Charlotte Jean Pritt
Charlotte Jean Pritt was a Mountain Party candidate for governor of West Virginia in 2016.[1] She was defeated in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Pritt was elected to the West Virginia House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1984 and served for two two-year terms. She won election to the state Senate in 1988 and again in 1990.[2] Pritt left the Senate in 1992 to run unsuccessfully for governor. She also unsuccessfully ran for governor again in 1996 and for secretary of state in 2000. Following her defeat in the 2000 election, Pritt opened an education and wellness consulting firm. Pritt also changed party affiliations after her tenure in state government, serving as the executive chair of the Mountain Party, West Virginia's Green Party affiliate, from 2012 to 2014.[3][4]
Political career
West Virginia State Senate (1989-1992)
Pritt served two terms as a Democrat in the West Virginia State Senate, first winning election in 1988.
West Virginia House of Representatives (1985-1989)
Pritt served two terms as a Democrat in the West Virginia House of Representatives, first wining election in 1984.
Elections
2016
- Main article: West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2016
Pritt ran as a Mountain Party candidate in the 2016 election for governor of West Virginia. She will compete with Jim Justice (D), Bill Cole (R), David Moran (Lib.), and Constitution Party candidate Phil Hudok in the November 8 general election.[1]
General election results
Jim Justice defeated Bill Cole, Charlotte Jean Pritt, David Moran, and Phil Hudok in the West Virginia governor election.
| West Virginia Governor, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jim Justice |
49.09% | 350,408 | |
| Republican | Bill Cole | 42.30% | 301,987 | |
| Mountain Party | Charlotte Jean Pritt | 5.89% | 42,068 | |
| Libertarian | David Moran | 2.15% | 15,354 | |
| Constitution Party | Phil Hudok | 0.57% | 4,041 | |
| Total Votes | 713,858 | |||
| Source: West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
2000
Pritt ran as a Democrat for secretary of state; she was defeated by Joe Manchin (D) in the Democratic primary.
1996
Pritt made a second bid for the governorship in 1996, running as a Democrat and winning the party's primary election against fellow Democrat (and future U.S. Senator) Joe Manchin. She lost the general election to Republican Cecil Underwood by a margin of less than 40,000 votes.
1992
Pritt ran for governor of West Virginia as a Democrat in 1992 and was defeated by incumbent Governor Gaston Caperton in the Democratic primary election. She then filed to run as an independent candidate and again competed with and lost to Capteron in the November general election.
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See also
External links
- Charlotte Jean Pritt on the Mountain Party of West Virginia homepage
- Office of the Governor of West Virginia homepage
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/candidate-search/ Washington Secretary of State, "Candidate listing by office," accessed August 4, 2016]
- ↑ West Virginia Legislature, "Chronology of women in the West Virginia Legislature," January 2009
- ↑ Mountain Party, "Charlotte Pritt - 2016 Gubernatorial Candidate for the People," August 2, 2016
- ↑ e-WV, "Charlotte Pritt," accessed August 4, 2016
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