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Andrew Byrd
Andrew Byrd (Democratic Party) was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 35. Byrd assumed office in 2015. Byrd left office on December 1, 2020.
Byrd (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 35. Byrd won in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Committee assignments
2019-2020
Byrd was assigned to the following committees:
- House Enrolled Bills Committee
- House Judiciary Committee
- Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development Committee
- Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security Committee, Minority Vice-Chair Veterans Affairs
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Judiciary |
| • Political Subdivisions |
| • Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development |
| • Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Byrd served on the following committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Industry and Labor |
| • Judiciary |
| • Political Subdivisions |
| • Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security |
Campaign themes
2016
Byrd's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
| “ |
Education
Seniors
Veterans
Jobs and Economic Development
West Virginia Resources
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| —Andrew Byrd[2] | ||
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2020
Andrew Byrd did not file to run for re-election.
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 | ||
| Total votes: 88,419 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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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 | 29.1 | 5,191 |
| ✔ | | Douglas Skaff, Jr. | 28.0 | 4,996 |
| ✔ | | Renate Pore | 22.5 | 4,021 |
| ✔ | James Robinette | 20.4 | 3,645 | |
| Total votes: 17,853 | |||
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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 | 27.5 | 3,952 |
| ✔ | | Eric Nelson | 24.1 | 3,469 |
| ✔ | | Charlotte Lane | 20.2 | 2,902 |
| ✔ | Edward Burgess | 15.2 | 2,186 | |
| Bill Johnson | 13.1 | 1,879 | ||
| Total votes: 14,388 | |||
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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.[3][4]
| 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.[5][6]
| 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.[5][6]
| 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. In the 2014 election, District 35 was 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.[7] She was replaced by Sprouse-McDavid on the general election ballot.[8][9]
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
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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 | |
Campaign finance summary
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2020
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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2018
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In 2018, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 10 through March 10.
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2017
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In 2017, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from February 8 through April 9. The legislature held a special session from May 4 to June 26. The legislature held its second special session from August 1 to September 15.
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2016
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In 2016, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 13 through March 12.
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2015
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In 2015, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 14 through March 14.
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See also
- West Virginia State Legislature
- West Virginia state legislative districts
- West Virginia State Senate
- West Virginia State Senate elections, 2014
- West Virginia House Committees
- West Virginia Joint Committees
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Official campaign website
- Andrew Byrd on Facebook
- Andrew Byrd on Twitter
- Profile from Open States
- Profile from Project Vote Smart
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Byrd for WV, "Issues," accessed September 20, 2016
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate search," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed May 3, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," accessed January 30, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results - Primary Election - May 10, 2016," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ Charleston Daily Mail, "Officials rule GOP can't replace Raines on ballot," August 13, 2014
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate search," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results," accessed June 18, 2014
