Mike Romano is an American politician and former
Democratic member of the
West Virginia Senate
The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature.
There are seventeen senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms. Although the Democratic Party held a supermajority in the ...
,
having representing the
12th district from 2014 to 2022. Prior to his election to the Senate, Romano was a county commissioner in
Harrison County. In 2022, Romano retired from the Senate to run for Harrison County commissioner again, but was defeated by incumbent David Hinkle.
Election results
2018: After running in the 2018 Democratic Primary unopposed, Romano faced small business owner Waymond Cork in the November general election.
Romano beat Cork 55-45% to earn a second term.
2014:
Harrison County Commissioner Mike Romano challenged appointed-incumbent Senator
Sam Cann
Samuel Joseph Cann, Sr. (born January 26, 1954) is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate representing District 12 from his January 16, 2013 appointment by West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin to fil ...
in the May 13, 2014 Democratic Primary. Cann had been appointed by Governor
Earl Ray Tomblin
Earl Ray Tomblin (born March 15, 1952) is an American politician who served as the 35th governor of West Virginia from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the West Virginia Senate from 1980 to 2011 and as pres ...
to the Senate seat in January 2013 after
Joe Minard stepped down to become Senate clerk. Cann had served 18 years in the House of Delegates prior to the appointment. After beating Cann 56-44%, Romano beat former state Delegate Mike Queen in the November general election.
References
1961 births
Living people
Politicians from Clarksburg, West Virginia
County commissioners in West Virginia
West Virginia lawyers
Democratic Party West Virginia state senators
West Virginia University alumni
West Virginia University College of Law alumni
21st-century American politicians
Lawyers from Clarksburg, West Virginia
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