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Ed Evans
2024 - Present
2028
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Ed Evans is an at-large member of the McDowell County Schools in West Virginia. He assumed office in 2024. His current term ends in 2028.
Evans (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 36. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Committee assignments
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2021-2022
Evans was assigned to the following committees:
- Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, Minority vice chair
- Energy and Manufacturing Committee, Minority chair
- House Education Committee
- House Pensions and Retirement Committee, Minority vice chair
- Technology & Infrastructure Committee
2019-2020
Evans was assigned to the following committees:
- House Education Committee
- Energy Committee, Minority Chair
- House Pensions and Retirement Committee, Minority Vice-Chair
- Technology and Infrastructure Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Education |
| • Pensions and Retirement |
| • Roads and Transportation |
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 36
Anita Hall defeated incumbent Ed Evans in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 36 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Anita Hall (R) | 59.6 | 1,966 |
 | Ed Evans (D) | 40.4 | 1,333 | |
| Total votes: 3,299 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 36
Incumbent Ed Evans advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 36 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ed Evans | 100.0 | 1,162 |
| Total votes: 1,162 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 36
Anita Hall defeated Tom Acosta in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 36 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anita Hall | 50.1 | 248 |
| Tom Acosta | 49.9 | 247 | ||
| Total votes: 495 | |||
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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 26
Incumbent Ed Evans defeated Wesley Payne in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 26 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ed Evans (D) | 50.6 | 2,768 |
| Wesley Payne (R) | 49.4 | 2,699 | ||
| Total votes: 5,467 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 26
Incumbent Ed Evans advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 26 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ed Evans | 100.0 | 1,847 |
| Total votes: 1,847 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 26
Wesley Payne advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 26 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Wesley Payne | 100.0 | 657 | |
| Total votes: 657 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 26
Incumbent Ed Evans defeated David Cox in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 26 on November 6, 2018.
| Total votes: 4,041 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 26
Incumbent Ed Evans defeated Jennifer Vanover in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 26 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ed Evans | 81.4 | 1,332 |
| Jennifer Vanover | 18.6 | 305 | ||
| Total votes: 1,637 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 26
David Cox advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 26 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | David Cox | |
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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. Incumbent Clifton Moore (D) did not seek re-election.
Ed Evans defeated Brian Harrison in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 26 general election.[1][2]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 26, General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Ed Evans |
60.29% | 3,164 | |
| Republican | Brian Harrison | 39.71% | 2,084 | |
| Total Votes | 5,248 | |||
| Source: West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
Ed Evans defeated Pat McKinney, Shaun Nevi and Mary Shandor in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 26 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 26, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Ed Evans |
49.06% | 1,300 | |
| Democratic | Pat McKinney | 22.72% | 602 | |
| Democratic | Shaun Nevi | 12.72% | 337 | |
| Democratic | Mary Shandor | 15.51% | 411 | |
| Total Votes | 2,650 | |||
Brian Harrison defeated Sam Freeman in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 26 Republican primary.[3][4]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 26, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Brian Harrison |
55.15% | 359 | |
| Republican | Sam Freeman | 44.85% | 292 | |
| Total Votes | 651 | |||
Primary race background
- Main article: West Virginia races we're watching, 2016
Two of the Democratic candidates, McKinney and Evans, challenged Clif Moore in the Democratic primary contests in 2014 and 2012, respectively. McKinney lost to Moore in 2014 by a margin of 55 to 44. Evans lost to Moore in 2012 by 203 votes out of 3,007 votes cast.
2012
Evans ran in the 2012 election for West Virginia House of Delegates, District 26. Evans and Edwin Ray Vanover were defeated by incumbent Clif Moore in the May 8 primary election.[5][6]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
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Clif Moore Incumbent |
48.5% | 1,458 |
| Ed Evans | 41.7% | 1,255 |
| Edwin Ray Vanover | 9.8% | 294 |
| Total Votes | 3,007 | |
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Ed Evans did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Ed Evans did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2022
In 2022, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 12 to March 12.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
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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2018
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In 2018, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 10 through March 10.
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2017
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In 2017, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from February 8 through April 9. The legislature held a special session from May 4 to June 26. The legislature held its second special session from August 1 to September 15.
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2016
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In 2016, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 13 through March 12.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," accessed January 30, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results - Primary Election - May 10, 2016," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ 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
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by - |
McDowell County Schools, At-large 2024-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
West Virginia House of Delegates District 26 2016-2022 |
Succeeded by Matthew Rohrbach (R) |
