Electoral History
| Year | Democrat | Votes | % | Republican | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Nick Rahall | 73,626 | 46% | F. S. Goodman | 28,825 | 18% | Ken Hechler | Democratic (write-in) | 59,067 | 37% | ||||
| 1978 | Nick Rahall | 70,035 | 100% | No candidate | ||||||||||
| 1980 | Nick Rahall | 117,595 | 77% | Winton Covey | 36,020 | 23% | ||||||||
| 1982 | Nick Rahall | 91,184 | 81% | Homer Harris | 22,054 | 19% | ||||||||
| 1984 | Nick Rahall | 98,919 | 67% | Jess Shumate | 49,474 | 33% | ||||||||
| 1986 | Nick Rahall | 58,217 | 71% | Martin Miller | 23,490 | 29% | ||||||||
| 1988 | Nick Rahall | 78,812 | 61% | Marianne Brewster | 49,753 | 39% | ||||||||
| 1990 | Nick Rahall | 39,948 | 52% | David Morrill | 36,946 | 48% |
| Year | Democrat | Votes | % | Republican | Votes | % | Third Party | Party | Votes | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Nick Rahall | 122,279 | 66% | Ben Waldman | 64,012 | 34% | ||||||||
| 1994 | Nick Rahall | 74,967 | 64% | Ben Waldman | 42,382 | 36% | ||||||||
| 1996 | Nick Rahall | 145,550 | 100% | No candidate | ||||||||||
| 1998 | Nick Rahall | 78,814 | 87% | No candidate | Joe Whelan | Libertarian | 12,196 | 13% | ||||||
| 2000 | Nick Rahall | 146,807 | 91% | No candidate | Jeff Robinson | Libertarian | 13,979 | 9% | ||||||
| 2002 | Nick Rahall | 87,783 | 70% | Paul Chapman | 37,229 | 30% | ||||||||
| 2004 | Nick Rahall | 142,682 | 65% | Rick Snuffer | 76,170 | 35% | ||||||||
| 2006 | Nick Rahall | 92,413 | 69% | Kim Wolfe | 40,820 | 31% | ||||||||
| 2008 | Nick Rahall | 133,522 | 67% | Marty Gearheart | 66,005 | 33% | ||||||||
| 2010 | Nick Rahall | 83,636 | 56% | Spike Maynard | 65,611 | 44% |
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