Jason Stephens (West Virginia)
Jason Stephens (Republican Party) ran for election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 28. He lost in the Republican primary on May 14, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2024
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 28
Incumbent Ryan Browning defeated Brooke Smith in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 28 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ryan Browning (R) | 98.2 | 6,126 |
| Brooke Smith (Independent) (Write-in) | 1.8 | 115 | ||
| Total votes: 6,241 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 28
Incumbent Ryan Browning defeated Samantha Stephens and Jason Stephens in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 28 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ryan Browning | 43.1 | 957 |
| Samantha Stephens | 37.3 | 827 | ||
| Jason Stephens | 19.6 | 434 | ||
| Total votes: 2,218 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Stephens in this election.
2020
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2020
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 19 (2 seats)
Derrick Evans and Ric Griffith defeated Jason Stephens and David Thompson in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 19 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Derrick Evans (R) | 37.3 | 8,227 |
| ✔ |  | Ric Griffith (D) | 25.0 | 5,520 |
| Jason Stephens (R) | 19.0 | 4,192 | ||
| David Thompson (D) | 18.7 | 4,115 | ||
| Total votes: 22,054 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 19 (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 19 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ric Griffith | 31.4 | 2,164 |
| ✔ | David Thompson | 18.2 | 1,255 | |
 | Josh Mathis | 16.3 | 1,125 | |
| Tammy Williamson | 15.7 | 1,083 | ||
| Tom Jarrell | 14.5 | 999 | ||
| Tyson Smith | 3.8 | 263 | ||
| Total votes: 6,889 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 19 (2 seats)
Derrick Evans and Jason Stephens defeated Jay Marcum in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 19 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Derrick Evans | 50.2 | 2,189 |
| ✔ | Jason Stephens | 25.0 | 1,090 | |
| Jay Marcum | 24.8 | 1,081 | ||
| Total votes: 4,360 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for West Virginia State Senate District 7
Incumbent Ron Stollings defeated Jason Stephens in the general election for West Virginia State Senate District 7 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ron Stollings (D) | 56.7 | 15,181 |
| Jason Stephens (R) | 43.3 | 11,594 | ||
| Total votes: 26,775 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 7
Incumbent Ron Stollings advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 7 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Ron Stollings |
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 7
Jason Stephens defeated Gary Johngrass in the Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 7 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jason Stephens | 51.8 | 1,851 | |
 | Gary Johngrass | 48.2 | 1,722 | |
| Total votes: 3,573 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jason Stephens did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Jason Stephens did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Jason Stephens participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 10, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Jason Stephens's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Bring High Paying Jobs Back to WV Coalfields 2) Stop "Dismember Fetus" during ABORTION Movement from current Senator |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Jobs, Economic DevelopmentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Jason Stephens answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | President Trump, I would like to follow his example because he stands firm what he believes and speaks his mind, truthful.[3] | ” |
| “ | Read my website, everything on site is 100% what I believe.[3] | ” |
| “ | Accountable, be there for your constituents and hold Town Hall style meetings, your elected to represent them, not your personal agenda.[3] | ” |
| “ | I can sale WV and it's Hard Working people so that's companies will move or expand in WV. I will form a Delegation of Business, Political, Community leaders to travel and promote our great state. We can't get new. business sitting on our behinds, We have to go to them and persuade companies to come to WV as I did in my Business.[3] | ” |
| “ | Work completely for the people and be accessible all the time, not just an election year.[3] | ” |
| “ | Job creator[3] | ” |
| “ | Thanksgiving, Brings family together[3] | ” |
| “ | No, we need more common sense people making our laws.[3] | ” |
| “ | Opioid Addiction[3] | ” |
| “ | Very good, less gridlock[3] | ” |
| “ | Yes, you need others to sponsor and help promote biils[3] | ” |
| “ | Economic Development[3] | ” |
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Jason Stephens's responses," April 10, 2018
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
