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Danielle Walker
Danielle Walker (Democratic Party) was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 81. She assumed office on December 1, 2022. She left office on April 17, 2023.
Walker (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 81. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Walker resigned to accept a job with the American Civil Liberties Union.[1]
Biography
Danielle Walker was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, and lives in Morgantown, West Virginia. Walker graduated from New Iberia Senior High School in New Iberia, Louisiana. She earned a degree from the Louisiana Technical College's Teche area campus. Her career experience includes working as a direct care worker.[2]
Committee assignments
2021-2022
Walker was assigned to the following committees:
- House Education Committee
- House Health and Human Resources Committee, Minority vice chair
- Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee, Minority chair
- Senior, Children, and Family Issues Committee
2019-2020
Walker was assigned to the following committees:
- House Health and Human Resources Committee
- House Government Organization Committee
- Political Subdivisions Committee
- Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee, Minority Vice-Chair
- Technology and Infrastructure Committee
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
2022
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2022
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 81
Incumbent Danielle Walker defeated Steven Harris in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 81 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Danielle Walker (D) | 62.9 | 1,633 |
| Steven Harris (R) | 37.1 | 963 | ||
| Total votes: 2,596 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 81
Incumbent Danielle Walker advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 81 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Danielle Walker | 100.0 | 491 |
| Total votes: 491 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 81
Steven Harris advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 81 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Steven Harris | 100.0 | 281 | |
| Total votes: 281 | |||
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2020
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2020
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Barbara Fleischauer (D) | 11.8 | 19,718 |
| ✔ |  | Evan Hansen (D) | 11.3 | 18,800 |
| ✔ |  | Joe Statler (R) | 11.0 | 18,304 |
| ✔ | | Danielle Walker (D) | 10.8 | 17,931 |
| ✔ |  | John Williams (D) | 10.7 | 17,737 |
 | Cindy Frich (R) | 10.6 | 17,704 | |
 | Rodney Pyles (D) | 10.6 | 17,689 | |
 | Justin White (R) | 8.5 | 14,187 | |
| Todd Stainbrook (R) | 7.3 | 12,204 | ||
 | Zach LeMaire (R) | 7.3 | 12,134 | |
| Total votes: 166,408 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Danielle Walker | 20.6 | 9,685 |
| ✔ | | Barbara Fleischauer | 20.5 | 9,626 |
| ✔ | | Evan Hansen | 19.8 | 9,300 |
| ✔ | | John Williams | 17.2 | 8,065 |
| ✔ | | Rodney Pyles | 14.7 | 6,889 |
 | Jeffrey Budkey | 7.1 | 3,343 | |
| Total votes: 46,908 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 (5 seats)
Joe Statler, Cindy Frich, Justin White, Todd Stainbrook, and Zach LeMaire advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joe Statler | 24.8 | 5,151 |
| ✔ | | Cindy Frich | 23.9 | 4,965 |
| ✔ | | Justin White | 18.3 | 3,801 |
| ✔ | Todd Stainbrook | 17.6 | 3,660 | |
| ✔ | | Zach LeMaire | 15.4 | 3,200 |
| Total votes: 20,777 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Barbara Fleischauer (D) | 12.2 | 16,357 |
| ✔ | | Evan Hansen (D) | 11.6 | 15,558 |
| ✔ | | John Williams (D) | 11.2 | 15,045 |
| ✔ | | Danielle Walker (D) | 11.0 | 14,725 |
| ✔ | | Rodney Pyles (D) | 10.6 | 14,240 |
| Joe Statler (R) | 9.7 | 13,051 | |
| Cindy Frich (R) | 9.4 | 12,601 | |
 | Debbie Warner (R) | 8.3 | 11,058 | |
 | Roger Shuttlesworth (R) | 6.6 | 8,885 | |
| Aaron Metz (R) | 6.3 | 8,464 | ||
 | Buddy Guthrie (L) | 2.2 | 3,011 | |
| Harry Bertram (American Freedom Union Party) | 0.7 | 942 | ||
| Total votes: 133,937 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Barbara Fleischauer | 21.5 | 6,116 |
| ✔ | | Evan Hansen | 19.9 | 5,639 |
| ✔ | | Danielle Walker | 18.0 | 5,104 |
| ✔ | | John Williams | 17.6 | 4,994 |
| ✔ | | Rodney Pyles | 13.9 | 3,952 |
| Cory Kennedy | 9.1 | 2,585 | ||
| Total votes: 28,390 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 (5 seats)
Incumbent Joe Statler, incumbent Cindy Frich, Debbie Warner, and Roger Shuttlesworth advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joe Statler | 27.2 | 3,160 |
| ✔ | | Cindy Frich | 25.8 | 3,004 |
| ✔ | | Debbie Warner | 24.1 | 2,799 |
| ✔ | | Roger Shuttlesworth | 22.9 | 2,665 |
| Total votes: 11,628 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Danielle Walker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Danielle Walker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Danielle Walker participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 9, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Danielle Walker's responses follow below.[3]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Education |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | I am particularly driven to help educators, students, and state workers receive the quality of life and excellent training they deserve. I am also passionate about helping with the hopelessness and addiction crisis befalling our state, and across a lot of Appalachia. Lastly, as a member of Habitat for Humanity, I know that communities need affordable based basing to live with dignity, and to secure a better future for our children and the community as a whole.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[5]
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2023
In 2023, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 11 to March 11.
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2022
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In 2022, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 12 to March 12.
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2021
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In 2021, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from February 10 to April 10.
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2020
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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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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate West Virginia House of Delegates District 81 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ AP, "Danielle Walker named next ACLU of West Virginia leader," accessed May 1, 2023
- ↑ West Virginia Legislature, "Danielle Walker," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Danielle Walker's responses," April 9, 2018
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
West Virginia House of Delegates District 81 2022-2023 |
Succeeded by Anitra Hamilton (D) |
| Preceded by - |
West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 2018-2022 |
Succeeded by - |
