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Bil Lepp
Bil Lepp (Democratic Party) ran for election to the West Virginia State Senate to represent District 17. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Lepp completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Bil Lepp earned a high school diploma from Philip Barbour High School and a bachelor's degree from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1992. His career experience includes working as an artist.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: West Virginia State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for West Virginia State Senate District 17
Incumbent Eric Nelson defeated Bil Lepp in the general election for West Virginia State Senate District 17 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Eric Nelson (R)  | 64.3 | 26,931 |
 | Bil Lepp (D) | 35.7 | 14,972 | |
| Total votes: 41,903 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 17
Bil Lepp advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 17 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bil Lepp | 100.0 | 5,770 |
| Total votes: 5,770 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 17
Incumbent Eric Nelson defeated Chris Pritt in the Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 17 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eric Nelson | 57.7 | 6,733 |
 | Chris Pritt | 42.3 | 4,936 | |
| Total votes: 11,669 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lepp in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Bil Lepp completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lepp's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Some members of the West Virginia legislature want to deny women the right to make their own reproductive decisions, as well as their equal rights. The super majority wants to take away parents’ rights. They want to dictate what kids can learn in schools. They want to deny your personal freedom to identify as who you are. They want to mandate how you wear your hair. They want to tell you who you are allowed to love. In my opinion, if you aren’t open carrying a gun, a Bible, and a hunk of coal while wearing an “I’m Straight” t-shirt, the super majority doesn’t want you to have any rights at all. I’ve spent years making jokes and poking fun at our House and Senate. By and large, the supermajority in our state government is an embarrassment. So, you know what they say: If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.
I will be there, if nothing else, to show that there are people in West Virginia who think that the job of the government is making schools better, fixing the prison system, funding children’s services and funding child care, demanding drinkable water, providing food and services for the elderly and the hungry, insisting on miner safety, fighting black lung, and ensuring that all citizens- including people of color, and the LGBTQ+ community - feel safe and free in West Virginia.- Women should have reproductive freedom
- Members of the LGBTQ+ community, as well as all minority groups should feel safe and have equal rights
- Miner safety, clean water, better children's' services, more child care, clean drinking water for everybody, and better infrastructure - from roads to broadband - should be the priorities to the WV state government, instead of banning books and fighting inane culture wars
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 30, 2024
