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Cody Thompson
Cody Thompson (Democratic Party) was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 43. He assumed office on December 1, 2018. He left office on December 1, 2022.
Thompson (Democratic Party) ran for election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 67. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Cody Thompson was born in Bowden, West Virginia. He graduated from Harman High School in 2005. He earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary social studies education from Marshall University and a master's degree in multi-categorical special education from West Virginia University. Thompson’s career experience includes working as a teacher with Randolph County Schools.[1][2]
Committee assignments
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2021-2022
Thompson was assigned to the following committees:
- House Education Committee, Minority vice chair
- Political Subdivisions Committee
- Technology & Infrastructure Committee, Minority chair
- Workforce Development Committee
2019-2020
Thompson was assigned to the following committees:
- House Education Committee
- House Health and Human Resources Committee
- Industry and Labor Committee
- Technology and Infrastructure Committee, Minority Vice-Chair
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2024
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 67
Incumbent Elias Coop-Gonzalez defeated Cody Thompson in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 67 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Elias Coop-Gonzalez (R) | 54.5 | 4,358 |
 | Cody Thompson (D) | 45.5 | 3,632 | |
| Total votes: 7,990 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 67
Cody Thompson advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 67 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cody Thompson | 100.0 | 1,362 |
| Total votes: 1,362 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 67
Incumbent Elias Coop-Gonzalez advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 67 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Elias Coop-Gonzalez | 100.0 | 1,900 |
| Total votes: 1,900 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Thompson in this election.
2022
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2022
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 67
Elias Coop-Gonzalez defeated incumbent Cody Thompson in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 67 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Elias Coop-Gonzalez (R) | 60.3 | 3,496 |
| Cody Thompson (D) | 39.7 | 2,302 | |
| Total votes: 5,798 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 67
Incumbent Cody Thompson advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 67 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cody Thompson | 100.0 | 1,185 |
| Total votes: 1,185 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 67
Elias Coop-Gonzalez advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 67 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Elias Coop-Gonzalez | 100.0 | 1,098 |
| Total votes: 1,098 | |||
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2020
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2020
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 43 (2 seats)
William Nestor and incumbent Cody Thompson defeated incumbent William Hartman and Mark Rennix in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 43 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | William Nestor (R) | 31.9 | 8,070 |
| ✔ | | Cody Thompson (D) | 26.2 | 6,644 |
 | William Hartman (D) | 24.0 | 6,085 | |
| Mark Rennix (R) | 17.9 | 4,534 | ||
| Total votes: 25,333 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 43 (2 seats)
Incumbent Cody Thompson and incumbent William Hartman defeated Phil Isner in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 43 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cody Thompson | 41.4 | 3,665 |
| ✔ | | William Hartman | 33.1 | 2,933 |
 | Phil Isner | 25.5 | 2,263 | |
| Total votes: 8,861 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 43 (2 seats)
William Nestor and Mark Rennix advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 43 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | William Nestor | 58.7 | 2,986 |
| ✔ | Mark Rennix | 41.3 | 2,097 | |
| Total votes: 5,083 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 43 (2 seats)
Cody Thompson and incumbent William Hartman defeated William Nestor and Mike House in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 43 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cody Thompson (D) | 27.9 | 5,534 |
| ✔ | | William Hartman (D) | 27.5 | 5,447 |
| William Nestor (R) | 26.1 | 5,176 | |
| Mike House (R) | 18.5 | 3,661 | ||
| Total votes: 19,818 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 43 (2 seats)
Cody Thompson and incumbent William Hartman defeated incumbent Phil Isner in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 43 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cody Thompson | 34.4 | 2,569 |
| ✔ | | William Hartman | 33.6 | 2,511 |
| Phil Isner | 31.9 | 2,383 | |
| Total votes: 7,463 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 43 (2 seats)
William Nestor and Mike House advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 43 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | William Nestor | 58.1 | 1,538 |
| ✔ | Mike House | 41.9 | 1,108 | |
| Total votes: 2,646 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Cody Thompson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Cody Thompson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Cody Thompson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Cody H. Thompson participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 10, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Cody H. Thompson's responses follow below.[3]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Improving and diversifying our state and local economy 2) Appropriate pay increases for state employees and fully funding PEIA |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Education, Healthcare, Transportantion, Economic, and Environmental.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[5]
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Campaign finance summary
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2022
In 2022, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 12 to March 12.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
2021
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In 2021, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from February 10 to April 10.
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2020
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In 2020, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 7.
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2019
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In 2019, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 9 through March 9.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate West Virginia House of Delegates District 67 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Cody Thompson for West Virginia House of Delegates, "About Cody," accessed April 7, 2018
- ↑ Ballotpedia's Elections Team, “Email communication with Cody Thompson," August 13, 2018
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Cody H. Thompson's responses," April 10, 2018
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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| Preceded by Phil Isner (D) |
West Virginia House of Delegates District 43 2018-2022 |
Succeeded by - |
