2018 West Virginia House of Delegates election

Elections to the West Virginia House of Delegates took place on November 6, 2018.[1] All the seats in the West Virginia House of Delegates were up for election.

2018 West Virginia House of Delegates elections

November 6, 2018

All 100 seats in the West Virginia House of Delegates
51 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
GOP
Leader Roger Hanshaw Tim Miley
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since August 29, 2018 January 7, 2015
Leader's seat 33rd district 48th district
Seats before 63 37
Seats won 59 41
Seat change 4 4
Percentage 50.2% 48.3%

  Third party
 
Party Independent
Seats before 0
Seats won 0
Percentage 1.6%

Speaker before election

Roger Hanshaw
Republican

Elected Speaker

Roger Hanshaw
Republican

Overview

This election saw the Republican Party maintain their majority in the House of Delegates, although they sustained a net loss of 4 seats, being reduced from 63 seats to 59. The Democratic Party saw a net gain of 4 seats, from 37 to 41.

In the first sitting of the 84th legislature in January 2019, Roger Hanshaw was re-elected as Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates.

References

  1. contact@scytl.com, scytl. "Election Night Reporting". results.enr.clarityelections.com.
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