Fredrik Eric Nelson, Jr. (born December 4, 1960 in

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) is an American politician and a former

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member of the

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, having represented District 35 from January 12, 2013 until December 1, 2020. Nelson served consecutively from January 2011 until January 2013 in the District 30 seat. After his tenure in the

, he went on to run for District 17 in the

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, which he subsequently won in November 3, 2020 general election. He was sworn in as

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on December 1, 2020.

Education

Nelson earned his BS degrees in

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and

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from

Washington and Lee University , mottoeng = "Not Unmindful of the Future" , established = , type = Private liberal arts university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.092 billion (2021) , president = William C. Dudley , provost = Lena Hill , city = Lexingto ...

Elections

*2012 Redistricted to District 35, Nelson ran in the ten-way May 8, 2012 Republican Primary and placed first with 2,606 votes (18.5%), and placed third in the eight-way four-position November 6, 2012 General election with 13,397 votes (14.2%), behind incumbent Democratic Representative

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, fellow Republican Suzette Raines and ahead of fellow Republican selectee John McCuskey and non-selectees incumbent Democratic Representatives

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and Bonnie Brown, Democratic nominee Chris Morris, and fellow Republican nominee Fred Joseph. *2010 Originally in District 30, O'Neal ran in the eight-way May 11, 2010 Republican Primary and placed first with 2,963 votes (16.0%), and placed second in the fourteen-way seven-position November 2, 2010 General election with 17,603 votes (8.0%) behind incumbent Democratic Representative Doug Skaff and ahead of incumbents Daniel Wells (D), Bobbie Hatfield (D), Bonnie Brown (D),

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(D), and Nancy Guthrie (D).

References

External links

Official page
at the

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Campaign site
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Eric Nelson
at the National Institute on Money in State Politics 1960 births Living people Republican Party members of the West Virginia House of Delegates Politicians from Charleston, West Virginia Washington and Lee University alumni 21st-century American politicians {{WestVirginia-politician-stub