Editor’s Note: This is a corrected version with just 76 endorsements.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Business & Industry Council (BIC), comprised of more than 60 West Virginia trade associations and businesses representing more than 395,000 employees,today announced its primary election endorsement of 76 candidates seeking election to the state legislature, Board of Public Works, Supreme Court, and congressional races.
“All these individuals support job development, infrastructure improvement, legal fairness and fiscal responsibility – the main items West Virginia’s business community believes will move the state forward,” said BIC Chairman Chris Hamilton “They are champions of ideas to improve the state’s economy and social well-being and we hope constituents across the state will elect them as the nominees in the upcoming primary election on Tuesday, May 10.”
The full listing of primary endorsements are listed by district below.
For additional information, contact Chris Hamilton at (304) 342-4153.
The West Virginia Business & Industry Council’s goal is to enhance the business climate in West Virginia, and its members have been working to that end for more than three decades.
2016 Primary Election Endorsements
Congressional Races Office District
David B. McKinley U.S. House of Representatives 1
Alex X. Mooney U.S. House of Representatives 2
Evan Jenkins U.S. House of Representatives 3
Board of Public Works:
Bill Cole Governor
Mac Warner Secretary of State
John “JB” McCuskey Auditor
Ann Urling State Treasurer
Patrick Morrisey Attorney General
WV Supreme Court of Appeals
Beth Walker Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals
State Senate
Ryan W. Weld State Senate 1
Mike Maroney State Senate 2
Mitch B. Carmichael State Senate 4
Chandler Swope State Senate 6
Sue Cline State Senate 9
Tom Ewing State Senate 10
Greg Boso State Senate 11
Roman W. Prezioso Jr. State Senate 13
Randy E Smith State Senate 14
Craig P. Blair State Senate 15
Patricia Rucker State Senate 16
Sam Winans State Senate — Unexpired Term 3
House of Delegates
Mark Zatezalo House of Delegates 1
Robert “Chic” DiCiccio House of Delegates 2
Scott Reed House of Delegates 3
Erikka Storch House of Delegates 3
David A. Evans House of Delegates 4
Wm. Roger Romine House of Delegates 6
Bill Anderson House of Delegates 8
Frank Deem House of Delegates 10
John R. Kelly House of Delegates 10
Steve Westfall House of Delegates 12
Jim Butler House of Delegates 14
Carol Miller House of Delegates 16
Matthew Rohrbach House of Delegates 17
Kelli Sobonya House of Delegates 18
Michel G. Moffatt House of Delegates 22
Rupert “Rupie” Phillips Jr. House of Delegates 24
Joe C. Ellington Jr. House of Delegates 27
Marty Gearheart House of Delegates 27
John H. Shott House of Delegates 27
Roy G. Cooper House of Delegates 28
John David O’Neal IV House of Delegates 28
Lynne Arvon House of Delegates 31
Kayla Kessinger House of Delegates 32
Roger Hanshaw House of Delegates 33
Moore Capito House of Delegates 35
Charlotte R. Lane House of Delegates 35
Eric Nelson House of Delegates 35
Brad White House of Delegates 36
Nancy Reagan Foster House of Delegates 38
Ron Walters House of Delegates 39
Tim Armstead House of Delegates 40
Jordan Hill House of Delegates 41
George Boogie Ambler House of Delegates 42
Bill Hartman House of Delegates 43
Danny Wagner House of Delegates 47
Danny Hamrick House of Delegates 48
Ben Queen House of Delegates 48
Terry Waxman House of Delegates 48
Amy Summers House of Delegates 49
Phil Mallow House of Delegates 50
Cindy Frich House of Delegates 51
Brian Kurcaba House of Delegates 51
Joe Statler House of Delegates 51
Terri Funk Sypolt House of Delegates 52
Allen V. Evans House of Delegates 54
Gary G. Howell House of Delegates 56
Ruth Rowan House of Delegates 57
Daryl E. Cowles House of Delegates 58
Saira Blair House of Delegates 59
John Overington House of Delegates 62
Michael “Mike” Folk House of Delegates 63
Eric Lee Householder House of Delegates 64
Jill Upson House of Delegates 65
Paul A. Espinosa House of Delegates 66
Riley Moore House of Delegates 67
