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Richard Iaquinta
Richard Iaquinta (Democratic Party) was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 48. He assumed office in 2016. He left office in 2018.
Iaquinta (Democratic Party) ran for election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 48. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Iaquinta previously served in the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 48 from 2002 to 2014. During his tenure, he served as an assistant majority whip.
Biography
Iaquinta attended Glenville State University. He earned his B.S. from Fairmont State College in 1969. He received his M.S.E. from West Virginia University in 1976.
Iaquinta worked as a teacher/coach for the Harrison County Board of Education in 1969 and from 1972 to 2002. He began working as a substitute teacher/coach in 2006. Iaquinta served in the military police of the United States Army as a sergeant from 1969 to 1971.[1]
Committee assignments
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2017 |
|---|
| • Banking and Insurance |
| • Government Organization |
| • Health and Human Resources |
| • Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Iaquinta served on the following committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Veterans Affairs, Chair |
| • Banking and Insurance |
| • Finance |
| • Veterans' Affairs, Co-Chair |
| • Joint Finance |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Iaquinta served on these committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2011 |
|---|
| • Banking and Insurance |
| • Finance |
| • Joint Finance |
| • Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, Chair |
| • Veterans' Affairs, Co-Chair |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Iaquinta served on these committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2009 |
|---|
| • Banking and Insurance |
| • Finance |
| • Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security |
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
2020
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2020
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ben Queen (R) | 16.4 | 16,706 |
| ✔ |  | Danny Hamrick (R) | 14.3 | 14,642 |
| ✔ |  | Laura Kimble (R) | 14.2 | 14,495 |
| ✔ |  | Clay Riley (R) | 13.3 | 13,559 |
 | Richard Iaquinta (D) | 11.8 | 12,083 | |
| Josh Maxwell (D) | 9.6 | 9,831 | ||
| Robert Garcia (D) | 9.6 | 9,785 | ||
 | Ryan Deems (D)  | 7.1 | 7,297 | |
 | Will Hyman (L) | 2.2 | 2,275 | |
| J. Steve Hamilton (Mountain Party) | 1.4 | 1,476 | ||
| Total votes: 102,149 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Richard Iaquinta | 24.3 | 6,189 |
| ✔ | Robert Garcia | 19.7 | 5,024 | |
| ✔ | Josh Maxwell | 17.3 | 4,401 | |
| ✔ | | Ryan Deems | 14.9 | 3,796 |
 | Robin Righter | 12.4 | 3,173 | |
 | Justin Lung | 11.5 | 2,930 | |
| Total votes: 25,513 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ben Queen | 19.7 | 4,749 |
| ✔ | | Danny Hamrick | 17.3 | 4,176 |
| ✔ | | Laura Kimble | 16.1 | 3,892 |
| ✔ | | Clay Riley | 14.5 | 3,507 |
| Jason Campbell | 13.4 | 3,222 | ||
 | Ben Hanlan | 12.5 | 3,026 | |
 | Garrett Stire | 6.4 | 1,541 | |
| Total votes: 24,113 | |||
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Mountain Party primary election
Mountain Party primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 (4 seats)
J. Steve Hamilton advanced from the Mountain Party primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | J. Steve Hamilton | 100.0 | 71 | |
| Total votes: 71 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 (4 seats)
Will Hyman advanced from the Libertarian convention for West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 on April 8, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Will Hyman (L) |
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2018
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Timothy Miley (D) | 14.5 | 11,954 |
| ✔ | | Ben Queen (R) | 14.1 | 11,644 |
| ✔ | | Danny Hamrick (R) | 12.9 | 10,664 |
| ✔ |  | Terry Waxman (R) | 12.5 | 10,296 |
| Richard Iaquinta (D) | 12.1 | 10,004 | |
| Robert Garcia (D) | 9.7 | 8,022 | ||
| Derek McIntyre (D) | 8.9 | 7,330 | ||
| Debra Shrieves (R) | 8.5 | 7,019 | ||
| Clay Riley (Independent) | 4.4 | 3,670 | |
| Will Hyman (L) | 2.4 | 2,021 | |
| Total votes: 82,624 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 (4 seats)
Incumbent Timothy Miley, incumbent Richard Iaquinta, Derek McIntyre, and Robert Garcia advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Timothy Miley | 29.6 | 5,510 |
| ✔ | | Richard Iaquinta | 27.7 | 5,163 |
| ✔ | Derek McIntyre | 21.6 | 4,026 | |
| ✔ | Robert Garcia | 21.0 | 3,917 | |
| Total votes: 18,616 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 (4 seats)
Incumbent Danny Hamrick, Terry Waxman, incumbent Ben Queen, and Debra Shrieves advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Danny Hamrick | 27.1 | 3,313 |
| ✔ | | Terry Waxman | 25.5 | 3,110 |
| ✔ | | Ben Queen | 25.3 | 3,097 |
| ✔ | Debra Shrieves | 22.1 | 2,697 | |
| Total votes: 12,217 | |||
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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 Patsy Trecost II (D) did not seek re-election.
