Craig Blair

Craig Blair
West Virginia State Senate, District 15
Incumbent
In office
December 1, 2012 – present
Term ends
December 1, 2016
Years in position	1
Party	Republican
Compensation
Base salary	$20,000/year
Per diem	$131/day during session
Elections and appointments
First elected	November 6, 2012
Next election	November 8, 2016
Term limits	N/A
Personal
Birthday	October 17, 1959
Place of birth	Martinsburg, West Virginia
Profession	Certified Water Specialist
Religion	Christian
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Craig Blair (b. October 17, 1959) is a Republican member of the West Virginia State Senate, representing District 15. He was first elected to the chamber in 2012.

Blair served in the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 52 from 2002 to 2010.

Biography

Blair graduated from the Residential and Industrial Electricity Course, the Machine Trades Course, and the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Course at James Rumsey Technical Institute in 1976, 1984, and 1988, respectively. He then graduated from the Water Treatment Specialist Course, the Water Disinfection/Reverse Osmosis Technologies Course, and the Ozone Technologies/Water Filtration Course at the Water Quality Association, International in 1993, 1996, and 1999, respectively.

Blair was a cook for Kentucky Fried Chicken from 1976 to 1977. He then worked as a Salesperson for Montgomery Wards from 1977 to 1978. From 1978 to 1986, he was a farmer for Rosemary Orchard. He then worked as a plant engineer for Cassco Ice/Reddy Ice from 1986 to 2003. Blair has worked for Sunset Water Services as its President/Owner since 1989. He has also worked for the Water Quality Association as a Certified Water Specialist since 1993. He is a master electrician as well.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Blair served on the following committees:

2009-2010

While a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, Blair served on the following committees:

West Virginia Committee Assignments, 2009
• Constitutional Revision
• Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business
• Finance

Issues

Campaign themes

2012

Blair's website highlighted the following campaign themes::

Employment And Education

• "We will reduce bureaucratic waste and spend education dollars in the classrooms, not on state administrators."
• "We will allow local school boards more autonomy and grant greater flexibility."

Tax And Legal Reforms

• "We will fully and immediately eliminate the tax on food which will save the average family of four $156 per year."
• "We will have non-partisan elections for judges."

Health Care

• "We will offer tax incentives to employers who provide health care coverage to their employees, especially low wage earners."
• "We will promote health-care savings accounts, providing people a vested interest in their own well being."

Family

• "We will constitutionally protect current West Virginia law by defining marriage as a “union of one man and one woman” and reject any other states’ attempt to redefine marriage otherwise."
• "We will require parental notification before a minor child can receive an abortion and continue to promote polices that value all human life."

Elections

2012

See also: West Virginia State Senate elections, 2012

Blair ran in the 2012 election for West Virginia State Senate, District 15. Blair ran unopposed in the May 8 primary election and won in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

West Virginia State Senate, District 15, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Craig Blair	80.8%	28,766
	Constitution	Daniel Litten	19.2%	6,847
Total Votes				35,613

2010

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2010

Blair did not run for re-election to District 52 of the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2010.

Blair was defeated by incumbent Democrat John Unger for West Virginia Senate, District 16 in the November 2, 2010 general election. Blair was unopposed in the May 11 primary.

West Virginia State Senate, District 16 (2010) General Election
Candidates		Votes	Percent
John Unger (D)		18,800	50.43%
Craig Blair (R)		18,482	49.57%

West Virginia State Senate, District 16 Republican Primary (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Craig Philip Blair (R)		3,556	37.78%

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

Personal

Blair and his wife, Andrea, have two children.

Recent news

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Craig Blair News Feed

• School district scanned kids' eyes without parents' consent - Daily Caller
• Gomez: I told McCain he should have left office by now - Daily Caller
• Recall of Colorado gun controller gets enough signatures - Daily Caller
• 'The largest Tea Party protest since 2010 is tomorrow' - Daily Caller
• DHS hopes get same cyber-spying powers as NSA - Daily Caller
• 10 beautiful private islands you wish you could afford [SLIDESHOW - Daily Caller]
• Rubio Doubles Down into Disaster - Daily Caller
• No, the Democratic National Convention didn't lose a single laptop worth ... - Daily Caller
• Cruz will file immigration amendment allowing states to require proof of ... - Daily Caller
• Lil Wayne steps on American flag [VIDEO - Daily Caller]

External links

Suggest a link

• Senate Office Website
• Official campaign website
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign Contributions: 2012, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002
• Craig Blair on Facebook

References

Political offices
Preceded by Clark Barnes	West Virginia State Senate District 15 2012–present	Succeeded by NA
Preceded by -	West Virginia House of Representatives District 52 2002–2010	Succeeded by Larry D. Kump (R)