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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Chair, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, West Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, West Virginia State House of Delegates

Former Member, Energy Committee, West Virginia State House of Delegates

Former Member, Finance Committee, West Virginia State House of Delegates

Former Member, Interstate Cooperation Committee, West Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Joint Commission on Forest Management Review Committee, West Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Joint Economic Development Committee, West Virginia State Assembly

Former Member, Joint Economic Development Committee, West Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Joint Finance Committee, West Virginia General Assembly

Former Member, Joint Interstate Cooperation Committee, West Virginia State House of Delegates

Former Member, Joint Pensions and Retirement Committee, West Virginia State Assembly

Former Member, Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Subcommittee, West Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Pensions and Retirement Committee, West Virginia State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Pensions Committee, West Virginia State Senate

Former Member, Senior Citizen Issues Committee, West Virginia House of Delegates

Education

  • Attended, Investment Institute of Atlanta
  • Attended, Ohio State Fire Academy
  • Attended, Potomac State College

Professional Experience

  • Attended, Investment Institute of Atlanta
  • Attended, Ohio State Fire Academy
  • Attended, Potomac State College
  • Hunter Safety Instructor, West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, 1988-present
  • Securities Representative, ON Equity Sales Company, 1975-present
  • Owner, Loudin Insurance Agency Incorporated, 1974-present
  • President, Loudin Insurance Agency Incorporated, 1974-present
  • Agent, Loudin Insurance Agency Incorporated, 1974-present

Political Experience

  • Attended, Investment Institute of Atlanta
  • Attended, Ohio State Fire Academy
  • Attended, Potomac State College
  • Hunter Safety Instructor, West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, 1988-present
  • Securities Representative, ON Equity Sales Company, 1975-present
  • Owner, Loudin Insurance Agency Incorporated, 1974-present
  • President, Loudin Insurance Agency Incorporated, 1974-present
  • Agent, Loudin Insurance Agency Incorporated, 1974-present
  • Former Assistant Majority Whip, West Virginia House of Delegates
  • Senator, West Virginia State Senate, District 45, 2002-2019
  • Candidate, West Virginia State Senate, District 11, 2018
  • Candidate, West Virginia House of Delegates, 2000

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Chair, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, West Virginia House of Delegates

Former Chair, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, West Virginia State House of Delegates

Former Member, Energy Committee, West Virginia State House of Delegates

Former Member, Finance Committee, West Virginia State House of Delegates

Former Member, Joint Economic Development Committee, West Virginia State Assembly

Former Member, Joint Finance Committee, West Virginia General Assembly

Former Member, Joint Pensions and Retirement Committee, West Virginia State Assembly

Former Member, Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Subcommittee, West Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Pensions and Retirement Committee, West Virginia State House of Delegates

Former Member, Senior Citizen Issues Committee, West Virginia House of Delegates

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Banking and Insurance Committee

Member, Economic Development Committee

Member, Employee Suggestion Award Board

Member, Energy, Industry and Mining Committee

Member, Finance Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Energy

Member, Joint Committee on Finance

Member, Joint Committee on Pensions and Retirement

Member, Joint Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Commission on State Water Resources

Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Commission on Workforce Investment for Economic Development

Member, Military Committee

Chair, Natural Resources Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Attended, Investment Institute of Atlanta
  • Attended, Ohio State Fire Academy
  • Attended, Potomac State College
  • Hunter Safety Instructor, West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, 1988-present
  • Securities Representative, ON Equity Sales Company, 1975-present
  • Owner, Loudin Insurance Agency Incorporated, 1974-present
  • President, Loudin Insurance Agency Incorporated, 1974-present
  • Agent, Loudin Insurance Agency Incorporated, 1974-present
  • Former Assistant Majority Whip, West Virginia House of Delegates
  • Senator, West Virginia State Senate, District 45, 2002-2019
  • Candidate, West Virginia State Senate, District 11, 2018
  • Candidate, West Virginia House of Delegates, 2000
  • Member, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Osiris Temple, Wheeling, present
  • Member, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Franklin, Lodge #7, present
  • Member, Holy Rosary Catholic Church, present
  • Lifetime Member, National Rifle Association (NRA), present
  • Member, Buckhannon-Upshur Chamber of Commerce
  • Former President, Central West Virginia Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors
  • Member, Friends of Fidler's Mill
  • Member, Lodge Order of Moose, Buckhannon Lodge #598
  • Member, National Wild Turkey Federation
  • Member, Professional Independent Insurance Agents of West Virginia
  • Member, Sand Run Baptist Church
  • Member, Tennerton Lions Club
  • Member, Upshur County Farm Bureau
  • Member, Upshur County Shrine Club
  • Member, Upshur Livestock Association
  • Member, Upshur Sportsmen and Conservation Club
  • Member, West Virginia Forestry Association
  • Member, Tri-County Health Clinic, 2003
  • Board Member, Upshur County Fair Association, 1995
  • Police Commissioner, Buckhannon Police Civil Commission, 1986-1990
Policy Positions

West Virginia State Legislative Election 2008 Political Courage Test

Abortion

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.

