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Marty Gearheart

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Marty Gearheart

Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 27th^[1] district
Incumbent
Assumed office December 1, 2020
In office December 1, 2012 – December 1, 2018
Succeeded by	Eric Porterfield
Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 24th district
In office November 2, 2010 – December 2012
Preceded by	Bill Cole
Succeeded by	Ted Tomblin Rupie Phillips

Personal details
Born	(1961-09-15) September 15, 1961 (age 62) Zebulon, North Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Residence	Bluefield, West Virginia
Alma mater	Concord University
Website	martygearheart.wordpress.com

Gary Martin 'Marty' Gearheart^[2] (born September 15, 1961 in Zebulon, North Carolina) is an American politician and a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 27 since January 12, 2013. Gearheart served consecutively from November 2, 2010 until January 2013 in the District 24 seat.

Education[edit]

Gearheart earned his BSineducation from Concord University.

Elections[edit]

2012 Redistricted to District 27, Gearheart ran in the three-way May 8, 2012 Republican primary and placed third by 65 votes with 1,516 votes (32.4%),^[3] and placed third in the six-way November 6, 2012 general election with 9,333 votes (18.8%) behind former Senator John Shott and Republican nominee Joe Ellington and ahead of Democratic nominees Ryan Flanigan, Greg Ball, and Bill Morefield,^[4] who had run for a District 25 seat in 2006 and 2010.
2010 To challenge incumbent Democratic United States Representative Nick RahallinWest Virginia's 3rd congressional district, Gearheart ran in the four-way Republican primary but lost to Elliot Maynard,^[5] who lost the November 2, general election to Congressman Rahall.
2010 District 24 Republican Representative John Shott was unopposed in the May 11, 2010 Republican primary,^[5] but was appointed to the West Virginia Senate to fill a vacancy; Gearheart replaced him on the ballot for the November 2, 2010 general election, and won unopposed with 2,797 votes.^[6]

References[edit]

^ "Marty Gearheart". Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Legislature. Retrieved March 25, 2014.

^ "Marty Gearheart's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved March 25, 2014.

^ "Statewide Results Primary Election May 8, 2012 Official Results". Charleston, West Virginia: Secretary of State of West Virginia. Retrieved March 25, 2014.

^ "Statewide Results General Election November 6, 2012 Official Results". Charleston, West Virginia: Secretary of State of West Virginia. Retrieved March 25, 2014.

^ ^a ^b "Statewide Results Primary Election May 11, 2010 Official Results". Charleston, West Virginia: Secretary of State of West Virginia. Retrieved March 25, 2014.

^ "Statewide Results General Election November 2, 2010 Official Results". Charleston, West Virginia: Secretary of State of West Virginia. Retrieved March 25, 2014.

External links[edit]

Official page at the West Virginia Legislature
Campaign site
ProfileatVote Smart
Marty GearheartatBallotpedia
Marty GearheartatOpenSecrets

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Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates

86th West Virginia Legislature (2023−2024)

Speaker: Roger Hanshaw (R)
Minority Leader: Sean Hornbuckle (D)

▌Pat McGeehan (R)

▌Mark Zatezalo (R)

▌Jimmy Willis (R)

▌Diana Winzenreid (R)

▌Shawn Fluharty (D)

▌Jeffrey Stephens (R)

▌Charles Sheedy (R)

▌David Kelly (R)

▌Trenton Barnhart (R)

▌Bill Anderson (R)

▌Bob Fehrenbacher (R)

▌Vernon Criss (R)

▌Scot Heckert (R)

▌Dave Foggin (R)

▌Erica Moore (R)

▌Steve Westfall (R)

▌Jonathan Pinson (R)

▌Jim Butler (R)

▌Kathie Hess Crouse (R)

▌Geoff Foster (R)

▌Jarred Cannon (R)

▌Daniel Linville (R)

▌Evan Worrell (R)

▌Patrick Lucas (R)

▌Sean Hornbuckle (D)

▌Matthew Rohrbach (R)

▌Ric Griffith (D)

▌Ryan Browning (R)

▌Henry Dillon (R)

▌David Adkins (R)

▌Margitta Mazzocchi (R)

▌Josh Holstein (R)

▌Jordan Bridges (R)

▌Mark Dean (R)

▌Adam Vance (R)

▌Stephen "David" Green (R)

▌Marty Gearheart (R)

▌Joe Ellington (R)

▌Doug Smith (R)

▌Roy Cooper (R)

▌Jordan Maynor (R)

▌Brandon Steele (R)

▌Chris Toney (R)

▌Todd Kirby (R)

▌Eric Brooks (R)

▌Jeff Campbell (R)

▌Todd Longanacre (R)

▌Tom Clark (R)

▌Heather Tully (R)

▌Elliott Pritt (R)

▌Tom Fast (R)

▌Larry Rowe (D)

▌Chris Pritt (R)

▌Mike Pushkin (D)

▌JB Akers (R)

▌Kayla Young (D)

▌Hollis Lewis (D)

▌Walter Hall (R)

▌Andy Shamblin (R)

▌Dana Ferrell (R)

▌Dean Jeffries (R)

▌Roger Hanshaw (R)

▌Lori Dittman (R)

▌Adam Burkhammer (R)

▌Carl Martin (R)

▌Ty Nestor (R)

▌Elias Coop-Gonzalez (R)

▌Chris Phillips (R)

▌Keith Marple (R)

▌Mickey Petitto (R)

▌Laura Kimble (R)

▌Clay Riley (R)

▌Amy Summers (R)

▌Mike DeVault (R)

▌Phil Mallow (R)

▌Joey Garcia (D)

▌Joe Statler (R)

▌Geno Chiarelli (R)

▌Evan Hansen (D)

▌John Williams (D)

▌Anitra Hamilton (D)

▌Debbie Warner (R)

▌George Street (R)

▌D. Rolland Jennings (R)

▌John Paul Hott (R)

▌Bryan Ward (R)

▌Gary Howell (R)

▌Rick Hillenbrand (R)

▌Darren Thorne (R)

▌George Miller (R)

▌Don Forsht (R)

▌Michael Hite (R)

▌Michael Hornby (R)

▌Larry Kump (R)

▌Chuck Horst (R)

▌Eric Householder (R)

▌John Hardy (R)

▌Paul Espinosa (R)

▌Wayne Clark (R)

▌William Ridenour (R)

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