Wayne Worth

Wayne Worth

Democratic Party

Education

Bachelor's

Marshall University

Contact

Personal website

Wayne Bruce Alexander Worth was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 48 of the West Virginia House of Delegates.

Worth was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 48 of the West Virginia House of Delegates. He was defeated in the general election.

Campaign themes

2016

Worth's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	Diversifying our Economy When elected my focus is to take a team approach in both supporting and generating legislation that brings real jobs (i.e. careers) and economic stability to our State through expanding our industrial portfolio and providing more opportunities for our people. West Virginia's Working Men and Women ​I believe that a thriving economic environment is the direct result of a productive workforce. I support industries that value their employees, keep their promises, and are focused on providing their employees with benefits (i.e. Health Insurance, a Living Wage, Pension, etc.) that promote a good standard of living. I support Organized Labor (i.e. Unions) and believe that Unions provide that needed balance in representing both the interests of the worker and the growth and sustainability of industry. Most importantly, I support an environment where both "employer" and "employee" are invested in one another, whether it's Union or Non-Union. I am AGAINST "Right to Work" Legislation, as it will eliminate Unions (the only legitimate organization that protects the interests and rights of working men and women)!! I will also support legislation that reinstates the Prevailing Wage to where it was prior to the 2015 Legislative Session. Prevailing Wage is very important to West Virginia, as it sets wage standards that are conducive to strengthening the quality of life of our state's workers, their families, and our communities! Education​ My plan, when elected, is to actively support initiatives and legislation which promote continued expansion and enhancement of our State's Early Childhood Education Programs. I will support investment in resources that provide educators the tools necessary in preparing our youth for the 21st Century work place. I believe it's essential that our children receive an education that will result in outcomes that are tangible to their success in the future. I will support continued investment in programs through the WVU Extension Office and other entities that teach our youth the importance of "Sustainable and Healthy Living" and skill development with the basics of agriculture (i.e. gardening). Infrastructure The long-term return on investment is industrial and commercial investment, due to having accessible roads and highways that gain faster access to major population centers. Such an investment would bring more manufacturing and better-paying jobs to our state. When elected, I will push for substantial state investment in our infrastructure to enhance our availability in securing more Federal and Non-Federal Highway Funding to finish projects like Corridor H and the King Coal Highway (Future Interstate 73/74) in the Southern Coalfields. This funding would also bring more immediate, good paying jobs to our State and long-term economic development to our Southern Coalfield Communities and Eastern Mountain Counties. The Drug Problem and Substance Abuse Treatment As your Delegate, my immediate solution is to stop the supply side by incarcerating the drug dealers, and the demand side by making available more in-patient, long-term substance abuse treatment options statewide. I'm a firm believer that addiction is a disease and with any disease, treatment is a MUST! Incarcerating a person who committed a crime under the influence of a drug (unless they are a danger to another or to the public) is a waste of tax payer dollars and counter-productive. This is why I support the expansion of Adult Drug Courts to ALL of West Virginia's 55 Counties. When our justice system has a court that can identify a person struggling with addiction early on, and can refer that person to mandated treatment instead of incarceration, then over time, we will start to see a decrease on the demand side of these hard drugs to the point that there will no longer be a market for these hard drugs. But in order to make this work, we truly have to invest in substance abuse treatment, and that means either equipping our Regional Jails with the resources to provide treatment when someone is incarcerated, or to raise the tobacco and alcohol tax to provide the revenue to expand long term substance abuse treatment.	”
—Wayne Worth

2014

Worth's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

• Education

Excerpt: "I believe a society that invests in an environment that promotes a quality education system, is a society that is prone to opportunities that foster growth and prosperity. My plan when elected is to actively support initiates and legislation which promote continued expansion and enhancement of our State's Early Childhood Education Programs."

• Economic Development

Excerpt: "I am firm believer that a strong, diverse, and sustainable economy enhances one's quality of life, creates wealth and jobs, and encourages fully active and civically engaged communities. When elected my focus is to take a team approach in both supporting and generating legislation that brings real jobs (i.e. careers) and economic stability to our State through expanding our industrial portfolio and providing more opportunities for our people."

• Quality of Life

Excerpt: "At the end of the day what matters to people is having a standard of living where one can both sustain and grow. Growth and Sustainability is what feeds our children, pays the bills, and enables us to provide the essentials to ourselves and the people who are important to us. It's what drives us to want better, to achieve, and also contribute to others and things greater than ourselves. It's the road free of pot holes, a quality education for our children, and a home-delivered meal for a Senior Citizen on a limited income. Quality of life is freedom and an environment that promotes happiness. And it's an outcome derived from an environment that fosters 'Economic Security.'"

