2004 West Virginia Senate election

2004 West Virginia Senate elections

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17 of 34 seats in the West Virginia Senate 18 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Earl Ray Tomblin Vic Sprouse Party Democratic Republican Leader since 1995 1998 Leader's seat SD 7 SD 8 Seats before 24 10 Seats after 21 13 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 418,869 373,728 Percentage 52.7% 47.0% Seats up 13 4 Seats won 10 7
Winner by party Margin of victory Holds and gains:      Democratic hold      Republican gain     Republican hold Democratic   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Republican   50–60%   >90%
Senate President before election Earl Ray Tomblin Democratic Elected Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin Democratic

The 2004 West Virginia Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2004, to elect members to the 77th and 78th Legislatures; held concurrently with the presidential, U.S. House, and gubernatorial 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. While Republican candidate for George W. Bush won the state in the presidential election by 13 points, the Democratic Party won a majority of the vote for state senate candidates. Republicans managed to flip 3 seats, chipping away at the Democrats' supermajority. ^[2]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Rothenberg [3]	Safe D	October 1, 2004

Summary

Summary of the 2004 West Virginia Senate election results ^[4]

Party		Candidates	Votes	%	Seats
					Before [2]	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Democratic	16	418,869	52.7	24	13	10	21	3
	Republican	17	373,728	47.0	10	4	7	13	3
	Mountain	1	2,048	0.3	0	0	0	0
	Write-in	1	5	nil	0	0	0	0
Total			794,650	100%	34	17		34

Popular vote Democratic   52.7% Republican   47.0% Mountain   0.3% Write-in   nil%

Seats won Democratic   58.8% Republican   41.2%

Total senate seats Democratic   61.8% Republican   38.2%

SD 1

2004 West Virginia SD 1 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy McKenzie (incumbent)	22,089	53.4
	Democratic	Tal Hutchins	19,249	46.6
Total votes			41,338	100.0
	Republican hold

SD 2

2004 West Virginia SD 2 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeffrey V. Kessler (incumbent)	27,822	67.4
	Republican	Russ Snyder	13,455	32.6
Total votes			41,277	100.0
	Democratic hold

SD 3

2004 West Virginia SD 3 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donna J. Boley (incumbent)	37,788	100.0
Total votes			37,788	100.0
	Republican hold

SD 4

2004 West Virginia SD 4 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karen Facemyer (incumbent)	29,321	57.7
	Democratic	David Mullins	21,466	42.3
Total votes			50,787	100.0
	Republican hold

SD 5

2004 West Virginia SD 5 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert H. Plymale (incumbent)	24,268	61.8
	Republican	Stephen Hall	15,006	38.2
Total votes			39,274	100.0
	Democratic hold

SD 6

2004 West Virginia SD 6 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Pat Fanning (incumbent)	22,232	72.2
	Republican	Jacob Potter	8,557	27.8
Total votes			30,789	100.0
	Democratic hold

SD 7

2004 West Virginia SD 7 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (incumbent)	27,147	74.5
	Republican	Billy Marcum	9,300	25.5
Total votes			36,447	100.0
	Democratic hold

SD 8

2004 West Virginia SD 8 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vic Sprouse (incumbent)	48,762	56.4
	Democratic	Margaret Workman	37,709	43.6
Total votes			86,471	100.0
	Republican hold

SD 9

2004 West Virginia SD 9 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Billy Wayne Bailey (incumbent)	20,430	56.6
	Republican	Jack Fincham	16,285	44.4
Total votes			36,715	100.0
	Democratic hold

SD 10

2004 West Virginia SD 10 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald Caruth	20,714	51.0
	Democratic	Anita Caldwell (incumbent)	19,942	49.0
Total votes			40,656	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

SD 11

2004 West Virginia SD 11 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shirley Love (incumbent)	26,659	64.7
	Republican	Robert Johnson	14,549	35.3
Total votes			41,208	100.0
	Democratic hold

SD 12

2004 West Virginia SD 12 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William R. Sharpe Jr. (incumbent)	28,603	65.2
	Republican	Stephen Weaver	13,207	30.1
	Mountain	John Williams	2,048	4.7
Total votes			43,858	100.0
	Democratic hold

SD 13

2004 West Virginia SD 13 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roman W. Prezioso, Jr. (incumbent)	30,777	68.3
	Republican	Mark Reynolds	14,301	31.7
Total votes			45,078	100.0
	Democratic hold

SD 14

2004 West Virginia SD 14 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jon Blair Hunter (incumbent)	23,154	51.0
	Republican	David Sypolt	22,210	49.0
	Write-in	John Bartlett	5	nil
Total votes			45,369	100.0
	Democratic hold

SD 15

2004 West Virginia SD 15 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clark Barnes	22,000	50.4
	Democratic	Mike Ross (incumbent)	21,669	49.6
Total votes			43,669	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

SD 16

2004 West Virginia SD 16 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Yoder	28,480	57.8
	Democratic	Gregory Lance	20,748	42.2
Total votes			49,228	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

SD 17

2004 West Virginia SD 17 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Foster	46,994	55.5
	Republican	Rusty Webb	37,704	44.5
Total votes			84,698	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

1. Holmes, Darrell. West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (87 ed.). Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Legislature. pp. 802–805. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
2. Holmes, Darrell. West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (87 ed.). Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Legislature. p. 481. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
3. Jacobson, Louis (October 1, 2004). "Handicapping the State Legislatures: A 50-State Preview". The Rothenberg Political Report: 7–10 – via Harvard Dataverse.
4. Holmes, Darrell. West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (87 ed.). Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Legislature. pp. 802–805. Retrieved February 21, 2024.