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Conrad Lucas
Conrad Lucas (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 8, 2018.
Lucas is the former chair of the Republican Party of West Virginia. On November 8, 2017, he announced that he was resigning from the position, effective January 6, 2018, to run for Congress. He serves as a consultant with Capitol Resources LLC in Charleston, West Virginia.[1][2]
Biography
Conrad Lucas earned a bachelor's degree in human and organizational development and history from Vanderbilt University in 2003. He earned a master's degree in education policy and management from Harvard University in 2004, a Juris Doctor from Tulane University Law School in 2008, and a doctor of education from Vanderbilt University in 2010.[3]
Lucas served as deputy press secretary to former U.S. Representative Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) from May 2003 to May 2004. He later worked as a policy analyst for the Cowen Institute, an organization at Tulane University that examines public education initiatives, from July 2007 to July 2008. Lucas transitioned to a position with the Huddleston Bolen LLP law firm in Huntington, West Virginia, where he worked as a counsel in natural resources and corporate litigation until June 2009.[3][4][5]
Lucas served as assistant general counsel for the Republican Party of West Virginia (RPWV) in 2009. He campaigned for West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District during the 2010 elections, but was defeated in the Republican primary. Following his defeat, Lucas was appointed to the position of West Virginia victory director for the RPWV and served as chief of staff to the party chair until December 2010. He worked as general counsel for the RPWV until 2012, as a consultant with Huron Consulting Group from January 2011 to May 2012, and as a periodic adjunct professor at Mountain State University in Buckley, West Virginia. Lucas also served as chair of the West Virginia Young Republicans from 2011to 2012.[6][7]
Republican Party of West Virginia
Conrad Lucas has served the Republican Party of West Virginia (RPWV) in a variety of roles, including victory director, chief of staff, and general counsel. Lucas represented West Virginia at the 2000 Republican National Convention and was a delegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention.[6]
Lucas was first elected chair of the RPWV in 2012 to replace outgoing chair Mike Stewart. At the time of his election, Lucas was the youngest state party chair in the nation. He was re-elected to a full, four-year term as chair in 2014.[6][8][9]
Lucas was referred to as "a different Republican Party chairman from the start" by former WCHS Radio personality Stephen Reed. He was named to the list of Top 500 Influencers in American Politics by Campaigns & Elections Magazine in 2012 and to The State Journal's Generation Next: 40 under 40 list in 2015.[10][11][12]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House West Virginia District 3
Carol Miller defeated Richard Ojeda in the general election for U.S. House West Virginia District 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Carol Miller (R) | 56.4 | 98,645 |
 | Richard Ojeda (D) | 43.6 | 76,340 | |
| Total votes: 174,985 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 3
Richard Ojeda defeated Shirley Love, Paul Davis, and Janice Hagerman in the Democratic primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 3 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Richard Ojeda | 52.2 | 29,867 |
 | Shirley Love | 24.6 | 14,109 | |
 | Paul Davis | 16.0 | 9,137 | |
 | Janice Hagerman | 7.2 | 4,147 | |
| Total votes: 57,260 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Steve Williams (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 3
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 3 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carol Miller | 23.8 | 8,923 |
 | Rupie Phillips | 19.5 | 7,319 | |
 | Marty Gearheart | 18.2 | 6,814 | |
 | Conrad Lucas | 18.1 | 6,771 | |
 | Rick Snuffer | 10.6 | 3,987 | |
 | Ayne Amjad | 7.5 | 2,795 | |
 | Philip Payton | 2.3 | 861 | |
| Total votes: 37,470 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Conrad Lucas participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on February 28, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Conrad Lucas's responses follow below.[13]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Good-paying jobs and economic growth 2) Supporting our coal industry |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | I have a strong passion for promoting free market economic growth and fighting for conservative principles — this is how we will make America great again. West Virginia was devastated by Obama's government-mandated “War on Coal,” and our people know pain all too well. We've been left behind and forgotten by the Washington establishment for decades. To have a leader in the White House who finally fights for our interests is essential in West Virginia's comeback, and I am running to passionately support the Trump agenda in Congress and bring Southern West Virginia values to D.C.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[15]
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Lucas was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from West Virginia. Lucas was one of 30 delegates from West Virginia bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[16] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Delegate rules
District-level and at-large delegates from West Virginia were elected directly by voters in the state's primary election on May 10, 2016. Delegates were allowed to run as unpledged delegates or to designate a candidate to whom they wished to be bound at the national convention.
West Virginia primary results
| West Virginia Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
77.1% | 157,238 | 30 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9% | 18,301 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 6.7% | 13,721 | 1 | |
| Ben Carson | 2.2% | 4,421 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 1.4% | 2,908 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.1% | 2,305 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.9% | 1,798 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.9% | 1,780 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.4% | 727 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.3% | 659 | 0 | |
| David Hall | 0.1% | 203 | 0 | |
| Totals | 204,061 | 31 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
West Virginia had 34 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, nine were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's three congressional districts) and 22 served as at-large delegates. According to the Republican National Committee, West Virginia's district and at-large delegates were "elected on the primary ballot and [may have specified an] intention to be committed to a candidate."[17][18]
In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[17][18]
Campaign themes
2018
Lucas' campaign website highlighted the campaign priorities below.[19]
| “ | CONRAD LUCAS'S TOP PRIORITIES AS OUR NEXT REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
1. Stand with President Trump to Drain the Swamp |
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Media
See also
- West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018
- West Virginia
- Republican Party of West Virginia
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Lucas Holdings, LLC Business Profile" accessed October 13, 2015
- ↑ The State Journal, "WV GOP Chairman Conrad Lucas to join Capitol Resources lobbying expansion in WV," December 19, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 LinkedIn, "Conrad Lucas," accessed February 18, 2018.
- ↑ The Cowen Institute, "Who we are," accessed October 13, 2015
- ↑ West Virginia Record, "Personnel File: Lucas joins Huddleston Bolen," May 19, 2009
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 West Virginia Record, "GOP elects Lucas as new state chairman," May 17, 2012
- ↑ Republican National Committee Website, "Conrad Lucas profile," accessed October 13,2015
- ↑ Associated Press, "West Virginia GOP Re-elects Chairman," July 13, 2014
- ↑ Republican Party of West Virginia website, "Chairman Conrad G. Lucas II," accessed October 13, 2015
- ↑ Charleston Gazette-Mail, "Lucas a shot in the arm to state GOP," June 18, 2015
- ↑ Campaign and Elections (Via Acquire Media NewsEdge), "The Influencers 500 (Campaigns and Elections)," January 22, 2013
- ↑ The State Journal, "Generation Next: 40 under 40," June 11, 2015
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Conrad Lucas's responses," February 28, 2018
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Charleston Gazette Mail, "West Virginia Delegates to the Republican National Convention," May 11, 2016
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Conrad Lucas 2018 campaign website, "Home," accessed February 23, 2018
