Rick Snuffer | |
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Member of the West VirginiaHouseofDelegates from the 27th district | |
Assumed office December 1, 2010 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Beckley, West Virginia | July 31, 1961
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Lori Basham Snuffer |
Residence | Beaver, West Virginia |
Alma mater | Beckley College |
Occupation | businessman |
Richard Ray Snuffer (born July 31, 1961) serves in the West Virginia House of Delegates since 2010.
Snuffer was born in 1961 in Beckley, West Virginia. He graduated the World of Faith Leadership and Bible Institute in 1985. He also attended Bluefield State University [1] and is currently obtaining his master's degree from Marshall University. [2]
He has been Vice President of WESCO Homes Inc. from 1971 to 2004. He also worked for Combined Insurance in 1979 and Metropolitan Life in 1982. [3]
He ran for West Virginia's 27th House District. He was one of five candidates who won that seat, obtaining 13% of the vote in second place. The others were incumbent State Delegate Linda Sumner (14%), State Delegate Ricky Moye (12%), John David O'Neal (12%), and Virginia Mahan (9%). [4]
In 2003, he decided to challenge incumbent Democrat U.S. Congressman Nick Rahall of West Virginia's 3rd congressional district. In the Republican primary, he defeated Marty Gearheart 58%-42%. [6] In the general election, Rahall defeated Snuffer 65%-35%, a thirty-point margin. Rahall, first elected in 1976, fared worse in only five other elections. Snuffer won just one county, Raleigh, his home county by two points. [7]
Snuffer then decided to challenge incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd. He lost the Republican primary, ranking third out of six candidates with just 6% of the vote. He won just one county, Raleigh, with 48%. Businessman John Raese won with 58% of the vote. [8]
Snuffer decided to challenge Rahall again in 2012. He won the Republican primary with 54% of the vote. [9]
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