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Nancy Guthrie
Nancy Peoples Guthrie (b. June 15, 1952) is a former Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 36 from 2006 to 2016.
Biography
Guthrie earned her B.A. from Pennsylvania State University in 1975.
Guthrie was a Television Reporter from 1979 to 1983. She then worked as a State Liaison for the Office of United States Senator Robert C. Byrd from 1985 to 1992. She also worked as an Assistant Director of Information Management for the United States Forest Service from 1992 to 1993. From 1993 to 1996, she was Vice President of State and Government Relations for The Arnold Agency. She has been President and owner of Capitol City Communications since 1996.[1]
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Guthrie served on the following committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| • Finance |
| • Health and Human Resources |
| • Roads and Transportation, Minority Vice-Chair |
| • Rules |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Guthrie served on the following committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Insurance, Chair |
| • Agriculture |
| • Constitutional Revision |
| • Finance |
| • Natural Resources |
| • Agriculture and Agri-business |
| • Joint Finance |
| • Infrastructure |
| • Minority Issues |
| • Technology |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Guthrie served on these committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2011 |
|---|
| • Agriculture |
| • Agriculture and Agri-business |
| • Constitutional Revision, Vice Chair |
| • Finance |
| • Joint Finance |
| • Infrastructure |
| • Interstate Cooperation, Vice Chair |
| • Minority Issues |
| • Natural Resources |
| • Pensions and Retirement |
| • Technology |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Guthrie served on these committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2009 |
|---|
| • Agriculture |
| • Constitutional Revision |
| • Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business |
| • Federal Stimulus Utilization |
| • Finance |
| • Interstate Cooperation |
| • Natural Resources |
Campaign themes
2016
Guthrie's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
| “ |
Seniors & Children Protecting Seniors from Physical & Financial Abuse
Defending the Rights of Children
Workers Rights & Wages Reinstating Prevailing Wage
Repealing so-called "Right-to-Work"
Roads & Infrastructure Building & Repairing Roads
Water Resources
|
” |
| —Nancy Guthrie[3] | ||
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
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.[4][5]
| 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.[6][7]
| 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.[6][7]
| 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.[8][9]
| 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
Guthrie won re-election in the 2012 election for West Virginia House of Delegates, District 36. Guthrie advanced past the May 8 primary election and won re-election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[10][11][12]
| 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
Guthrie was re-elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates District 30. She was one of fourteen candidates running for the seven District 30 Delegate positions on the ballot in the November 2, 2010, general election. She was opposed in the general election by Republican candidates Michael Scott Hall, Brian F. Hicks, Fred Joseph, Eric Nelson, Jim Strawn, and Steve Sweeney; Democratic incumbents Bonnie Brown, Barbara Hatfield, Mark Hunt, Douglas Skaff, Jr., Sharon Spencer, and Danny Wells. The seven top vote-getters were elected.[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 Guthrie 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. Guthrie raised $42,611 for her 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 | |||
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Guthrie has a husband, George.
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2016
In 2016, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 13 through March 12.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
2015
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In 2015, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 14 through March 14.
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2014
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In 2014, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 8 through March 10.
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Recent news
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See also
- West Virginia State Legislature
- West Virginia House of Delegates
- West Virginia House Committees
- West Virginia Joint Committees
- West Virginia state legislative districts
External links
- Official campaign website
- Office Website - West Virginia House of Delegates
- Profile from Open States
- Nancy Guthrie on Facebook
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006
Footnotes
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Rep. Guthrie," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Guthrie for WV House, "Issues," accessed September 20, 2016
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," accessed January 30, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 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
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Election Results," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "2008 contributions," accessed April 30, 2014
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by ' |
West Virginia House of Delegates District 36 2006-2016 |
Succeeded by Andrew Robinson (D) |