Elections

2016

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates 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. 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.

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.

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.

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

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 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.

West Virginia House of Delegates District 48, General Election, 2014

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

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 48 Democratic Primary, 2014

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

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 48 Republican Primary, 2014

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

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Wayne + Worth + West + Virginia + House"

Wayne Worth News Feed

See also

• West Virginia State Legislature
• West Virginia state legislative districts
• West Virginia House of Delegates
• West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2014
• West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2016

External links

Suggest a link

• Official campaign website
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Wayne Worth on Facebook
• Wayne Worth on Twitter

Footnotes

[show]

Current members of the West Virginia House of Delegates

Leadership

Minority Leader:Sean Hornbuckle

Representatives

District 1

Pat McGeehan (R)

District 2

Mark Zatezalo (R)

District 3

Jimmy Willis (R)

District 4

Bill Flanigan (R)

District 5

Shawn Fluharty (D)

District 6

Jeffrey Stephens (R)

District 7

Charles Sheedy (R)

District 8

Bill Bell (R)

District 9

Trenton Barnhart (R)

District 10

Everette Anderson (R)

District 11

Bob Fehrenbacher (R)

District 12

Vernon Criss (R)

District 13

Scot Heckert (R)

District 14

Dave Foggin (R)

District 15

Erica Moore (R)

District 16

Joe Parsons (R)

District 17

Jonathan Pinson (R)

District 18

Jim Butler (R)

District 19

Kathie Crouse (R)

District 20

Sarah Drennan (R)

District 21

Jarred Cannon (R)

District 22

Daniel Linville (R)

District 23

Evan Worrell (R)

District 24

Patrick Lucas (R)

District 25

Sean Hornbuckle (D)

District 26

Matthew Rohrbach (R)

District 27

Michael Amos (R)

District 28

Ryan Browning (R)

District 29

Henry Dillon (R)

District 30

Jeff Eldridge (R)

District 31

Margitta Mazzocchi (R)

District 32

Josh Holstein (R)

District 33

Jordan Bridges (R)

District 34

Mark Dean (R)

District 35

Adam Vance (R)

District 36

S. Green (R)

District 37

Marty Gearheart (R)

District 38

Joe Ellington (R)

District 39

Doug Smith (R)

District 40

Roy Cooper (R)

District 41

Jordan Maynor (R)

District 42

Brandon Steele (R)

District 43

Christopher Toney (R)

District 44

Carl Roop (R)

District 45

Eric Brooks (R)

District 46

Jeff Campbell (R)

District 47

Denny Canterbury (R)

District 48

Gregory Watt (R)

District 49

Stanley Adkins (R)

District 50

David Pritt (R)

District 51

Marshall Clay (R)

District 52

Tresa Howell (R)

District 53

Tristan Leavitt (R)

District 54

Mike Pushkin (D)

District 55

JB Akers (R)

District 56

Kayla Young (D)

District 57

Hollis Lewis (D)

District 58

Walter Hall (R)

District 59

Andy Shamblin (R)

District 60

Dana Ferrell (R)

District 61

Dean Jeffries (R)

District 62

Roger Hanshaw (R)

District 63

Lori Cowger Dittman (R)

District 64

Adam Burkhammer (R)

District 65

Carl Martin (R)

District 66

Jonathan Kyle (R)

District 67

Elias Coop-Gonzalez (R)

District 68

Chris Phillips (R)

District 69

Keith Marple (R)

District 70

Mickey Petitto (R)

District 71

Laura Kimble (R)

District 72

Clay Riley (R)

District 73

Bryan Smith (R)

District 74

Mike DeVault (R)

District 75

Phil Mallow (R)

District 76

Rick Garcia (D)

District 77

Joe Statler (R)

District 78

Eugene Chiarelli (R)

District 79

Evan Hansen (D)

District 80

John Williams (D)

District 81

Anitra Hamilton (D)

District 82

David McCormick (R)

District 83

George Street (R)

District 84

D.R. Jennings (R)

District 85

John Paul Hott (R)

District 86

Bryan Ward (R)

District 87

Gary Howell (R)

District 88

Rick Hillenbrand (R)

District 89

David Cannon (R)

District 90

George Miller (R)

District 91

Ian Masters (R)

District 92

Michael Hite (R)

District 93

Michael Hornby (R)

District 94

Larry Kump (R)

District 95

Charles Horst (R)

District 96

Lisa White (R)

District 97

S. Anders (R)

District 98

Joe Funkhouser (R)

District 99

Wayne Clark (R)

District 100

William Ridenour (R)

Republican Party (91)

Democratic Party (9)