Rodney Pyles | |
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Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 51st district | |
In office December 1, 2016 –December 2020 | |
Preceded by | Brian Kurcaba |
Succeeded by | Joe Statler |
Personal details | |
Born | Morgantown,West Virginia | June 21,1945
Political party | Democratic |
Rodney Pyles (born June 21,1945) is an American politician who served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 51st district from 2016 to 2020. [1] [2]
In 2018,Democrats —including Pyles —swept all five seats in the 51st district,the largest multi-member district in the House. [3] As a result,the Monongalia County delegates,all Democrats,called themselves “The Fab Five”and frequently voted and worked together on bills. [4] This was especially notable given that there was only one Democratic member of the delegation just four years earlier,after the 2014 elections. In 2020,Pyles was defeated for re-election by former Republican Delegate Joe Statler,breaking the all-Democratic delegation.
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