1. Abortions should always be illegal.
- No Answer

2. Abortions should always be legal.
- No Answer

3. Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
- No Answer

4. Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
- X

5. Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
- X

6. Abortions should be subject to a mandatory waiting period.
- No Answer

7. Require clinics to give parental notification before performing abortions on minors.
- No Answer

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Budget and Tax

State Budget: Indicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category, you can use a number more than once.

1. Education (Higher)
- Maintain Status

2. Education (K-12)
- Slightly Increase

3. Emergency preparedness
- Maintain Status

4. Environment
- Maintain Status

5. Health care
- Slightly Increase

6. Law enforcement
- Maintain Status

7. Transportation and Highway infrastructure
- Greatly Increase

8. Welfare
- Slightly Decrease

9. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

State Taxes: Indicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category, you can use a number more than once.

1. Alcohol taxes
- Greatly Increase

2. Cigarette taxes
- Maintain Status

3. Corporate taxes
- Slightly Decrease

4. Gasoline taxes
- Maintain Status

5. Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
- Greatly Decrease

6. Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
- Greatly Increase

7. Property taxes
- Slightly Decrease

8. Sales taxes
- Slightly Decrease

9. Vehicle taxes
- Slightly Decrease

10. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

11. Should state sales taxes be extended to Internet sales?
- Undecided

12. Should accounts such as a "rainy day" fund be used to balance the state budget?
- No

13. Should fee increases be used to balance the state budget?
- No

14. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Campaign Finance and Government Reform

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.

1. Do you support the current limit of terms for West Virginia governors?
- No

2. Do you support limiting the number of terms for West Virginia state senators and delegates?
- No

Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?

1. Individual
- No

2. PAC
- No

3. Corporate
- Yes

4. Political Parties
- No

5. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes

6. Do you support imposing spending limits on state-level political campaigns?
- No

7. Should West Virginia participate in the federal REAL ID program?
- No

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Crime

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.

1. Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and hiring of additional prison staff.
- No Answer

2. Establish the death penalty in West Virginia.
- No Answer

3. Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
- X

4. Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
- X

5. Decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
- No Answer

6. Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults.
- X

7. Support state and local law enforcement officials enforcing federal immigration laws.
- X

8. Support hate crime legislation.
- No Answer

9. Other or expanded principles
- Support state offered substance abuse programs available to all who request! Support use of drug courts in all WV Judicial circuits.

Education

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.

1. Support state funding of universal pre-K programs.
- X

2. Support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind).
- X

3. Support state education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students.
- X

4. Support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams.
- No Answer

5. Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any public school.
- No Answer

6. Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school.
- No Answer

7. Require school districts to use excess school aid exclusively for raising teacher salaries.
- No Answer

8. Support using a merit pay system for teachers.
- No Answer

9. Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable.
- X

10. Support allowing illegal immigrant high school graduates of West Virginia to pay in-state tuition at public universities.
- No Answer

11. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Employment

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.

1. Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers and teach skills needed in today?s job market.
- X

2. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector.
- X

3. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
- X

4. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for children in low-income working families.
- X

5. Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families.
- X

6. Include sexual orientation in West Virginia's anti-discrimination laws.
- No Answer

7. Include gender identity in West Virgina's anti-discrimination laws.
- No Answer

8. Increase the state minimum wage.
- X

9. Support laws that prevent employers from dismissing employees at will.
- X

10. Support financial punishments for those who knowingly employ illegal immigrants.
- X

11. Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients.
- X

12. Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
- X

13. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Environment and Energy

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.

1. Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology.
- X

2. Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil, etc).
- X

3. Support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops.
- No Answer

4. Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned.
- No Answer

5. Support funding for improvements to West Virginia's power generating and transmission facilities.
- X

6. Support funding for open space preservation.
- No Answer

7. Limit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases linked to global warming.
- X

8. Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law.
- No Answer

9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Gun

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.

1. Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- No

2. Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns?
- Yes

3. Should a license be required for gun possession?
- No

4. Do you support current levels of enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No

5. Do you support current state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No

6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Health

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health.

1. Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state-funded care where necessary.
- No Answer

2. Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
- X

3. Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
- No Answer

4. Allow patients to sue their HMOs.
- X

5. Require hospitals and labs to release reports on infections that are a risk to public health, while not compromising patient confidentiality.
- X

6. Legalize physician assisted suicide in West Virginia.
- No Answer

7. Support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes.
- No Answer

8. Support a statewide public smoking ban.
- No Answer

9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Social

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding social issues.

1. Should West Virginia recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
- No

2. Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry?
- No

3. Should West Virginia provide state-level spousal rights to same-sex couples?
- No

4. Do you support a moment of silence in public schools?
- Yes

5. Do you support voluntary prayer in public schools?
- Yes

6. Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods?
- Yes

7. Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs?
- No

8. Should the state government consider race and gender in state government contracting and hiring decisions?
- No

9. Do you support affirmative action in public college admissions?
- No

10. Should West Virginia continue affirmative action programs?
- No

11. Do you support state funding of stem cell research?
- Undecided

12. Do you support state funding of embryonic stem cell research?
- Undecided

13. Do you support allowing pharmacists who conscientiously object to emergency contraception to refuse to dispense it?
- Undecided

14. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Legislative Priorities

1. Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- No Answer