposed	Flipped R to D
House of Delegates 25	Linda Goode Phillips (D) 100%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 26	Clif Moore (D) 100%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 27	John Shott (R) 22.2%, Joe Ellington (R) 20.07%, Marty Gearheart (R) 18.84%	Ryan J. Flanigan (D) 15.7%, Greg Ball (D) 12.12%
House of Delegates 28	John David O'Neal IV (R) 33.15%, Roy Gale Cooper (R) 28.93%	Jeffry A. Pritt (D) 19.36%, Al Martine (D) 18.56%	Flipped D to R
House of Delegates 29	Ricky Duane Moye (D) 57.96%	Ron Hedrick (R) 42.04%
House of Delegates 30	Linda Sumner (R) 49.6%	William R. "Bill" Wooton (D) 42.57%, Tony Martin (I) 7.83%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House of Delegates 31	Lynne Arvon (R) 51.21%	Clyde D. McKnight Jr. (D) 48.79%
House of Delegates 32	Margaret Anne Staggers (D) 31.12%, David Perry (D) 29.93%, John Pino (D) 29.66%	Tighe Bullock (Mountain Party) 9.29%	Flipped R to D
House of Delegates 33	David A. Walker (D) 100%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 34	Brent Boggs (D) 100%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 35	Doug Skaff, Jr. (D) 15.82%, Suzette Raines (R) 14.53%, Eric Nelson (R) 14.24%, John B. McCuskey (R) 12.04%	Barbara "Bobbie" Hatfield (D) 11.99%, Bonnie Louise Brown (D) 11.79%	Incumbent defeated
House of Delegates 36	Mark Hunt (D) 19.67%, Danny Wells (D) 19.43%, Nancy Peoples Guthrie (D) 18.51%	Robin Holstein (R) 16.34%, Stevie Thaxton (R) 13.32%
House of Delegates 37	Meshea La'Shawn Poore (D) 87.65%	Derrick Westly Shaffer (Mountain Party) 12.35%
House of Delegates 38	Patrick Glen Lane (R) 64.22%	Virginia "Ginny" Moles (D) 35.78%
House of Delegates 39	Ron Walters (R) 64.95%	Clint Adison Casto (D) 35.05%
House of Delegates 40	Tim Armstead (R) 100%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 41	Adam R. Young (D) 52.59%	Jordan Hill (R) 47.41%
House of Delegates 42	Denny Canterbury Jr. (R) 32.65%, George Ambler (R) 23.17%	Steve Hunter (D) 22.54%, Glenn Singer (D) 21.64%	Flipped D to R
House of Delegates 43	Denise Lynne Campbell (D) 41.21%, Bill Hartman (D) 34.19%	Donna Auvil (R) 24.6%
House of Delegates 44	Dana L. Lynch (D) 59.94%	Robert Karnes (R) 40.06%
House of Delegates 45	Bill Hamilton (R) 100%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 46	Peggy Donaldson Smith (D) 100%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 47	Mary M. Poling (D) 54.74%	John R. Rose Sr. (R) 45.26%
House of Delegates 48	Timothy Robert Miley (D) 14.88%, Richard J. Iaquinta (D) 14.11%, Sam Cann (D) 13.74%, Danny Hamrick (R) 13.51%	Ron Fragale (D) 13.27%, Diana Bartley (R) 10.84%
House of Delegates 49	Mike Manypenny (D) 53.12%	Jeffery L. Tansill (R) 46.88%
House of Delegates 50	Michael Lynn Caputo (D) 25.17%, Linda Longstreth (D) 23.19%, Tim Manchin (D) 22.47%	Barry Bledsoe (R) 16.42%, Lynette Mae McQuain (R) 12.74%	Flipped R to D
House of Delegates 51	Charlene Marshall (D) 11.97%, Cindy Frich (R) 11.65%, Barbara Fleischauer (D) 11.41%, Amanda Brooke Pasdon (R) 10.75%, Tony Barill (D) 10.47%	Kevin Scott Poe (R) 9.16%, Nancy Jamison (D) 8.82%
House of Delegates 52	Larry A. Williams (D) 80.43%	John R. "Rick" Bartlett (Constitution Party) 19.57%
House of Delegates 53	Randy Smith (R) 57.55%	Stanley Earl Shaver (D) 42.45%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House of Delegates 54	Allen Vincent Evans (R) 100%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 55	Isaac Sponaugle (D) 58.79%	Steven Smith (R) 41.21%
House of Delegates 56	Gary Howell (R) 62.74%	Jim Maybury (D) 37.26%
House of Delegates 57	Ruth Ann Rowan (R) 70.97%	Joe Moreland Jr. (D) 29.03%
House of Delegates 58	Daryl Edward Cowles (R) 100%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 59	Larry Kump (R) 100%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 60	Larry W. Faircloth (R) 100%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 61	Jason Barrett (D) 52.69%	Walter Edwin Duke (R) 47.31%	Incumbent defeated
House of Delegates 62	John Overington (R) 100%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 63	Michael Folk (R) 51.23%	Donn E. Marshall (D) 48.77%
House of Delegates 64	Eric Householder (R) 100%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 65	Tiffany Elizabeth Lawrence (D) 52.07%	Jill Upson (R) 47.93%
House of Delegates 66	Paul Espinosa (R) 59.55%	John Reese Maxey (D) 40.45%
House of Delegates 67	Stephen Skinner (D) 54.76%	Elliot Mark Simon (R) 45.24%
Senate 1	Jack Yost (D) 57.35%	Pat McGeehan (R) 42.65%
Senate 2	Jeffrey V. Kessler (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 3	Donna Boley (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 4	Mitch Carmichael (R) 52.69%	Michael "Mike" Bright (D) 47.31%
Senate 5	Robert H. "Bob" Plymale (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 6	Bill Cole (R) 53.28%	Mark Wills (D) 46.72%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
Senate 7	Art Kirkendoll (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 8	Chris Walters (R) 52.82%	Joshua R. Martin (D) 47.18%
Senate 9	Daniel Jackson Hall (D) 53.67%	Epp E. Cline (R) 46.33%
Senate 10	William R. Laird Iv (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 11	Clark Barnes (R) 65.5%	Margaret Kerr Beckwith (D) 34.5%
Senate 12	Doug Facemire (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 13	Roman W. Prezioso Jr. (D) 63.14%	Casey Mayer (R) 36.86%
Senate 14	Bob Williams (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 15	Craig Blair (R) 80.77%	Daniel Litten (Constitution Party) 19.23%
Senate 16	Herb Snyder (D) 53.89%	Jim Ruland (R) 46.11%
Senate 17	Corey Palumbo (D) 100%	Unopposed

Ballot measures

Measure	Description	Result
Amendment 1	Would end term limits for county sheriffs	Failed (48.09% yes)

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