Matthew Dodrill
Matthew Dodrill (Republican Party) ran for election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 10. He lost in the Republican primary on June 9, 2020.
Dodrill was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 10 of the West Virginia House of Delegates.[1]
Dodrill was a 2014 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from West Virginia.[2] He was defeated by Shelley Moore Capito in the Republican primary on May 13, 2014.[3]
Biography
Matthew Dodrill was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He graduated from Parkersburg High School in 1997. Dodrill earned an associate degree in business technology and a bachelor's degree in business administration from West Virginia University at Parkersburg in 2002.[4]
Elections
2020
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2020
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 10 (3 seats)
Incumbent John Kelly, Roger Conley, and incumbent Vernon Criss defeated Trish Pritchard and Luke Winters in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 10 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Kelly (R) | 27.2 | 13,694 |
| ✔ |  | Roger Conley (R) | 22.3 | 11,198 |
| ✔ |  | Vernon Criss (R) | 21.9 | 11,003 |
| Trish Pritchard (D) | 17.2 | 8,651 | ||
| Luke Winters (D) | 11.5 | 5,775 | ||
| Total votes: 50,321 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 10 (3 seats)
Trish Pritchard and Luke Winters advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 10 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Trish Pritchard | 59.5 | 3,472 | |
| ✔ | Luke Winters | 40.5 | 2,365 | |
| Total votes: 5,837 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 10 (3 seats)
Incumbent John Kelly, incumbent Vernon Criss, and Roger Conley defeated Matthew Dodrill in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 10 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Kelly | 28.7 | 4,036 |
| ✔ | | Vernon Criss | 28.5 | 4,011 |
| ✔ | | Roger Conley | 25.4 | 3,569 |
 | Matthew Dodrill | 17.4 | 2,439 | |
| Total votes: 14,055 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 10 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 10 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Kelly (R) | 19.9 | 9,246 |
| ✔ |  | Thomas Azinger (R) | 19.8 | 9,204 |
| ✔ | | Vernon Criss (R) | 18.0 | 8,368 |
| Harry Deitzler (D) | 15.6 | 7,259 | ||
 | J. Morgan Leach (D) | 14.6 | 6,784 | |
 | Andy Daniel (D) | 12.2 | 5,673 | |
| Total votes: 46,534 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Frank Deem (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 10 (3 seats)
J. Morgan Leach, Harry Deitzler, and Andy Daniel advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 10 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | J. Morgan Leach | 36.4 | 2,063 |
| ✔ | Harry Deitzler | 35.8 | 2,028 | |
| ✔ | | Andy Daniel | 27.7 | 1,570 |
| Total votes: 5,661 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 10 (3 seats)
Incumbent Vernon Criss, incumbent Frank Deem, and incumbent John Kelly defeated Matthew Dodrill and Jim Erlandson in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 10 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vernon Criss | 25.7 | 2,502 |
| ✔ |  | Frank Deem | 23.6 | 2,302 |
| ✔ | | John Kelly | 22.1 | 2,154 |
| Matthew Dodrill | 16.0 | 1,556 | |
| Jim Erlandson | 12.6 | 1,232 | ||
| Total votes: 9,746 | |||
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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 Mike Azinger (R) did not seek re-election.
The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 10 general election.[5][6]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 10, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Vernon Criss |
15.92% | 8,602 | |
| Republican | Frank Deem Incumbent |
19.40% | 10,480 | |
| Republican | John R. Kelly Incumbent |
20.82% | 11,244 | |
| Democratic | Andy Daniel | 13.74% | 7,422 | |
| Democratic | J. Morgan Leach | 14.25% | 7,697 | |
| Democratic | Bill Merriman | 15.87% | 8,571 | |
| Total Votes | 54,016 | |||
| Source: West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
Andy Daniel, J. Morgan Leach and Bill Merriman defeated Stephen Ruble in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 10 Democratic primary.[7][8]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 10, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Andy Daniel |
27.02% | 3,052 | |
| Democratic | J. Morgan Leach |
22.72% | 2,566 | |
| Democratic | Bill Merriman |
32.36% | 3,655 | |
| Democratic | Stephen Ruble | 17.90% | 2,022 | |
| Total Votes | 11,295 | |||
Vernon Criss, incumbent Frank Deem and incumbent John R. Kelly defeated Bill Bell and Matthew Dodrill in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 10 Republican primary.[7][8]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 10, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Vernon Criss |
19.45% | 3,246 | |
| Republican | Frank Deem Incumbent |
26.30% | 4,389 | |
| Republican | John R. Kelly Incumbent |
28.34% | 4,730 | |
| Republican | Bill Bell | 11.26% | 1,879 | |
| Republican | Matthew Dodrill | 14.66% | 2,447 | |
| Total Votes | 16,691 | |||
2014
Dodrill ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. Senate, to represent West Virginia.[2] Dodrill lost the Republican nomination in the primary on May 13, 2014 to Shelley Moore Capito.[3]
Republican primary results
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Shelley Moore Capito |
87.5% | 74,655 | ||
| Larry Butcher | 4.2% | 3,595 | ||
| Matthew Dodrill | 8.3% | 7,072 | ||
| Total Votes | 85,322 | |||
| Source: West Virginia Secretary of State |
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Matthew Dodrill did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Matthew Dodrill participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 6, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Matthew Dodrill's responses follow below.[9]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) WV crumbling infrastructure 2) Technology Education at elementary level |
” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Constitutional freedoms - their is always a presence of oppression in some form trying to be forced on American citizens.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[11]
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2016
Dodrill's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[12]
- Technology
- Infrastructure Revitalization
- Smaller Government
- Education Reform
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing By Office," accessed February 1, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing By Office," accessed January 27, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Associated Press, "West Virginia - Summary Vote Results," May 13, 2014
- ↑ Facebook, "Candidate Matthew Dodrill," accessed March 10, 2018
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," accessed January 30, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results - Primary Election - May 10, 2016," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Matthew Dodrill's responses," April 6, 2018
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ matthewdodrill.com, "Issues," accessed May 5, 2016
