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.
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 statisticsParty 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 ppRepublican 72 35 467,75 42.90% 29 34.84% +6 +8.06 ppIndependents —40 8,251 0.76% 0 0.22% — +0.54 ppMountain20 2,791 0.26% 0 0.40% — −0.14 ppLibertarian10 747 0.07% — Totals 169 100 1,395,185 100%100——— Turnout 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.https://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/ Single-member districts
District Democratic Republican Others Total Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Votes 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 Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Votes 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% — — — — — — — — — — — — 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% — — — — — — 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% — — — — — — 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 List of West Virginia state legislatures
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