Gary Martin 'Marty' Gearheart (born September 15, 1961 in

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member of the

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representing District 27 since January 12, 2013. Gearheart served consecutively from November 2, 2010 until January 2013 in the District 24 seat.

Education

Gearheart earned his BS in

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from

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Elections

*2012 Redistricted to District 27, Gearheart ran in the three-way May 8, 2012 Republican Primary and placed third by 65 votes with 1,516 votes (32.4%), and placed third in the six-way November 6, 2012 General election with 9,333 votes (18.8%) behind former Senator John Shott and Republican nominee

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and ahead of Democratic nominees Ryan Flanigan, Greg Ball, and Bill Morefield, who had run for a District 25 seat in 2006 and 2010. *2010 To challenge incumbent Democratic United States Representative

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, Gearheart ran in the four-way Republican Primary but lost to Elliot Maynard, who lost the November 2, General election to Congressman Rahall. *2010 District 24 Republican Representative John Shott was unopposed for the May 11, 2010 Republican Primary, but was appointed to the

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to fill a vacancy; Gearheart replaced him on the ballot for the November 2, 2010 General election, and won unopposed with 2,797 votes.

References

External links

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1961 births Living people Concord University alumni Republican Party members of the West Virginia House of Delegates People from Bluefield, West Virginia People from Zebulon, North Carolina 21st-century American politicians {{WestVirginia-politician-stub