Barry Bledsoe
Barry Bledsoe was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 13 of the West Virginia State Senate.
Bledsoe was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 50 of the West Virginia House of Delegates.[1]
Campaign themes
2014
Bledsoe's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]
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Elections
2016
Elections for the West Virginia State Senate 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 Roman Prezioso defeated Barry Bledsoe in the West Virginia State Senate District 13 general election.[4][5]
| West Virginia State Senate District 13, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Roman Prezioso Incumbent |
59.60% | 24,404 | |
| Republican | Barry Bledsoe | 40.40% | 16,544 | |
| Total Votes | 40,948 | |||
| Source: West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Roman Prezioso defeated Jack Oliver in the West Virginia State Senate District 13 Democratic primary.[6][7]
| West Virginia State Senate District 13, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Roman Prezioso Incumbent |
59.58% | 10,433 | |
| Democratic | Jack Oliver | 40.42% | 7,078 | |
| Total Votes | 17,511 | |||
Barry Bledsoe defeated James Clawson in the West Virginia State Senate District 13 Republican primary.[6][7]
| West Virginia State Senate District 13, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Barry Bledsoe |
58.17% | 4,615 | |
| Republican | James Clawson | 41.83% | 3,318 | |
| Total Votes | 7,933 | |||
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 50 is represented by three delegates. Incumbents Michael Caputo, Linda Longstreth and Timothy Manchin were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Barry Bledsoe, Phil Mallow and Bobbie Triplett II were unopposed in the Republican primary. Caputo, Longstretch and Manchin defeated Bledsoe, Mallow, Triplett and Michael Ray (L) in the general election.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mike Caputo Incumbent |
19.1% | 7,260 | |
| Democratic | Linda Longstreth Incumbent |
17.7% | 6,722 | |
| Democratic | Tim Manchin Incumbent |
16.4% | 6,249 | |
| Republican | Barry Bledsoe | 15.6% | 5,933 | |
| Republican | Phil Mallow | 15.1% | 5,744 | |
| Republican | Bobbie Triplett II | 12% | 4,577 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Ray | 4% | 1,506 | |
| Total Votes | 37,991 | |||
2012
Bledsoe ran in the 2012 election for West Virginia House of Delegates, District 50. Bledsoe advanced unopposed in the May 8 primary election and was defeated in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mike Caputo Incumbent |
25% | 13,149 | |
| Democratic | Linda Longstreth Incumbent |
23.1% | 12,117 | |
| Democratic | Tim Manchin Incumbent |
22.4% | 11,782 | |
| Republican | Barry Bledsoe | 16.8% | 8,851 | |
| Republican | Lynette Kennedy Mcquain | 12.7% | 6,659 | |
| Total Votes | 52,558 | |||
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Barry Bledsoe was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from West Virginia. Bledsoe was one of 30 delegates from West Virginia bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[11] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Delegate rules
District-level and at-large delegates from West Virginia were elected directly by voters in the state's primary election on May 10, 2016. Delegates were allowed to run as unpledged delegates or to designate a candidate to whom they wished to be bound at the national convention.
West Virginia primary results
| West Virginia Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald Trump |
77.1% | 157,238 | 30 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9% | 18,301 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 6.7% | 13,721 | 1 | |
| Ben Carson | 2.2% | 4,421 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 1.4% | 2,908 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.1% | 2,305 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.9% | 1,798 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.9% | 1,780 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.4% | 727 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.3% | 659 | 0 | |
| David Hall | 0.1% | 203 | 0 | |
| Totals | 204,061 | 31 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
West Virginia had 34 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, nine were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's three congressional districts) and 22 served as at-large delegates. According to the Republican National Committee, West Virginia's district and at-large delegates were "elected on the primary ballot and [may have specified an] intention to be committed to a candidate."[12][13]
In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[12][13]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Barry + Bledsoe + West + Virginia"
- All stories may not be relevant to this legislator due to the nature of the search engine.
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 State Senate
- West Virginia State Senate District 10
- West Virginia State Senate elections, 2016
External links
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Barry Bledsoe on Facebook
- Barry Bledsoe on Twitter
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate search," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ bledsoeforhouse.com, "Issues," accessed August 29, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," accessed January 30, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results - Primary Election - May 10, 2016," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Charleston Gazette Mail, "West Virginia Delegates to the Republican National Convention," May 11, 2016
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
