Robert Marchal
Robert Marchal (Republican Party) ran for election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 17. He lost in the Republican primary on May 10, 2022.
Marchal completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Robert Marchal was born in Charleston, West Virginia. He attended Mountwest Community College in 2021. His career experience includes working as a paramedic. Marchal is the former owner and operator of Marchal Trucking, Marchal Racing.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2022
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 17
Incumbent Jonathan Pinson won election in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jonathan Pinson (R) | 100.0 | 4,083 |
| Total votes: 4,083 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 17
Incumbent Jonathan Pinson defeated Morgan Hurlow and Robert Marchal in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jonathan Pinson | 79.8 | 1,391 |
 | Morgan Hurlow | 12.2 | 212 | |
 | Robert Marchal | 8.0 | 140 | |
| Total votes: 1,743 | |||
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2020
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2020
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 13 (2 seats)
Jonathan Pinson and incumbent Joshua Higginbotham defeated Scott Brewer and David Caldwell in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 13 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jonathan Pinson (R) | 36.0 | 8,833 |
| ✔ |  | Joshua Higginbotham (R) | 27.0 | 6,607 |
 | Scott Brewer (D) | 24.5 | 6,012 | |
| David Caldwell (D) | 12.5 | 3,057 | ||
| Total votes: 24,509 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 13 (2 seats)
Scott Brewer and David Caldwell advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 13 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Scott Brewer | 61.3 | 3,160 |
| ✔ | David Caldwell | 38.7 | 1,991 | |
| Total votes: 5,151 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 13 (2 seats)
Jonathan Pinson and incumbent Joshua Higginbotham defeated incumbent Scott Cadle, James Kennedy, and Robert Marchal in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 13 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jonathan Pinson | 33.0 | 2,928 |
| ✔ | | Joshua Higginbotham | 26.7 | 2,366 |
 | Scott Cadle | 24.1 | 2,134 | |
| James Kennedy | 11.2 | 997 | ||
| Robert Marchal | 5.0 | 440 | |
| Total votes: 8,865 | |||
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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 Scott Cadle (R) did not seek re-election.
Scott Brewer and Joshua Higginbotham defeated Rosalee Juba-Plumley and incumbent Michael Ihle in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 13 general election.[2][3]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 13, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Scott Brewer |
27.86% | 6,541 | |
| Republican | Joshua Higginbotham |
28.20% | 6,622 | |
| Democratic | Rosalee Juba-Plumley | 19.59% | 4,599 | |
| Republican | Michael Ihle Incumbent | 24.36% | 5,720 | |
| Total Votes | 23,482 | |||
| Source: West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
Scott Brewer and Rosalee Juba-Plumley defeated George A. Thaxton and Marla Ingels in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 13 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 13, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Scott Brewer |
37.17% | 2,788 | |
| Democratic | Rosalee Juba-Plumley |
22.23% | 1,667 | |
| Democratic | George A. Thaxton | 21.83% | 1,637 | |
| Democratic | Marla Ingels | 18.77% | 1,408 | |
| Total Votes | 7,500 | |||
Joshua Higginbotham and incumbent Michael Ihle defeated Amanda Cadle, Kathie Hess Crouse and Robert Marchal in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 13 Republican primary.[4][5]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 13, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Joshua Higginbotham |
24.62% | 1,813 | |
| Republican | Michael Ihle Incumbent |
24.30% | 1,789 | |
| Republican | Amanda Cadle | 15.52% | 1,143 | |
| Republican | Kathie Hess Crouse | 18.28% | 1,346 | |
| Republican | Robert Marchal | 17.28% | 1,272 | |
| Total Votes | 7,363 | |||
Primary race background
- Main article: West Virginia races we're watching, 2016
Three of the Republican candidates, Ihle, Crouse and Higginbotham, attended a candidate forum in April 2016 to discuss their campaign issues. The three candidates supported a state-level version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in order to protect the religious freedom of private companies. Higginbotham, a 19-year-old college student, said the legislation would help protect "religious minorities"; Crouse, a microbiologist, said she would have voted for a religious freedom bill as a state delegate.[6]
Other issues discussed at the forum included West Virginia's tobacco tax; Ihle, Crouse and Higginbotham opposed raising the state tobacco tax in order to balance the state's budget. The three candidates also supported the state legislature's approval of a voter ID bill requiring voters to present photo identification before they could vote.[6]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Robert Marchal completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Marchal's responses.
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- I am for term limits.
- I don't like the good ol boy networks.
- Everyone has to work together to make things better.
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2020
Robert Marchal did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 19, 2022
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Charleston Gazette-Mail, "GOP House candidates back religious freedom bill," April 13, 2016
