Sean Hornbuckle

Democratic Party

Candidate, West Virginia House of Delegates District 25

West Virginia House of Delegates District 25

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

3

Predecessor:Tony Paynter (R)

Prior offices:

West Virginia House of Delegates District 16

Years in office: 2015 - 2022

Compensation

Base salary

$23,000/year

Per diem

$75/day for members who commute daily. $175/day for members who do not commute daily.

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Next election

May 12, 2026

Education

High school

Huntington High School, 2002

Bachelor's

Marshall University

Graduate

Marshall University

Personal

Birthplace

Huntington, WV

Religion

Christian

Profession

Financial representative

Contact

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Sean Hornbuckle (Democratic Party) is a member of theWest Virginia House of Delegates, representingDistrict 25. He assumed office on December 1, 2022. His current term ends on December 1, 2026.

Hornbuckle (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to theWest Virginia House of Delegates to representDistrict 25. He declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled onMay 12, 2026.^[source]

Hornbuckle has served as state House minority leader since 2023.^[1]

Biography

Sean Hornbuckle was born inHuntington, West Virginia. Hornbuckle graduated from Huntington High School. He earned a B.A. in sports management and marketing and an M.B.A, both from Marshall University. His career experience includes working as a financial representative at MassMutual.^[2]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Hornbuckle was assigned to the following committees:

• Economic Development Committee
• House Education Committee,Minority Chair
• Pensions and Insurance Committee,Minority Chair
• Workforce Development Committee,Minority Vice-Chair

2021-2022

Hornbuckle was assigned to the following committees:

• House Education Committee,Minority chair
• House Finance Committee
• Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development Committee,Minority vice chair

2019-2020

Hornbuckle was assigned to the following committees:

• House Education Committee,Minority Chair
• Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development Committee
• House Rules Committee
• Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Hornbuckle served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2026

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on May 12, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 25

IncumbentSean Hornbuckle (D) is running in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 25 on May 12, 2026.

		Candidate
		Sean Hornbuckle

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Endorsements

2024

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2024

General election

General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 25

IncumbentSean Hornbuckle defeatedConnie Beaty in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 25 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Hornbuckle (D)	74.4	3,699
	Submit photo	Connie Beaty (R)	25.6	1,276

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,975
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 25

IncumbentSean Hornbuckle advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 25 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Hornbuckle	100.0	1,354

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,354
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 25

Connie Beaty advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 25 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Connie Beaty	100.0	564

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 564
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Endorsements

2022

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2022

General election

General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 25

IncumbentSean Hornbuckle won election in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 25 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Hornbuckle (D)	100.0	2,652

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,652
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 25

IncumbentSean Hornbuckle advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 25 on May 10, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Hornbuckle	100.0	848

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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 16 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Hornbuckle (D)	21.0	8,929
✔		Daniel Linville (R)	17.4	7,418
✔		John Mandt Jr. (R) (Unofficially withdrew)	17.3	7,359
	Submit photo	Mark Bates (R)	17.1	7,288
	Submit photo	Anna Lewis (D)	13.8	5,898
		Dakota Nelson (D)	13.3	5,677
	Submit photo	Noel Jordan (Independent) (Write-in)	0.1	23

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 42,592
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 (3 seats)

IncumbentSean Hornbuckle,Anna Lewis, andDakota Nelson defeatedCarol Polan in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Hornbuckle	39.4	4,460
✔	Submit photo	Anna Lewis	21.6	2,448
✔		Dakota Nelson	21.3	2,409
	Submit photo	Carol Polan	17.7	1,998

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,315
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 (3 seats)

IncumbentDaniel Linville, incumbentJohn Mandt Jr., andMark Bates defeatedJakob Jitima in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Daniel Linville	31.3	2,607
✔		John Mandt Jr.	29.7	2,470
✔	Submit photo	Mark Bates	26.3	2,194
	Submit photo	Jakob Jitima	12.7	1,056

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,327
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2018

See also:West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2018

General election

General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Hornbuckle (D)	20.8	7,684
✔		John Mandt Jr. (R)	17.7	6,544
✔		Daniel Linville (R)	17.2	6,356
		Matt Spurlock (D)	16.5	6,110
	Submit photo	Vera Miller (R)	15.2	5,642
		Dakota Nelson (D)	12.7	4,692

