2014 West Virginia Senate election

2014 West Virginia Senate elections
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17 of 34 seats in the West Virginia Senate; 18 seats needed for a majority
Democratic 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%	Republican 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% >90%
Senate President before election; Jeff Kessler; Democratic	Elected Senate President ; Bill Cole; Republican

The 2014 West Virginia Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect members to the 82nd and 83rd Legislatures; held concurrently with the U.S. House, and U.S. Senate elections.^[1] State senate seats in West Virginia are staggered, with senators serving 4-year terms. 17 of the 34 state senate seats were up for election. The Republicans won in a landslide, flipping 8 Democratic seats and securing a majority in the chamber after the defection of Democratic senator Daniel Hall the day after the election.^[2]^[3]

Summary of the 2014 West Virginia Senate election results^[1]
Party		Candidates	Votes	%	Seats
Party		Candidates	Votes	%	Before 81st Leg.	Up	Won	After^[2] 82nd Leg.	+/–
	Republican	17	239,003	55.28	9	3	11	18	9
	Democratic	16	186,688	43.18	25	14	6	16	9
	Libertarian	1	2,192	0.51	0	0	0	0
	Constitution	2	1,722	0.40	0	0	0	0
	American Freedom	2	1,560	0.36	0	0	0	0
	Mountain	1	1,221	0.28	0	0	0	0
Total			432,386	100%	34	17		34

Popular vote

Republican			55.28%
Democratic			43.18%
Libertarian			0.51%
Constitution			0.40%
American Freedom			0.36%
Mountain			0.28%

Seats won

Republican			82.35%
Democratic			17.65%

Total senate seats

Republican			52.94%
Democratic			47.06%

SD 1

2014 West Virginia SD 1 general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan Ferns	13,762	51.8
	Democratic	Rocky Fitzsimmons (incumbent)	12,821	48.2
Total votes			26,583	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

SD 2

2014 West Virginia SD 2 general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kent Leonhardt	13,034	50.0
	Democratic	Larry Edgell (incumbent)	12,358	47.4
	Constitution	Jeffrey Jarrell	681	2.6
Total votes			26,073	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

SD 3

2014 West Virginia SD 3 general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Nohe (incumbent)	19,321	76.3
	Democratic	Robin Wilson	6,014	23.7
Total votes			25,335	100.0
	Republican hold

SD 4

2014 West Virginia SD 4 general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Hall (incumbent)	22,561	100.0
Total votes			22,561	100.0
	Republican hold

SD 5

2014 West Virginia SD 5 general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Woelfel	12,511	49.8
	Republican	Vicki Dunn-Marshall	11,818	47.0
	American Freedom	Roy Ramey	793	3.2
Total votes			25,122	100.0
	Democratic hold

SD 6

2014 West Virginia SD 6 general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Maynard	11,620	50.8
	Democratic	H. Truman Chafin (incumbent)	11,245	49.2
Total votes			22,865	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

SD 7

2014 West Virginia SD 7 general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ron Stollings (incumbent)	14,177	65.7
	Republican	Gary Johngrass	7,394	34.3
Total votes			21,571	100.0
	Democratic hold

SD 8

2014 West Virginia SD 8 general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Gaunch	14,094	53.0
	Democratic	Erik Wells (incumbent)	11,472	43.1
	Constitution	Mike Fisher	1,041	3.9
Total votes			26,607	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

SD 9

2014 West Virginia SD 9 general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Mullins	14,465	56.9
	Democratic	Mike Green (incumbent)	10,970	43.1
Total votes			25,435	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

SD 10

2014 West Virginia SD 10 general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald F. Miller (incumbent)	13,776	53.8
	Republican	Duane Zobrist	11,815	46.2
Total votes			25,591	100.0
	Democratic hold

SD 11

2014 West Virginia SD 11 general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert L. Karnes	15,171	55.6
	Democratic	Gregory Tucker (incumbent)	12,122	44.4
Total votes			27,293	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

SD 12

2014 West Virginia SD 12 general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Romano	14,063	50.0
	Republican	Mike Queen	11,850	42.2
	Libertarian	Patrick Smith	2,192	7.8
Total votes			28,105	100.0
	Democratic hold

SD 13

2014 West Virginia SD 13 general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Beach (incumbent)	12,061	51.5
	Republican	Kris Warner	10,596	45.2
	American Freedom	Harry Bertram	767	3.3
Total votes			23,424	100.0
	Democratic hold

SD 14

2014 West Virginia SD 14 general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Sypolt (incumbent)	17,283	65.4
	Democratic	Stan Shaver	9,160	34.6
Total votes			26,443	100.0
	Republican hold

SD 15

2014 West Virginia SD 15 general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles S. Trump IV	17,609	67.1
	Democratic	Donald Cookman (incumbent)	8,622	32.9
Total votes			26,231	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

SD 16

2014 West Virginia SD 16 general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Unger (incumbent)	12,287	52.5
	Republican	Larry Faircloth	11,122	47.5
Total votes			23,409	100.0
	Democratic hold

SD 17

2014 West Virginia SD 17 general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Takubo	15,488	52.1
	Democratic	Doug Skaff Jr.	13,029	43.8
	Mountain	Jesse Johnson	1,221	4.1
Total votes			29,738	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Barnes, Clark (2016). West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (Volume 93 ed.). Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Legislature. pp. 826–34. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Barnes, Clark (2016). West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (Volume 93 ed.). Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Legislature. p. 511. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
^ Mistich, Dave (November 6, 2014). "Hall Switches Parties, GOP Will Control Both Chambers of West Virginia Legislature". West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Retrieved May 15, 2024.

[Results-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Barnes, Clark (2016). West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (Volume 93 ed.). Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Legislature. pp. 826–34. Retrieved February 24, 2024.

[After-2] Barnes, Clark (2016). West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (Volume 93 ed.). Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Legislature. p. 511. Retrieved February 24, 2024.

[3] Mistich, Dave (November 6, 2014). "Hall Switches Parties, GOP Will Control Both Chambers of West Virginia Legislature". West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Retrieved May 15, 2024.

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