Stephen G. Smith (West Virginia)

Stephen Smith (Republican Party) ran for election to the West Virginia State Senate to represent District 14. Smith lost in the Republican primary on May 10, 2022.

Smith was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 55 of the West Virginia House of Delegates.

Smith was a 2012 Republican candidate for District 55 of the West Virginia House of Delegates. He advanced past the Republican primary, but was defeated in the general election.

Elections

2020

See also: West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2020

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2020 (June 9 Republican primary)

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2020 (June 9 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for Governor of West Virginia

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of West Virginia on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Justice (R)	63.5	497,944
		Ben Salango (D)	30.2	237,024
		Erika Kolenich (L)	2.9	22,527
		S. Marshall Wilson (Independent) (Write-in)	1.9	15,120
		Daniel Lutz Jr. (Mountain Party)	1.4	11,309
		Michael Folk (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	199
	Submit photo	Mitch Roberts (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	152
		Quintin Gerard Caldwell (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	6
	Submit photo	Kimberly Gross (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	6

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 784,287
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Sartin (Independent)
• Larry Trent (Constitution Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of West Virginia

Ben Salango defeated Stephen Smith, Ron Stollings, Jody Murphy, and Douglas Hughes in the Democratic primary for Governor of West Virginia on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ben Salango	38.7	74,554
		Stephen Smith	33.8	65,056
		Ron Stollings	13.3	25,686
		Jody Murphy	9.3	17,968
	Submit photo	Douglas Hughes	4.8	9,201

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 192,465
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Cecil Silva (D)
• Edwin Ray Vanover (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of West Virginia

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of West Virginia on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Justice	62.8	133,026
		H. Woody Thrasher	18.3	38,796
		Michael Folk	12.5	26,461
	Submit photo	Doug Six	2.1	4,419
	Submit photo	Larry Brooke Lunsford	1.8	3,844
	Submit photo	Shelby Fitzhugh	1.3	2,762
		Charles Sheedy	1.2	2,535

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 211,843
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Rebecca Henderson (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Governor of West Virginia

Erika Kolenich advanced from the Libertarian convention for Governor of West Virginia on April 8, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Erika Kolenich (L)

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Mountain Party convention

Mountain Party convention for Governor of West Virginia

Daniel Lutz Jr. advanced from the Mountain Party convention for Governor of West Virginia on June 20, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Daniel Lutz Jr. (Mountain Party)

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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 Isaac Sponaugle defeated Stephen Smith and Tonya Persinger in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 55 general election.

West Virginia House of Delegates District 55, General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Isaac Sponaugle Incumbent	53.81%	4,218
	Republican	Stephen Smith	40.46%	3,172
	Libertarian	Tonya Persinger	5.73%	449
Total Votes				7,839
Source: West Virginia Secretary of State

Incumbent Isaac Sponaugle ran unopposed in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 55 Democratic primary.

West Virginia House of Delegates District 55, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Isaac Sponaugle Incumbent (unopposed)

Stephen Smith ran unopposed in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 55 Republican primary.

West Virginia House of Delegates District 55, Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Stephen Smith  (unopposed)

2012

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2012

Smith ran in the 2012 election for West Virginia House of Delegates, District 55. Smith ran unopposed in the May 8 primary election and was defeated by Isaac Sponaugle in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 55, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Isaac Sponaugle	58.8%	4,316
	Republican	Stephen G. Smith	41.2%	3,025
Total Votes				7,341

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