Walt D. Helmick (born March 25, 1944) is an American businessman and
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politician who served as the Commissioner of Agriculture of the state of
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...
. He was elected to the position in 2012, defeating Republican nominee Kent Leonhardt. In 2016, Leonhardt defeated him in a rematch. Previously, he was a 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 ...
, representing the
15th district from 1990 to 2012. Earlier he was a member of 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
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from 1988 through 1989, served on the
Pocahontas County Commission and on the Pocahontas County School Board.
Electoral history
External links
Project Vote Smart - Senator Walt Helmick (WV)profile
*''Follow the Money'' - Walt Helmick
20082006200420021998
Senate campaign contributions
1944 births
American Presbyterians
Businesspeople from West Virginia
County commissioners in West Virginia
Educators from West Virginia
Living people
Democratic Party members of the West Virginia House of Delegates
People from Webster Springs, West Virginia
School board members in West Virginia
West Virginia Commissioners of Agriculture
Democratic Party West Virginia state senators
West Virginia University Institute of Technology alumni
21st-century American politicians
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