The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 general election.[2][3]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 48, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Richard Iaquinta |
14.17% | 13,586 | |
| Democratic | Timothy Miley Incumbent |
16.06% | 15,401 | |
| Republican | Danny Hamrick Incumbent |
14.25% | 13,661 | |
| Republican | Ben Queen |
15.46% | 14,825 | |
| Democratic | Derek McIntyre | 10.02% | 9,606 | |
| Democratic | Wayne Worth | 9.59% | 9,195 | |
| Republican | Terry Waxman Incumbent | 11.31% | 10,847 | |
| Republican | Rick Wolfe | 9.14% | 8,762 | |
| Total Votes | 95,883 | |||
| Source: West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 48, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Richard Iaquinta |
18.84% | 7,172 | |
| Democratic | Derek McIntyre |
9.97% | 3,797 | |
| Democratic | Timothy Miley Incumbent |
21.28% | 8,104 | |
| Democratic | Wayne Worth |
10.45% | 3,980 | |
| Democratic | Robert Garcia | 9.00% | 3,428 | |
| Democratic | Brad Hinerman | 8.34% | 3,174 | |
| Democratic | Paul Howe III | 7.62% | 2,901 | |
| Democratic | Brock Malcolm | 6.14% | 2,338 | |
| Democratic | Martin Shaffer | 8.36% | 3,182 | |
| Total Votes | 38,076 | |||
The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 Republican primary.[4][5]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 48, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Danny Hamrick Incumbent |
22.82% | 5,107 | |
| Republican | Ben Queen |
20.03% | 4,483 | |
| Republican | Terry Waxman Incumbent |
20.78% | 4,651 | |
| Republican | Rick Wolfe |
13.61% | 3,046 | |
| Republican | Jeff Palmer | 12.54% | 2,806 | |
| Republican | Debra S. Shrieves | 10.21% | 2,286 | |
| Total Votes | 22,379 | |||
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 48 is represented by four delegates. Incumbent Richard Iaquinta, incumbent Timothy Miley, Joe Shaffer and Patsy Trecost II defeated incumbent Ron Fragale, Frank Angotti and Wayne Worth in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Danny Hamrick, Margaret Ann Bailey, Diana Bartley and Terry Waxman defeated Rick Wolfe, "Benjamin" Dan Franklin and Ed Randolph in the Republican primary. Miley, Trecost, Hamrick and Waxman defeated Iaquinta, Shaffer, Bailey and Bartley in the general election.[6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Tim Miley Incumbent |
14.1% | 8,968 | |
| Democratic | Patsy Trecost II |
13.9% | 8,801 | |
| Republican | Danny Hamrick Incumbent |
13.2% | 8,389 | |
| Republican | Terry Waxman |
13.1% | 8,283 | |
| Democratic | Richard J. Iaquinta Incumbent | 12.9% | 8,168 | |
| Democratic | Joe Shaffer | 12.7% | 8,040 | |
| Republican | Diana Bartley | 10.7% | 6,805 | |
| Republican | Margaret Ann Bailey | 9.4% | 5,977 | |
| Total Votes | 63,431 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Tim Miley Incumbent |
19.1% | 5,029 |
| Patsy Trecost II |
15.9% | 4,196 |
| Joe Shaffer |
15.4% | 4,050 |
| Richard J. Iaquinta Incumbent |
15.3% | 4,025 |
| Ron Fragale Incumbent | 14.5% | 3,813 |
| Frank "Chunki" Angotti | 13.3% | 3,495 |
| Wayne Worth | 6.6% | 1,727 |
| Total Votes | 26,335 | |
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Danny Hamrick Incumbent |
22.1% | 2,314 |
| Terry Waxman |
18.3% | 1,912 |
| Diana Bartley |
14.9% | 1,565 |
| Margaret Ann Bailey |
13.4% | 1,399 |
| Rick Wolfe | 10.6% | 1,113 |
