2014 West Virginia Senate election

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2014 West Virginia Senate elections
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  2012 November 4, 2014 2018  

17 of 34 seats in the West Virginia Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Former senator Mike Hall speaking at the State Revenue Collections Press Conference in May 2018 (cropped).jpg Jeff Kessler (cropped).jpg
Leader Mike Hall Jeff Kessler
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since20102010
Leader's seat SD 4 SD 2
Seats before925
Seats after1816
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 9Decrease2.svg 9
Popular vote239,003186,688
Percentage55.28%43.18%
Seats up314
Seats won116

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WV Senate Election by partisan lean, 2014.svg
Holds and gains
     Democratic hold
     Republican gain     Republican hold

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]

Contents

Summary of the 2014 West Virginia Senate election results [1]
PartyCandidatesVotes %Seats
Before
81st Leg.
UpWonAfter [2]
82nd Leg.
+/–
Republican 17239,00355.28931118Increase2.svg 9
Democratic 16186,68843.182514616Decrease2.svg 9
Libertarian 12,1920.510000Steady2.svg
Constitution 21,7220.400000Steady2.svg
American Freedom 21,5600.360000Steady2.svg
Mountain 11,2210.280000Steady2.svg
Total432,386100%341734Steady2.svg
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ryan Ferns 13,762 51.8
Democratic Rocky Fitzsimmons (incumbent)12,82148.2
Total votes26,583 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

SD 2

2014 West Virginia SD 2 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kent Leonhardt 13,034 50.0
Democratic Larry Edgell (incumbent)12,35847.4
Constitution Jeffrey Jarrell6812.6
Total votes26,073 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

SD 3

2014 West Virginia SD 3 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Nohe (incumbent) 19,321 76.3
Democratic Robin Wilson6,01423.7
Total votes25,335 100.0
Republican hold

SD 4

2014 West Virginia SD 4 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Hall (incumbent) 22,561 100.0
Total votes22,561 100.0
Republican hold

SD 5

2014 West Virginia SD 5 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mike Woelfel 12,511 49.8
Republican Vicki Dunn-Marshall11,81847.0
American Freedom Roy Ramey7933.2
Total votes25,122 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 6

2014 West Virginia SD 6 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Maynard 11,620 50.8
Democratic H. Truman Chafin (incumbent)11,24549.2
Total votes22,865 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

SD 7

2014 West Virginia SD 7 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ron Stollings (incumbent) 14,177 65.7
Republican Gary Johngrass7,39434.3
Total votes21,571 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 8

2014 West Virginia SD 8 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ed Gaunch 14,094 53.0
Democratic Erik Wells (incumbent)11,47243.1
Constitution Mike Fisher1,0413.9
Total votes26,607 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

SD 9

2014 West Virginia SD 9 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeff Mullins 14,465 56.9
Democratic Mike Green (incumbent)10,97043.1
Total votes25,435 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

SD 10

2014 West Virginia SD 10 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ronald F. Miller (incumbent) 13,776 53.8
Republican Duane Zobrist11,81546.2
Total votes25,591 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 11

2014 West Virginia SD 11 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert L. Karnes 15,171 55.6
Democratic Gregory Tucker (incumbent)12,12244.4
Total votes27,293 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

SD 12

2014 West Virginia SD 12 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mike Romano 14,063 50.0
Republican Mike Queen11,85042.2
Libertarian Patrick Smith2,1927.8
Total votes28,105 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 13

2014 West Virginia SD 13 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bob Beach (incumbent) 12,061 51.5
Republican Kris Warner10,59645.2
American Freedom Harry Bertram7673.3
Total votes23,424 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 14

2014 West Virginia SD 14 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Sypolt (incumbent) 17,283 65.4
Democratic Stan Shaver9,16034.6
Total votes26,443 100.0
Republican hold

SD 15

2014 West Virginia SD 15 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Charles S. Trump IV 17,609 67.1
Democratic Donald Cookman (incumbent)8,62232.9
Total votes26,231 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

SD 16

2014 West Virginia SD 16 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Unger (incumbent) 12,287 52.5
Republican Larry Faircloth11,12247.5
Total votes23,409 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 17

2014 West Virginia SD 17 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tom Takubo 15,488 52.1
Democratic Doug Skaff Jr. 13,02943.8
Mountain Jesse Johnson1,2214.1
Total votes29,738 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic


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