Earl Ray Tomblin Democratic Earl Ray Tomblin Democratic The 1998 West Virginia Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 3, 1998.

State senate seats in West Virginia are staggered, with senators serving 4-year terms.

18 of the 34 state senate seats were up for election,[1] with SD 2 holding an additional special election for Larry Wiedebusch's seat, who died on October 25, 1997.

[2] Jeffrey V. Kessler was appointed to fill the seat and was re-elected by a wide margin.

The Democratic Party won over 60% of the vote for state senate candidates and flipped 4 Republican seats, retaining a supermajority in the state legislature's upper chamber.