John David O'Neal IV is an American politician who served as a member of the

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for the 28th district from 2013 to 2018. O'Neal served consecutively from January 2011 until January 2013 in the District 27 seat.

Education

Born in

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, O'Neal earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in

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from Alderson Broaddus College and a Master of Arts in religion from

Liberty University Liberty University (LU), known simply as Liberty, is a Private university, private Evangelicalism in the United States, evangelical Christian university in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservativ ...

Elections

*2012 Redistricted to District 28, O'Neal ran in the three-way May 8, 2012 Republican Primary and placed first with 1,341 votes (40.9%), and placed first in the four-way two-position November 6, 2012 General election with 8,189 votes (28.9%) ahead of fellow Republican

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(who had run in District 26 in 2010) and Democratic nominees Jeffry Pritt and Al Martine. *2010 O'Neal ran in the four-way May 11, 2010 Republican Primary and placed third with 1,558 votes (22.5%), and placed fourth in the nine-way five-position November 2, 2010 General election behind

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(R),

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(R), and Rick Moye (D).

References

External links

Official page
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