West Virginia House of Delegates District 49

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Stan Adkins Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general (different candidates): Stan Adkins (R) 76.4, Jean Nutter (D) 23.6

Byron Tucker JrDemocratic

Last election: Stan Adkins (Republican) won by 52.8 points, 2024
On the 2026 ballot: 2 candidates

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The current holder, Stan Adkins, is not on the candidate list.

Byron Tucker JrDemocratic
Newt McCutcheonRepublican

Party nominees only, not the certified ballot.

Source: candidates.wvsos.gov, dated Oct 28

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History (17 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 6,926
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

West Virginia House of Delegates District 49, 1992 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanStan AdkinsWonName as filed: Stanley S. Adkins	Republican	5,29076.4%	76.4%
DemocraticJean Nutter	Democratic	1,63623.6%	23.6%

West Virginia House of Delegates District 49, 1992 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanHeather TullyWon(incumbent)	Republican	3,814100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 8,207
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

West Virginia House of Delegates District 49, 1992 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanAmy SummersWon(incumbent)	Republican	5,09162.0%	62.0%
DemocraticMike Manypenny	Democratic	3,11638.0%	38.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 6,025
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

West Virginia House of Delegates District 49, 1992 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanAmy SummersWon(incumbent)	Republican	3,78662.8%	62.8%
DemocraticGeorge Allen Abel	Democratic	2,23937.2%	37.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 7,419
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

West Virginia House of Delegates District 49, 1992 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanAmy SummersWon(incumbent)	Republican	4,12255.6%	55.6%
DemocraticDave Gobel	Democratic	3,29744.4%	44.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,773
Election day: November 4, 2014
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

West Virginia House of Delegates District 49, 1992 to 2024, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanAmy SummersWon	Republican	2,58654.2%	54.2%
DemocraticMike Manypenny(incumbent)	Democratic	2,18745.8%	45.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 6,500
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

West Virginia House of Delegates District 49, 1992 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMike ManypennyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	3,45353.1%	53.1%
RepublicanJeff Tansill	Republican	3,04746.9%	46.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 5,346
Election day: November 2, 2010
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

West Virginia House of Delegates District 49, 1992 to 2024, 2010, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGary Gibson HowellWon	Republican	3,00156.1%	56.1%
DemocraticCharles Edward Messick	Democratic	2,34543.9%	43.9%

West Virginia House of Delegates District 49, 1992 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert SchadlerWon(incumbent)	Republican	6,113100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,699
Election day: November 7, 2006
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

West Virginia House of Delegates District 49, 1992 to 2024, 2006, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert A. SchadlerWon(incumbent)	Republican	2,59155.1%	55.1%
DemocraticJerry L. Detrick	Democratic	2,10844.9%	44.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 7,101
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

West Virginia House of Delegates District 49, 1992 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert A. SchadlerWon(incumbent)	Republican	4,70666.3%	66.3%
DemocraticWalter R. Grove	Democratic	2,39533.7%	33.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,989
Election day: November 5, 2002
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

West Virginia House of Delegates District 49, 1992 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert A. SchadlerWon(incumbent)	Republican	2,62765.9%	65.9%
DemocraticJames T. Nicol	Democratic	1,36234.1%	34.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 5,998
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

West Virginia House of Delegates District 49, 1992 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert A. SchadlerWon(incumbent)	Republican	3,41056.9%	56.9%
DemocraticDavid E. Haines	Democratic	2,58843.1%	43.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,144
Election day: November 3, 1998
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

West Virginia House of Delegates District 49, 1992 to 2024, 1998, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert A. SchadlerWon	Republican	2,42058.4%	58.4%
DemocraticJames T. Nicol	Democratic	1,72441.6%	41.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 5,670
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

West Virginia House of Delegates District 49, 1992 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCarl ThomasWon(incumbent)	Republican	3,41960.3%	60.3%
DemocraticJames T. Nicol	Democratic	2,25139.7%	39.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,856
Election day: November 8, 1994
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

West Virginia House of Delegates District 49, 1992 to 2024, 1994, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCarl ThomasWon	Republican	2,34660.8%	60.8%
DemocraticJames T. Nicol(incumbent)	Democratic	1,51039.2%	39.2%

West Virginia House of Delegates District 49, 1992 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames T. NicolWon	Democratic	4,494100.0%	100.0%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1992 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

Last contest in this district on file: 2024.

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:wv/sldl:49

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026