West Virginia State Senate District 1
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Laura Chapman Republican, Ryan Weld Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Laura ChapmanRepublican · IncumbentShawn FluhartyDemocratic4 years since first win
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Ryan Weld (R) 100.0
- Last election
- Ryan Weld (Republican) was unopposed, 2024
- Seats
- 2 seats in this district
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: ChapmanRight column: Fluharty
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeChapmanFluharty
- Races
- Won 1 of 1
- Won 6 of 8
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 4
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Candidates on the ballot
- Shawn FluhartyDemocratic
- Laura ChapmanIncumbentRepublican
Party nominees only, not the certified ballot.
Source: candidates.wvsos.gov, dated Oct 28
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Official results for West Virginia
History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 37,739
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRyan WeldWon Republican 37,739100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,004
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLaura ChapmanWonName as filed: Laura Wakim Chapman Republican 18,74660.5% DemocraticRandy Swartzmiller Democratic 12,25839.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,981
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRyan WeldWon(incumbent) Republican 23,84453.0% DemocraticRandy Swartzmiller Democratic 21,13747.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,888
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam IhlenfeldWon Democratic 18,45052.9% RepublicanRyan Ferns(incumbent) Republican 16,43847.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,494
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRyan WeldWon Republican 21,19151.1% DemocraticJack Yost(incumbent) Democratic 20,30348.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,583
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRyan FernsWon Republican 13,76251.8% DemocraticRocky Fitzsimmons Democratic 12,82148.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,511
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJack YostWon(incumbent) Democratic 22,66157.4% RepublicanPat McGeehan Republican 16,85042.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,316
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticOrphy Michael KlempaWon Democratic 17,17958.6% RepublicanCharles August Schlegal Republican 12,13741.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,720
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJack YostWon Democratic 23,93860.3% RepublicanChris Wakim Republican 15,78239.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,589
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEdwin J. BowmanWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,89970.0% RepublicanGeorge Village III Republican 7,69030.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,338
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanR. Andy McKenzieWon(incumbent) Republican 22,08953.4% DemocraticTal Hutchins Democratic 19,24946.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,150
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEdwin J. BowmanWon(incumbent) Democratic 16,150100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,327
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanR. Andy McKenzieWon(incumbent) Republican 19,16854.3% DemocraticWalter Bish Democratic 16,15945.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,062
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEdwin J. BowmanWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,11864.0% RepublicanC. Donald Chaney Republican 7,94436.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,824
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanR. Andy McKenzieWon Republican 19,15853.5% DemocraticThais Blatnik(incumbent) Democratic 16,66646.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,846
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEdwin J. BowmanWon Democratic 14,89357.6% RepublicanC. Donald Chaney Republican 10,95342.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,955
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticThais BlatnikWon(incumbent) Democratic 23,94661.5% RepublicanC. Donald Chaney Republican 15,00938.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,103
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn G. ChernenkoWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,19552.8% RepublicanMike Kuntupis Republican 10,90847.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,122
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticThais BlatnikWon Democratic 19,59551.4% RepublicanJohn Karras(incumbent) Republican 18,52748.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,496
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn G. ChernenkoWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,77856.3% RepublicanVirgil George Thompson Republican 10,71843.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,660
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn KarrasWon Republican 21,74951.0% DemocraticJoseph B. Cipriani Democratic 20,91149.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,929
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn G. ChernenkoWon Democratic 18,58854.8% RepublicanBenjamin R. Honecker Republican 15,34145.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,050
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1976 to 1981)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPat McCuneWon Democratic 24,67158.7% RepublicanJohn J. Paull Jr. Republican 17,37941.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,411
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1976 to 1981)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJudith A. HerndonWon(incumbent) Republican 15,06153.0% DemocraticThais Blatnik Democratic 13,35047.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 51,998
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1976 to 1981)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSamuel N. KusicWon(incumbent) Republican 27,54753.0% DemocraticGeorge Griffith Democratic 24,45147.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,218
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1964 to 1975)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJudith A. HerndonWon Republican 17,30653.7% DemocraticHiram J. Lester Democratic 14,91246.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 55,322
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1964 to 1975)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSamuel N. KusicWon Republican 31,61957.1% DemocraticWilliam Tompos(incumbent) Democratic 23,70342.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,315
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1964 to 1975)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChester R. HubbardWon(incumbent) Republican 17,82553.5% DemocraticRichard Wojcik Democratic 15,49046.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 56,988
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1964 to 1975)
West Virginia Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam TomposWon(incumbent) Democratic 34,93461.3% RepublicanWillis Andrew Baldwin Republican 22,05438.7%
- 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
- 1968 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.
2 seats.
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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/sldu:1
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026