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2022 West Virginia Elections
West Virginia held elections on November 8, 2022. Elections for the United States House of Representatives, as well as the House of Delegates and 17 of 34 Senate seats were held. These elections were held concurrently with other 2022 United States elections, elections nationwide. Primary elections were held on May 10, 2022. Federal offices House of Representatives Following the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, 2020 redistricting cycle, West Virginia lost one seat in the House of Representatives, leaving two seats up for election. Incumbents Carol Miller (politician), Carol Miller and Alex Mooney were re-elected to the West Virginia's 1st congressional district, 1st and West Virginia's 2nd congressional district, 2nd districts respectively, while David McKinley of the old 1st District was defeated by Mooney in a primary. State legislature State senate 17 of the Senate's 34 seats were held for election in 2022, including 9 Republican-held seats and 8 Democrat- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 United States Elections
The 2022 United States elections were held on November 8, 2022, with the exception of absentee balloting. During this U.S. midterm election, which occurred during the first term of incumbent president Joe Biden of the Democratic Party, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were contested to determine the 118th United States Congress. Thirty-nine state and territorial U.S. gubernatorial elections, as well as numerous state and local elections, were also contested. This was the first election affected by the 2022 U.S. redistricting that followed the 2020 U.S. census. The Republican Party narrowly won control of the House, while Democrats slightly expanded their majority in the Senate. While midterm elections typically see the incumbent president's party lose a substantial number of seats, Democrats dramatically outperformed this historical trend, and had a net gain in the Senate. Although election analysts highly anticip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitution Of West Virginia
The Constitution of the State of West Virginia West Virginia State Constitution is the supreme law of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It expresses the rights of the state's citizens and provides the framework for the organization of law and government. West Virginia is governed under its second and current constitution, which dates from 1872. The document includes fourteen articles and several amendments. History The first constitution for the state was written in 1861. Following the secession of Virginia during the American Civil War, Unionist politicians established a " Restored Government" to assert their loyalty to the U.S. In November of that year, delegates from the state's westernmost counties met in convention at Wheeling to form a new state, dubbed West Virginia, and wrote a constitution for that state. In the midst of the war, slavery proved to be one of the main issues at the convention, but delegates sidestepped the question of emancipation and merely prohibited ens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Skaff
Douglas John Skaff Jr. is an American politician from the state of West Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Skaff serves as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 35th district. Early life and education Skaff was born on November 10, 1976 in Charleston, West Virginia. He was raised in South Charleston, West Virginia, South Charleston, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from West Virginia University in 2000, followed by a master's degree in Labor and Industrial Relations, also from West Virginia University. Career Skaff was first elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2008 and served three terms. Skaff opted not to seek re-election to the West Virginia House of Delegates, House of Delegates in 2014, instead running to represent the West Virginia's 17th Senate district, 17th district in the West Virginia Senate. He was defeated by Republican Tom Takubo, and succeeded in the West Virgini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Hanshaw
Roger Hanshaw (born March 24, 1980) is an American politician from West Virginia who currently serves as the Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, in office since August 2018. West Virginia House of Delegates Hanshaw was first elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature. Only three states—Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia—refer to their lower house as the House of Delegates. Organization Regular sessions begin with ... during the 2014 election cycle, defeating incumbent Democrat David Walker with 54.7% of the vote, to Walker's 45.3%. References , - Living people Politicians from Charleston, West Virginia West Virginia University alumni West Virginia University College of Law alumni University of Notre Dame alumni Speakers of the West Virginia House of Delegates Republican Party members of the West Virginia House of Delegates 21st-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Virginia Democratic Party
The West Virginia Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in the U.S. state of West Virginia. History The state of West Virginia granted itself statehood after its people, through a state constitutional convention, became a free state and broke away from the slave holding state of Virginia in 1861 during the first year of the American Civil War, Civil War. Article IV of the U.S. Constitution requires consent of the newly formed state, the original state, and Congress. Since the Virginian government was ruled illegitimate as it was a member of the Confederate States of America, no approval was required and after Congressional consent, self-statehood was gained and political party formation prospered. The West Virginia Democratic Party was started as a coalition of conservative Pro-Union Democrats, Pro-Confederate Democrats, and former members of the Whig Party (United States), Whig Party. After 1872, its political dominance flour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Blair
Craig Philip Blair (born October 17, 1959) is an American politician and a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the West Virginia Senate representing West Virginia's 15th Senate district, 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. As President of the state Senate, Blair has held the title Lieutenant Governor of West Virginia since January 2021. Elections 2020 Blair narrowly defeated challenger Kenneth Mattson, a former military police officer and small business owner, in the Republican primary, and beat Mountain Party challenger Donald Kinnie in the general election. * 2016 Blair easily defeated challenger Larry Kump in the Republican primary and Democratic challenger Brad Noll in the general election. * 2012 After his unsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
