Elections to the West Virginia House of Delegates were held on November 8, 1966, to elect 100 candidates to the House to serve a two-year term. The Republican Party made large gains in the chamber, picking up every seat in Wood and Ohio counties, and gaining ten of fourteen seats in Kanawha County. The Democrats fell short of a two-thirds majority, losing 26 seats, but the heavily-populated southern region and the area around Clarksburg and Morgantown remained solidly Democratic.
Future Governor of West Virginia Jay Rockefeller was elected to his only term in the House, receiving the most votes out of the twenty-eight candidates in Kanawha County. On November 11, 1967, House Republicans elected Brereton C. Jones of Mason County floor leader. Jones would later serve as the Democratic Governor of Kentucky.
This election used the map first drawn for the 1964 general election, using plurality block voting in districts with multiple delegates.
List of districts District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • Barbour Co. • Boone Co. • Braxton Co. • Brooke Co. • Cabell Co. • Clay Co. • Fayette Co. • Hampshire Co. • Hancock Co. • Harrison Co. • Jackson Co. • Jefferson Co. • Kanawha Co. • Lewis Co. • Lincoln Co. • Logan Co. • Marion Co. • Marshall Co. • Mason Co. • McDowell Co. • Mercer Co. • Mineral Co. • Mingo Co. • Monongalia Co. • Monroe Co. • Nicholas Co. • Ohio Co. • Preston Co. • Putnam Co. • Raleigh Co. • Randolph Co. • Roane Co. • Summers Co. • Taylor Co. • Upshur Co. • Wayne Co. • Webster Co. • Wetzel Co. • Wood Co. • Wyoming Co. __NOTOC__
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
Barbour Co.
Boone Co.
Braxton Co.
Brooke Co.
Cabell Co.
Clay Co.
Fayette Co.
Hampshire Co.
Hancock Co.
Harrison Co.
Jackson Co.
Jefferson Co.
Kanawha Co.
Lewis Co.
Lincoln Co.
Logan Co.
Marion Co.
Marshall Co.
Mason Co.
McDowell Co.
Mercer Co.
Mineral Co.
Mingo Co.
Monongalia Co.
Monroe Co.
Nicholas Co.
Ohio Co.
Preston Co.
Putnam Co.
Raleigh Co.
Randolph Co.
Roane Co.
Summers Co.
Taylor Co.
Upshur Co.
Wayne Co.
Webster Co.
Wetzel Co.
Wood Co.
Wyoming Co.
See also 1966 United States Senate election in West Virginia 1966 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
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