2010 West Virginia Senate election

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2010 West Virginia Senate elections
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18 of 34 seats in the West Virginia Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Earl Ray Tomblin Mike Hall
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since19952010
Leader's seat SD 7 SD 4
Seats before268
Seats after286
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote315,959231,902
Percentage57.0%41.8%
Seats up135
Seats won154
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WV Senate Election by partisan lean, 2010.svg
Holds and gains:
     Democratic gain     Democratic hold
     Republican hold
Circular inset (SD 10): both seats up for election
Senate President before election

Earl Ray Tomblin
Democratic

Elected Senate President

Earl Ray Tomblin
Democratic

The 2010 West Virginia Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, to elect members to the 80th and 81st 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. 18 of the 34 state senate seats were up for election. 17 were regularly scheduled, with an additional special election in SD 10 after the death of Donald Caruth on May 1, 2010. John H. Shott was appointed to fill the seat, and Mark Wills was elected to finish the term. [2] While Republicans made huge gains across the country, [3] Democrats did well in the state senate, picking up two Republican seats. [4]

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Summary

Summary of the 2010 West Virginia Senate election results [4]
PartyCandidatesVotes %Seats
Before [5]
79th Leg.		UpWonAfter
80th Leg.		+/–
Democratic 16315,95957.026131528Increase2.svg 2
Republican 13231,90241.88536Decrease2.svg 2
Mountain 13,6280.70000Steady2.svg
Libertarian 12,8430.50000Steady2.svg
Total554,332100%341834Steady2.svg
Popular vote
Democratic
 
57.0%
Republican
 
41.8%
Mountain
 
0.7%
Libertarian
 
0.5%
Seats won
Democratic
 
83.3%
Republican
 
16.7%
Total senate seats
Democratic
 
82.4%
Republican
 
17.6%

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [6] Safe DNovember 1, 2010

SD 1

2010 West Virginia SD 1 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Orphy Klempa 17,179 58.6
Republican Charles Schlegal12,13741.4
Total votes29,316 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 2

2010 West Virginia SD 2 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Larry Edgell 19,885 100.0
Total votes19,885 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 3

2010 West Virginia SD 3 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Nohe 21,295 67.7
Democratic Timothy Reed10,17232.3
Total votes31,467 100.0
Republican hold

SD 4

2010 West Virginia SD 4 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Hall 27,072 100.0
Total votes27,072 100.0
Republican hold

SD 5

2010 West Virginia SD 5 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Evan Jenkins 19,813 100.0
Total votes19,813 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 6

2010 West Virginia SD 6 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic H. Truman Chafin 15,200 100.0
Total votes15,200 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 7

2010 West Virginia SD 7 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ron Stollings 18,188 100.0
Total votes18,188 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 8

2010 West Virginia SD 8 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Erik Wells 36,280 61.2
Republican Robert Ore21,11636.8
Total votes57,396 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 9

2010 West Virginia SD 9 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mike Green 14,757 57.7
Republican James Mullins10,82942.3
Total votes25,586 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 10 (Full term)

2010 West Virginia SD 10 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ronald Miller 14,093 51.9
Republican Johnny Barnes13,06748.1
Total votes27,160 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

SD 10 (Unexpired term)

2010 West Virginia SD 10 special election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mark Wills 14,029 52.1
Republican Phillip Stevens12,90047.9
Total votes26,929 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

SD 11

2010 West Virginia SD 11 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gregory Tucker 14,644 54.7
Republican Adam Milligan9,30334.7
Libertarian Thomas Thacker2,84310.6
Total votes26,790 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 12

2010 West Virginia SD 12 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joseph Minard 20,337 61.9
Republican Russel Snyder12,50638.1
Total votes32,843 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 13

2010 West Virginia SD 13 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert Beach 16,882 50.3
Republican Cynthia Frich16,67649.7
Total votes33,558 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 14

2010 West Virginia SD 14 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Sypolt 20,334 58.5
Democratic Steven Shaffer14,42341.5
Total votes34,757 100.0
Republican hold

SD 15

2010 West Virginia SD 15 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Walt Helmick 19,192 57.0
Republican Jeremy Bauserman14,47043.0
Total votes33,662 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 16

2010 West Virginia SD 16 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Unger 18,800 50.4
Republican Craig Blair18,48249.6
Total votes37,282 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 17

2010 West Virginia SD 17 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brooks McCabe 32,085 55.9
Republican Charles Minimah21,71537.8
Mountain David Hall3,6286.3
Total votes57,428 100.0
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. ↑ Holmes, Darrell. West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (91 ed.). Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Legislature. pp. 763–65. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  2. ↑ Holmes, Darrell. West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (91 ed.). Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Legislature. p. 443. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  3. ↑ Roff, Peter (November 5, 2010). "Measuring the Size of Election 2010's Republican Sweep". US News. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Holmes, Darrell. West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (91 ed.). Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Legislature. pp. 767–70. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  5. ↑ Holmes, Darrell. West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (91 ed.). Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Legislature. p. 483. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  6. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (November 1, 2010). "Update: 2010 State Legislatures: A Challenging Environment for Democrats". Governing. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
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