Randy Halsey
Randy Halsey (Democratic Party) ran for election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 32. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 9, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2020
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 32 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 32 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kayla Kessinger (R) | 22.6 | 10,760 |
| ✔ |  | Tom Fast (R) | 19.0 | 9,058 |
| ✔ |  | Austin Haynes (R) | 17.5 | 8,341 |
 | Margaret Staggers (D) | 15.2 | 7,264 | |
 | Selina Vickers (D) | 13.2 | 6,290 | |
| Mark Hurt (D) | 12.6 | 5,991 | ||
| Total votes: 47,704 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 32 (3 seats)
Incumbent Margaret Staggers, Mark Hurt, and Selina Vickers defeated Randy Halsey in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 32 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Margaret Staggers | 32.1 | 4,295 |
| ✔ | Mark Hurt | 24.1 | 3,224 | |
| ✔ | | Selina Vickers | 24.0 | 3,218 |
| Randy Halsey | 19.9 | 2,661 | ||
| Total votes: 13,398 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 32 (3 seats)
Incumbent Kayla Kessinger, incumbent Tom Fast, and Austin Haynes defeated Austin Simms in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 32 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kayla Kessinger | 31.0 | 3,124 |
| ✔ | | Tom Fast | 27.8 | 2,800 |
| ✔ | | Austin Haynes | 25.0 | 2,521 |
| Austin Simms | 16.2 | 1,628 | ||
| Total votes: 10,073 | |||
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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 David Perry (D) did not seek re-election.
The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 32 general election.[1][2]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 32, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Shirley Love |
16.01% | 7,273 | |
| Republican | Kayla Kessinger Incumbent |
17.78% | 8,076 | |
| Republican | Tom Fast Incumbent |
17.21% | 7,819 | |
| Democratic | John Pino | 14.72% | 6,687 | |
| Democratic | Margaret Staggers | 15.91% | 7,228 | |
| Republican | Austin Haynes | 14.47% | 6,572 | |
| Libertarian | Travis Simms | 3.91% | 1,776 | |
| Total Votes | 45,431 | |||
| Source: West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 32 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 32, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Shirley Love |
15.57% | 3,460 | |
| Democratic | John Pino |
13.54% | 3,010 | |
| Democratic | Margaret Staggers |
17.83% | 3,962 | |
| Democratic | Tighe Bullock | 3.97% | 883 | |
| Democratic | Joel Davis | 7.82% | 1,737 | |
| Democratic | Randy Halsey | 5.57% | 1,238 | |
| Democratic | Luke Lively | 11.24% | 2,498 | |
| Democratic | William R. Sulesky | 3.05% | 677 | |
| Democratic | Dustin Teel | 2.66% | 591 | |
| Democratic | Greg Crist | 10.85% | 2,412 | |
| Democratic | Mel Kessler | 7.90% | 1,756 | |
| Total Votes | 22,224 | |||
Austin Haynes, incumbent Kayla Kessinger and incumbent Tom Fast were unopposed in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 32 Republican primary.[3][4]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 32, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Austin Haynes | |
| Republican | Kayla Kessinger Incumbent | |
| Republican | Tom Fast Incumbent | |
Primary race background
- Main article: West Virginia races we're watching, 2016
Pino and Staggers, who previously represented House District 32, were defeated in the 2014 general election; they were edged out by current Republican incumbents Kessinger and Fast as well as outgoing Democratic incumbent Perry.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Randy Halsey did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 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
