West Virginia, House of Delegates, District 35

West Virginia House of Delegates District 35
Current incumbents	Andrew Byrd
	Moore Capito
	Eric Nelson
	Douglas Skaff, Jr.
Population	70,436

West Virginia's thirty-fifth state house district is represented by Democratic Representatives Andrew Byrd and Douglas Skaff, Jr. and Republican Representatives Moore Capito and Eric Nelson.

As of the 2010 census, a total of 70,436 civilians reside within West Virginia's thirty-fifth state house district. West Virginia's state delegates represent an average of 18,530 residents. After the 2000 Census, each member represented 18,083 residents.

About the office

Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates serve two-year terms and are not subject to term limits. West Virginia legislators assume office the first day of December following the election.

Qualifications

Section 13 of Article 6 of the West Virginia Constitution states, "No person holding any other lucrative office or employment under this state, the United States, or any foreign government; no member of Congress; and no person who is sheriff, constable, or clerk of any court of record, shall be eligible to a seat in the Legislature."

Salaries

State legislators
Salary	Per diem
$20,000/year	$131/day in session.Set by the compensation commission.

Vacancies

In West Virginia, the Governor is responsible for filling all vacancies in the house.

The executive committee of the political party that holds the seat must submit a list of three candidates to the Governor. The list must be submitted to the Governor within 15 days of the vacancy. The Governor must make a selection within five days of receiving the list. The person that is selected to fill the seat serves the remainder of the unfilled term.

Elections

2020

Elections for the office of West Virginia House of Delegates will take place in 2020. The general election will be held on November 3, 2020. A primary is scheduled for May 12, 2020. The filing deadline is January 25, 2020.

2018

General election

General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Douglas Skaff, Jr. (D)	14.9	13,202
✔	Andrew Byrd (D)	14.7	13,038
✔	Moore Capito (R)	14.4	12,729
✔	Eric Nelson (R)	13.3	11,765
	Charlotte Lane (R)	11.7	10,309
	Renate Pore (D)	11.5	10,165
	James Robinette (D)	10.7	9,444
	Edward Burgess (R)	8.8	7,767

The results have been certified.

Total votes: 88,419
(100.00% precincts reporting)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 (4 seats)

Incumbent Andrew Byrd, Douglas Skaff, Jr., Renate Pore, and James Robinette advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 on May 8, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Andrew Byrd (D)	29.1	5,191
✔	Douglas Skaff, Jr. (D)	28.0	4,996
✔	Renate Pore (D)	22.5	4,021
✔	James Robinette (D)	20.4	3,645

The results have been certified.

Total votes: 17,853

Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 (4 seats)

Incumbent Moore Capito, incumbent Eric Nelson, incumbent Charlotte Lane, and Edward Burgess defeated Bill Johnson in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 on May 8, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Moore Capito (R)	27.5	3,952
✔	Eric Nelson (R)	24.1	3,469
✔	Charlotte Lane (R)	20.2	2,902
✔	Edward Burgess (R)	15.2	2,186
	Bill Johnson (R)	13.1	1,879

The results have been certified.

Total votes: 14,388

2016

Elections for the West Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 10, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was January 30, 2016. Incumbent John B. McCuskey (R) and incumbent Chris Stansbury (R) did not seek re-election.

The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 general election.

West Virginia House of Delegates District 35, General Election, 2016

Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Andrew Byrd Incumbent	15.23%	13,546
	Republican	Moore Capito	16.67%	14,822
	Republican	Charlotte Lane	11.81%	10,505
	Republican	Eric Nelson Incumbent	13.36%	11,881
	Democratic	Ben Adams	11.13%	9,899
	Democratic	Thornton Cooper	10.57%	9,404
	Democratic	Benjamin M. Sheridan	9.70%	8,628
	Republican	Keith Pauley	11.53%	10,251
Total Votes			88,936
Source: West Virginia Secretary of State

The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 Democratic primary.

West Virginia House of Delegates District 35, Democratic Primary, 2016

Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ben Adams	13.80%	3,806
	Democratic	Andrew Byrd Incumbent	22.87%	6,308
	Democratic	Thornton Cooper	12.37%	3,413
	Democratic	Benjamin M. Sheridan	10.64%	2,935
	Democratic	C.B. Britton	6.37%	1,757
	Democratic	Devin J. Casey	6.38%	1,759
	Democratic	John Knight	8.27%	2,281
	Democratic	Shawn Little	9.11%	2,513
	Democratic	Jack Rogers	10.18%	2,809
Total Votes			27,581

The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 Republican primary.

