Related Research Articles
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. was an American lawyer and Republican politician from West Virginia. He began his political career as a state legislator in 1952. He was elected the 28th and 30th governor of West Virginia,serving from 1969 until 1977 and again from 1985 until 1989,he is the longest-serving West Virginia Governor in state history with 12 years of service. He is the father of U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito.
Cencora,Inc.,formerly known as AmerisourceBergen,is an American drug wholesale company and a contract research organization that was formed by the merger of Bergen Brunswig and AmeriSource in 2001.
John Ronald Unger II is a former American politician and magistrate. Prior to his appointment as a Berkeley County magistrate,Unger represented the 16th district in the West Virginia Senate from 1999 to 2021. The 16th District includes all of Jefferson County and a portion of Berkeley County. At the time of his retirement from the West Virginia Senate,Unger was the third active longest-serving senator and longest serving senator from the Eastern Panhandle.
Natalie E. Tennant is an American politician who served as the Secretary of State of West Virginia from 2009 to 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Tennant was the 2014 Democratic Party nominee for West Virginia's open U.S. Senate seat,which she lost to Republican Shelley Moore Capito. In 2016 she was defeated for re-election by Republican Mac Warner,and left office on January 16,2017.
The 2014 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. This election was the fifth consecutive even-number year in which a senate election was held in West Virginia after elections in 2006,2008,2010,and 2012.
Patrick James Morrisey is an American politician and attorney serving as the 34th Attorney General of West Virginia since 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives election in West Virginia was held on November 4,2014,to elect the three U.S. representatives from West Virginia,one from each of the state's three congressional districts.
Michael Craig Folk is an American politician from West Virginia. A Republican,he was formerly a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates,representing District 63.
Rupert W. "Rupie" Phillips,Jr. is an American politician and a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate since 2020. Prior to his election to the Senate,he served in the West Virginia House of Delegates representing the 19th and 24th Districts from 2011 to 2019.
Daryl Edward Cowles is an American politician and a Republican former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 58 from 2013 until his defeat in 2020. Cowles also served consecutively from January 2007 until January 2013 in the 51st District.
William Paul Cole III is an American businessman,politician and a former Republican member of the West Virginia Senate,representing the 6th district from 2013 to 2017. He was the President of the Senate from 2015 to 2017. Cole also served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from May 28,2010,to January 12,2011,to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Delegate John Shott.
Craig Philip Blair is an American politician and a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate representing District 15 since January 12,2013. Blair served non-consecutively in the West Virginia Legislature from January 2003 until January 2011 in the West Virginia House of Delegates in the District 52 seat. Blair is also the father of former WV Delegate Saira Blair.
Saira Blair is a former politician from Martinsburg,West Virginia,and was the youngest person elected to state or federal office in the United States upon her election in 2014. In November 2014,aged 18,she was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 59th district,which is based in the Eastern Panhandle and encompasses portions of Berkeley County and Morgan County. She is a member of the Republican Party.
The 2016 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2016,to elect the Governor of West Virginia,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on May 10.
Paul Thomas Farrell Jr. is an American attorney from Huntington,West Virginia who ran for President of the United States in the 2016 West Virginia Democratic primary.
The 2018 United States Senate election in West Virginia took place on November 6,2018,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections.
The 2020 West Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 3,2020,to elect the governor of West Virginia,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Patricia Rucker is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate,representing the 16th district since January 11,2017. Rucker served as the chairwoman of the Senate Education Committee from 2019 to 2022.
West Virginia's 16th Senate district is one of 17 districts in the West Virginia Senate. It is currently represented by Democrat Hannah Geffert and Republican Patricia Rucker. All districts in the West Virginia Senate elect two members to staggered four-year terms.
Elections to the West Virginia House of Delegates took place on November 3,2020. All the seats in the West Virginia House of Delegates were up for election.
References
- 1 2 3 "5 things about W.Va. Legislature election results" [ permanent dead link ]. WTRF-TV, November 7, 2012.
- ↑ Mary Stortstrom (November 5, 2014). "Skinner survives in 67th District". The Journal . Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ↑ "History made as first openly gay delegate introduces partner on House floor - Statehouse News - Charleston Daily Mail - West Virginia News and Sports -". Daily Mail . Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
- ↑ Edward Marshall (February 19, 2015). "2 indicted in Skinner death plot". The Journal . Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ↑ "Snyder won't seek re-election to W.Va. Senate; Skinner to contend for seat". The Journal . June 15, 2015. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
- ↑ Jeff McCoy (November 9, 2016). "Rucker takes 16th Senate seat by slim margin". The Journal . Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ↑ Daniels, Emily (25 November 2017). "Berkeley, Jefferson join lawsuit against opioid distributors, manufacturers". The Journal. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ↑ "Eastern Panhandle lawsuit targets opioid manufacturers, distributors". WDVM25 & DCW50 | Washington, DC. 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ↑ Eyre, Eric (November 15, 2017). "As opioid cases head to federal panel, two more WV counties join in". Charleston Gazette-Mail. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ↑ Kelsie, LeRose (May 6, 2020). "Federal lawsuit filed against companies alleged with contaminating city water". The Journal. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
