Danny Wells
Danny Wells (b. March 15, 1940) was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 36 of the West Virginia House of Delegates.[1]
Wells served in the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 36 from 2004 to 2014.
Biography
Wells earned his BSJ from West Virginia University in 1962.
Wells has worked as Co-Host of WBES (Radio) and as a teacher. From 1962 to 1989, he was a Columnist/Sports Writer for the Charleston Gazette. He then worked as a Sports Editor for the Charleston Gazette from 1989 to 2002.[2]
Committee assignments
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Wells served on the following committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Enrolled Bills, Chair |
| • Agriculture |
| • Judiciary |
| • Natural Resources |
| • Roads and Transportation |
| • Agriculture and Agri-business |
| • Judiciary |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Wells served on these committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2011 |
|---|
| • Agriculture |
| • Constitutional Revision |
| • Judiciary |
| • Joint Judiciary |
| • Natural Resources |
| • Roads and Transportation |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Wells served on these committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2009 |
|---|
| • Agriculture |
| • Constitutional Revision |
| • Enrolled Bills |
| • Judiciary |
| • Roads and Transportation |
Elections
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.
The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 36 general election.[3][4]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 36, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Andrew Robinson |
18.32% | 8,524 | |
| Democratic | Larry Rowe Incumbent |
20.22% | 9,408 | |
| Republican | Brad White Incumbent |
17.60% | 8,189 | |
| Democratic | Nancy Guthrie Incumbent | 17.57% | 8,176 | |
| Republican | Adam Marcum | 11.31% | 5,263 | |
| Republican | Chelsea Walker-Gaskins | 12.73% | 5,922 | |
| Mountain | Elizabeth Rhule | 2.24% | 1,042 | |
| Total Votes | 46,524 | |||
| Source: West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 36 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 36, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Nancy Guthrie Incumbent |
22.14% | 4,462 | |
| Democratic | Andrew Robinson |
15.17% | 3,057 | |
| Democratic | Larry Rowe Incumbent |
26.86% | 5,413 | |
| Democratic | Kevin Parsons | 3.62% | 729 | |
| Democratic | Curtis Robinson | 4.13% | 832 | |
| Democratic | Danny Wells | 14.42% | 2,906 | |
| Democratic | Don Wilson | 13.65% | 2,751 | |
| Total Votes | 20,150 | |||
The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 36 Republican primary.[5][6]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 36, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Adam Marcum |
20.11% | 1,729 | |
| Republican | Chelsea Walker-Gaskins |
16.23% | 1,395 | |
| Republican | Brad White Incumbent |
29.61% | 2,545 | |
| Republican | Tressie Cabell | 9.92% | 853 | |
| Republican | Justin E. Quinn | 12.89% | 1,108 | |
| Republican | Brian Ulery | 11.24% | 966 | |
| Total Votes | 8,596 | |||
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. District 36 is represented by three delegates. Incumbents Nancy Guthrie and Danny Wells and Larry Rowe defeated Mark Hunt in the Democratic primary. Vaughn Sizemore, Stevie Thaxton, and Brad White defeated Charlie Basford, Jennifer Knauff, Adam Marcum and George Moore in the Republican primary. Guthrie, Rowe, and White defeated Wells, Sizemore, and Thaxton in the general election. Karan Ireland (D) did not appear on the primary ballot.[7][8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Larry Rowe |
19.8% | 6,881 | |
| Republican | Brad White |
19.6% | 6,824 | |
| Democratic | Nancy Guthrie Incumbent |
16.7% | 5,814 | |
| Democratic | Danny Wells Incumbent | 16.7% | 5,794 | |
| Republican | Stevie Thaxton | 13.8% | 4,781 | |
| Republican | Vaughn Sizemore | 13.4% | 4,659 | |
| Total Votes | 34,753 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Larry Rowe |
30.6% | 3,204 |
| Nancy Guthrie Incumbent |
26.2% | 2,745 |
| Danny Wells Incumbent |
22.7% | 2,380 |
| Mark Hunt Incumbent | 20.6% | 2,158 |
| Total Votes | 10,487 | |
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Brad White |
27.8% | 1,183 |
| Stevie Thaxton |
16.1% | 687 |
| Vaughn Sizemore |
12.5% | 533 |
| Adam Marcum | 12.4% | 530 |
| Jennifer Knauff | 11.2% | 477 |
| Charlie Basford | 12% | 513 |
| George Moore | 8% | 339 |
| Total Votes | 4,262 | |
2012
Wells won re-election in the 2012 election for West Virginia House of Delegates, District 36. Wells advanced past the May 8 primary election and won re-election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10][11]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mark Hunt Incumbent |
19.7% | 9,325 | |
| Democratic | Danny Wells Incumbent |
19.4% | 9,212 | |
| Democratic | Nancy Guthrie Incumbent |
18.5% | 8,777 | |
| Republican | Robin Holstein | 16.3% | 7,746 | |
| Republican | Stevie Thaxton | 13.3% | 6,315 | |
| Republican | Steve Sweeney | 12.7% | 6,039 | |
| Total Votes | 47,414 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Danny Wells Incumbent |