| Ed "Buddy" Randolph | 10.5% | 1,104 |
| "Benjamin" Dan Franklin | 10.2% | 1,069 |
| Total Votes | 10,476 | |
2012
Iaquinta won re-election in the 2012 election for West Virginia House of Delegates, District 48. Iaquinta advanced unopposed in the May 8 primary election and won re-election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Tim Miley Incumbent |
14.9% | 13,318 | |
| Democratic | Richard Iaquinta Incumbent |
14.1% | 12,633 | |
| Democratic | Sam Cann Incumbent |
13.7% | 12,302 | |
| Republican | Danny Hamrick |
13.5% | 12,096 | |
| Democratic | Ron Fragale Incumbent | 13.3% | 11,877 | |
| Republican | Diana Bartley | 10.8% | 9,705 | |
| Republican | Terry Woodside | 10.5% | 9,432 | |
| Republican | Ed Randolph | 9.1% | 8,148 | |
| Total Votes | 89,511 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Tim Miley Incumbent |
22.7% | 5,809 |
| Ron Fragale Incumbent |
22.4% | 5,728 |
| Richard J. Iaquinta Incumbent |
22.4% | 5,727 |
| Sam Cann Incumbent |
20.5% | 5,233 |
| Martin Shaffer | 11.9% | 3,050 |
| Total Votes | 25,547 | |
2010
Iaquinta was re-elected to District 41. He defeated Republicans Diana Bartley, William Griffith, Danny Hamrick, and Edward "Buddy" Randolph. He was one of eight candidates running for four positions in District 41 on the ballot in the November 2, 2010, general election. The top four vote-getters are elected. He defeated Democrats Frank "Chunki" Angotti, and Anthony "Tony" Barberio in the May 11 primary.[11][12][13]
| West Virginia House of Delegates, District 41 General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Timothy Miley (D)
|
11,894 | 15.07% | ||
| Richard Iaquinta (D)
|
11,796 | 14.95% | ||
| Samuel Cann (D)
|
11,516 | 14.59% | ||
| Robert Fragale (D)
|
11,168 | 14.15% | ||
| Daniel Hamrick (R) | 9,865 | 12.50% | ||
| Laura Bartley (R) | 8,896 | 11.27% | ||
| Edward Randolph (R) | 6,992 | 8.86% | ||
| William Griffith (R) | 6,780 | 8.59% | ||
| West Virginia State Senate, District 41 Democratic Primary (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Richard J. Iaquinta (D)
|
5,949 | 14.97% | ||
| Timothy Robert Miley (D)
|
5,921 | 14.90% | ||
| Ronald A. Fragale (D)
|
5,832 | 14.67% | ||
| Samuel J. Cann (D)
|
5,155 | 12.97% | ||
| Frank Thomas Angotti, Jr. (D) | 4,381 | 11.02% | ||
| Anthony J. Barberio (D) | 1,999 | 5.03% | ||
Campaign themes
2020
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2018
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2017
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2016
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Personal
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When he served in the state House, Iaquinta and his wife, Barbara, had one child.
Recent news
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
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- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002
Footnotes
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Rep. Iaquinta," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," accessed January 30, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Patsy Trecost II (D) Terry Waxman (R) |
West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 2016–2018 |
Succeeded by Terry Waxman (R) |
| Preceded by - |
West Virginia House of Delegates District 48 2002–2014 |
Succeeded by Terry Waxman (R) |
