2002 West Virginia Senate election

2002 West Virginia Senate elections

← 2000 November 5, 2002 2004 →

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 28 6
Seats after 24 10
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 4
Popular vote 278,449 176,195
Percentage 61.1% 38.7%
Seats up 15 2
Seats won 11 6

Holds and gains
     Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Republican hold

Senate President before election

Earl Ray Tomblin
Democratic

Elected Senate President

Earl Ray Tomblin
Democratic

The 2002 West Virginia Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2002, to elect members of the 76th Legislature. 17 of the 34 state senate seats were up for election. State senate seats in West Virginia are staggered, with senators serving 4-year terms.[1] The election took place concurrently with the U.S. House elections. The Democratic Party won over 60% of the vote for state senate candidates, retaining a supermajority, but lost 4 seats to Republicans.

  1. ^ Holmes, Darrell (2003). West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (Volume 84 ed.). p. 776. Retrieved February 20, 2024.