West Virginia Primary Results -- May 12, 1998
By Congressional Quarterly
Candidate Votes %
Hometown Age Occupation
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HOUSE DISTRICT 1
(North -- Wheeling; Parkersburg; Morgantown)
*Allan B. Mollohan (D) 54,078 87.0%
Fairmont 54 Incumbent
W. E. Ruehl (D) 8,046 13.0%
Parkersburg 66 Financial adviser
No Republican candidate
HOUSE DISTRICT 2
(Center -- Charleston; Eastern Panhandle)
*Bob Wise (D) 48,913 86.0%
Clendenin 50 Incumbent
Beth Taylor (D) 4,267 7.5%
Salem 51 Real estate broker
Wendell Turner (write-in) 3,671 6.5%
Charleston Lawyer
No Republican candidate
HOUSE DISTRICT 3
(South -- Huntington; Beckley)
*Nick J. Rahall II (D) 61,078 82.0%
Beckley 48 Incumbent
James J. MacCullum (D) 13,413 18.0%
Madison 53 Lawyer
* = Nominee
# = Will meet in runoff.
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