West Virginia House of Delegates District 35, Republican Primary, 2016

Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Moore Capito	23.77%	4,896
	Republican	Charlotte Lane	14.43%	2,973
	Republican	Eric Nelson Incumbent	21.30%	4,388
	Republican	Keith Pauley	14.03%	2,890
	Republican	Calvin Grimm	4.20%	866
	Republican	Bill Johnson	9.00%	1,853
	Republican	Matt Kelly	13.26%	2,731
Total Votes			20,597

2014

Elections for the West Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 13, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 25, 2014. District 35 is represented by four delegates. Andrew Byrd, Thornton Cooper, Barbara Hatfield and Sherri Wong defeated John Caudill, IV, David Harless, Bret Nida, Joe Wallace and Gary Winter in the Democratic primary. Incumbents J.B. McCuskey, Eric Nelson, and Suzette Raines and Chris Stansbury defeated Richard McGinnis and Marie Sprouse-McDavid in the Republican primary. Byrd, McCuskey, Nelson, and Stansbury defeated Cooper, Hatfield, Wong, and Sprouse-McDavid in the general election. Raines withdrew from the race due to personal reasons and allegations from Democrats. She was replaced by Sprouse-McDavid on the general election ballot.

West Virginia House of Delegates District 35, General Election, 2014

Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Eric Nelson Incumbent	15.7%	11,050
	Republican	J.B. McCuskey Incumbent	14.3%	10,013
	Republican	Chris Stansbury	12.7%	8,897
	Democratic	Andrew Byrd	12.6%	8,852
	Republican	Marie Sprouse-McDavid	12%	8,436
	Democratic	Bobbie Hatfield	12%	8,401
	Democratic	Sherri Wong	11.4%	8,039
	Democratic	Thornton Cooper	9.3%	6,548
Total Votes			70,236

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 35 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Bobbie Hatfield	21.2%	3,601
Andrew Byrd	14.8%	2,510
Sherri Wong	14.3%	2,435
Thornton Cooper	13.1%	2,232
John Caudill, IV	11.6%	1,976
Bret Nida	9%	1,539
Gary Winter	6.5%	1,114
David Harless	5%	851
Joe Wallace	4.4%	753
Total Votes		17,011

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 35 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Eric Nelson Incumbent	24.9%	2,952
Suzette Raines Incumbent	21.6%	2,563
J.B. McCuskey Incumbent	20.6%	2,445
Chris Stansbury	15.1%	1,789
Marie Sprouse-McDavid	10.8%	1,285
Richard McGinnis	6.9%	819
Total Votes		11,853

2012

Elections for the office of West Virginia House of Delegates consisted of a primary election on May 8, 2012, and a general election on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Doug Skaff, Jr. (D), incumbent Eric Nelson (R), John B. Mccuskey (R) and Suzette Raines (R) defeated incumbent Bonnie Brown (D), incumbent Barbara "Bobbie" Hatfield (D), Christopher "Chris" Morris (D), and Fred Joseph (R) in the general election. Skaff, Brown, Hatfield, and Morris defeated Lisa Amoroso, John D. Caudill, IV, Thornton Cooper, Fred Giggenbach, and Gary Eugene Holstein in the Democratic primary election. Nelson, Mccuskey, Raines, and Joseph defeated Ann Calvert, Todd Carden, Elias Gregory, Matt Kelly, Micah Phelps, and Michael A. Young in the Republican primary election.

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 35, General Election, 2012

Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Doug Skaff Incumbent	15.8%	14,891
	Republican	Suzette Raines	14.5%	13,676
	Republican	Eric Nelson Incumbent	14.2%	13,397
	Republican	John Mccuskey	12%	11,325
	Democratic	Bobbie Hatfield Incumbent	12%	11,284
	Democratic	Bonnie Brown Incumbent	11.8%	11,097
	Democratic	Chris Morris	10.4%	9,792
	Republican	Fred Joseph	9.2%	8,638
Total Votes			94,100

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 35 Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Doug Skaff, Jr. Incumbent	19.9%	4,246
Bonnie Brown Incumbent	18.7%	3,982
Bobbie Hatfield Incumbent	16.8%	3,581
Chris Morris	11.4%	2,441
Thornton Cooper	8.5%	1,822
Fred Giggenbach	7.6%	1,625
John D. Caudill, IV	7.2%	1,540
Lisa Amoroso	7.2%	1,528
Gary Eugene Holstein	2.7%	574
Total Votes		21,339

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 35 Republican Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Eric Nelson Incumbent	18.5%	2,606
Suzette Raines	18.2%	2,561
John B. Mccuskey	14%	1,969
Fred Joseph	12.2%	1,725
Ann Calvert	11.6%	1,630
Matt Kelly	7.1%	1,003
Todd Carden	5.8%	811
Michael A. Young	5.3%	752
Micah Phelps	4.7%	665
Elias Gregory	2.6%	368
Total Votes		14,090

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2016, candidates for West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 raised a total of $1,837,118. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $30,117 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, West Virginia House of Delegates District 35

Year	Amount	Candidates	Average
2016	$563,113	16	$35,195
2014	$559,455	15	$37,297
2012 *	$622,040	16	$38,878
2010	$16,400	3	$5,467
2008	$15,102	1	$15,102
2006	$20,839	2	$10,420
2004	$16,606	4	$4,152
2002	$14,254	2	$7,127
2000	$9,309	2	$4,655
Total	$1,837,118	61	$30,117
* Campaign finance data for 2012 is incomplete for this district.