Shirley D. Love (May 15, 1933 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and broadcast journalist who served as a member of both chambers of the

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Career

Love served as a member of the

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, representing the 32nd District from 2017 until 2019. He unsuccessfully ran in the Democratic primary for

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in the

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, losing the 3rd District primary to

Richard Ojeda Richard Neece Ojeda II ( ; born October 25, 1970) is an American politician and retired United States Army major who served in the West Virginia Senate representing the 7th district from 2016 until 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he ran ...

. He was a member of the

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representing the

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from 1994 until 2008. Love was a broadcast journalist, having spent the majority of his career with

WOAY-TV WOAY-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Oak Hill, West Virginia, United States, serving the Bluefield– Beckley–Oak Hill market as an affiliate of ABC. It has been locally owned by the Thomas family since its inception, and ...

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. Love was also a wrestling announcer and host for NWA Saturday Night Wrestling On

References

External links

West Virginia Legislature - Senator Shirley Love
''official government website''
Project Vote Smart - Senator Shirley Love (WV)
profile *''Follow the Money'' - Shirley Love
200620042002
Senate campaign contributions Democratic Party West Virginia state senators 1933 births 2020 deaths People from Oak Hill, West Virginia Journalists from West Virginia 21st-century American politicians {{WestVirginia-politician-stub