Walt Helmick

Charlotte Pritt campaigned for state Senate and won

Margaret Workman became the first woman justice and the first woman elected to statewide office in West Virginia

Gaston Caperton defeated incumbent Governor Arch A. Moore Jr.

Joe Manchin was reelected to the West Virginia Senate

Margaret Workman was elected first woman on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and first woman elected to statewide office in West Virginia

Thomas Miller led the ticket in both the primary and general elections in State Supreme Court race

Ken Hechler was reelected as West Virginia's secretary of state

Darrell McGraw failed to gain reelection to the State Supreme Court

Robert G. Lilly stopped serving as interim president of Beckley College (now Mountain State University)

Denmar Hospital was closed

Allen Loughry was elected to a 12-year term on the Supreme Court

Patrick Morrisey was elected attorney general in a close election

Walt Helmick was elected commissioner of agriculture

Patrick Morrisey was inaugurated attorney general

David McKinley was reelected to Congress

Alex Mooney was reelected to Congress

Evan Jenkins was reelected to Congress

Natalie Tennant lost her bid for reelection to Secretary of State

Patrick Morrisey was reelected as attorney general

Republican Kent Leonhardt defeated Walt Helmick for commissioner