20.7% | 2,878 |
| Mark Hunt Incumbent |
20.4% | 2,834 |
| Nancy Guthrie Incumbent |
20.3% | 2,825 |
| Sharon Spencer | 17.3% | 2,406 |
| Bob Johns | 8.6% | 1,196 |
| Diana Lynn Wilson | 8.4% | 1,173 |
| Ronald A. Baskin | 4.2% | 584 |
| Total Votes | 13,896 | |
2010
Wells was re-elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates District 30. He was one of fourteen candidates running for the seven District 30 Delegate positions on the ballot in the November 2, 2010, general election. He was opposed in the general election by Republican candidates Daniel "Rick" Barnett, Michael Scott Hall, Brian F. Hicks, Fred Joseph, Eric Nelson, Jim Strawn, and Steve Sweeney; Democratic incumbents Bonnie Brown, Nancy Guthrie, Barbara Hatfield, Mark Hunt, Douglas Skaff, Jr., and Sharon Spencer. The seven top vote-getters were elected.[12][13][14][15]
| West Virginia House of Delegates, District 30 General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Douglas Skaff, Jr. (D)
|
19,335 | 8.79% | ||
| Eric Nelson (R)
|
17,603 | 8.00% | ||
| Daniel Wells (D)
|
17,197 | 7.81% | ||
| Barbara Hatfield (D)
|
17,186 | 7.81% | ||
| Bonnie Brown (D)
|
16,920 | 7.69% | ||
| Mark Hunt (D)
|
16,498 | 7.50% | ||
| Nancy Guthrie (D)
|
16,301 | 7.41% | ||
| Sharon Spencer (D) | 15,686 | 7.13% | ||
| Fred Joseph (R) | 15,329 | 6.97% | ||
| Brian Hicks (R) | 15,001 | 6.82% | ||
| Michael Hall(R) | 14,923 | 6.78% | ||
| James Strawn (R) | 14,180 | 6.44% | ||
| Daniel Barnett (R) | 12,119 | 5.51% | ||
| Steven Sweeney (R) | 11,808 | 5.37% | ||
| West Virginia State Senate, District 30Democratic Primary (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Douglas Skaff, Jr. (D)
|
6,520 | 9.26% | ||
| Bonnie Louise Brown (D)
|
6,485 | 9.21% | ||
| Barbara Ann Hatfield (D)
|
5,823 | 8.27% | ||
| Daniel Bundy Wells (D)
|
5,447 | 7.74% | ||
| Sharon Marie Spencer (D)
|
3,338 | 11.44% | ||
| Mark A. Hunt (D)
|
5,158 | 7.33% | ||
| Nancy Peoples Guthrie (D)
|
4,934 | 7.01% | ||
| E. C. "Bud" Anderson (D) | 2,488 | 3.53% | ||
| Rod Harless (D) | 2,374 | 3.37% | ||
| Joseph Andre Wallace(D) | 1,961 | 2.79% | ||
| Steven Arlo Cook (D) | 1,653 | 2.35% | ||
| Gary Eugene Holstein (D) | 1,490 | 2.12% | ||
| Harold Verdayne Meade, Jr. (D) | 1,273 | 1.81% | ||
2008
In 2008, Wells was re-elected to the West Virginia House District 30. Douglas Skaff (D) finished with 24,625 votes and was followed by Danny Wells (D) with 24,019 votes, Bonnie Brown (D) with 23,353 votes, Barbara Hatfield (D) with 22,709 votes, Mark Hunt (D) with 21,635 votes, Sharon Spencer (D) with 21,541 votes, Nancy Guthrie (D) with 20,285 votes, Fred Joseph (R) with 18,653 votes, John Miller (R) with 17,992 votes, Bud Anderson (R) with 16,217 votes, Todd Carden (R) with 15,286 votes, Victoria Casey (R) with 14,250 votes, Edward Burgess (R) with 13,282 votes, Lance Vaughan (R) with 12,733 votes and John Welbourn (R) with 3,940 votes. Wells raised $34,577 for his campaign fund.[16]
| West Virginia House District 30 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Douglas Skaff (D)
|
24,265 | |||
| Danny Wells (D)
|
24,019 | |||
| Bonnie Brown (D)
|
23,353 | |||
| Barbara Hatfield (D)
|
22,709 | |||
| Mark Hunt (D)
|
21,635 | |||
| Sharon Spencer (D)
|
21,541 | |||
| Nancy Guthrie (D)
|
20,285 | |||
| Fred Joseph (R) | 18,653 | |||
| John Miller (R) | 17,992 | |||
| Bud Anderson (R) | 16,217 | |||
| Todd Carden (R) | 15,286 | |||
| Victoria Casey (R) | 14,250 | |||
| Edward Burgess (R) | 13,282 | |||
| Lance Vaughan (R) | 12,733 | |||
| John Welbourn (M) | 3,940 | |||
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2014
In 2014, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 8 through March 10.
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Personal
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Wells and his wife, Sandy, have two children.
Recent news
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External links
- Profile from Open States
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002
Footnotes
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing By Office," accessed February 1, 2016
- ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Wells
- ↑ 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
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate search," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results," accessed June 18, 2014
- ↑ WBOY.com "West Virginia General Election Results November 6, 2012" accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results - General Election - November 6, 2012," accessed February 12, 2014
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results - Primary Election - May 8, 2012," accessed February 12, 2014
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results - General Election - November 2, 2010," accessed February 11, 2014
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results - Primary Election - May 11, 2010," accessed February 11, 2014
- ↑ Official Primary Results SOS
- ↑ Official General Election Results
- ↑ Campaign funds
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by - |
West Virginia House of Delegates District 36 2004-2014 |
Succeeded by Brad White (R) |