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 37,028 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 (3 seats)

IncumbentSean Hornbuckle,Matt Spurlock, andDakota Nelson defeatedDavid Fattaleh in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Hornbuckle	40.1	2,831
✔		Matt Spurlock	28.4	2,000
✔		Dakota Nelson	18.9	1,336
	Submit photo	David Fattaleh	12.6	887

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 7,054
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Mandt Jr.	22.6	1,345
✔		Daniel Linville	19.2	1,142
✔	Submit photo	Vera Miller	14.2	848
		Jarred Cannon	14.2	844
	Submit photo	Steven Davis	12.3	736
	Submit photo	Chris Burger	11.4	679
	Submit photo	Andrew Dornbos	6.2	367

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 5,961
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2016

See also:West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2016

Elections for theWest 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.IncumbentJames Morgan (D) did not seek re-election.

The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 general election.^[3][4]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 16, General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Sean HornbuckleIncumbent	19.76%	7,760
	Republican	Carol MillerIncumbent	22.64%	8,891
	Republican	Chuck Romine	17.14%	6,729
	Democratic	Joe Akers	12.42%	4,876
	Democratic	Matt Spurlock	14.10%	5,538
	Republican	Dale Anderson II	13.94%	5,476
Total Votes				39,270
Source:West Virginia Secretary of State

Joe Akers, incumbentSean Hornbuckle andMatt Spurlock defeatedJustin Murdock andJames Stacy in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 Democratic primary.^[5][6]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 16, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joe Akers	15.52%	1,929
	Democratic	Sean HornbuckleIncumbent	33.03%	4,107
	Democratic	Matt Spurlock	21.57%	2,682
	Democratic	Justin Murdock	14.59%	1,814
	Democratic	James Stacy	15.29%	1,901
Total Votes				12,433

Dale Anderson II, incumbentCarol Miller andChuck Romine defeatedLee Bias in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 Republican primary.^[5][6]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 16, Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dale Anderson II	22.32%	1,859
	Republican	Carol MillerIncumbent	34.67%	2,888
	Republican	Chuck Romine	24.17%	2,013
	Republican	Lee Bias	18.84%	1,569
Total Votes				8,329

2014

See also:West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2014

Elections for theWest Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 13, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 25, 2014. District 16 is represented by three delegates. IncumbentJames Morgan,Sean Hornbuckle andLauren Plymale were unopposed in the Democratic primary. IncumbentCarol Miller,Dale Anderson II andPatrick Lucas defeatedDavid Bender andLionel Jones in the Republican primary. Hornbuckle, Morgan and Miller defeated Lucas, Plymale and Anderson in the general election.^[7][8]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 16, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Carol MillerIncumbent	21.2%	5,904
	Democratic	Sean Hornbuckle	17.6%	4,906
	Democratic	Jim Morgan	17.3%	4,824
	Republican	Patrick Lucas	16.3%	4,556
	Democratic	Lauren Plymale	13.9%	3,881
	Republican	Dale Anderson II	13.8%	3,839
Total Votes				27,910

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 16 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Carol MillerIncumbent	35.7%	1,146
Patrick Lucas	26.4%	847
Dale Anderson II	18%	577
David Bender	11.3%	363
Lionel Jones	8.6%	275
Total Votes		3,208

Endorsements

In 2014, Hornbuckle's endorsements included the following:^[9]

• West Virginia AFL-CIO

2012

See also:West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2012

Hornbuckle ran in the2012 election forWest Virginia House of Delegates, District 30. Hornbuckle, incumbentKevin Craig, and incumbentJames Morgan advanced unopposed in the May 8 primary election. He was defeated by incumbentKevin Craig, incumbentJames Morgan,Mike Davis, and incumbentCarol Miller in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.^[10][11][12]

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 16, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Kevin CraigIncumbent	22.9%	8,866
	Republican	Carol MillerIncumbent	21.8%	8,415
	Democratic	Jim MorganIncumbent	20.8%	8,050
	Democratic	Sean Hornbuckle	19%	7,339
	Republican	Mike Davis	15.5%	6,013
Total Votes				38,683

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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2012

Hornbuckle's website highlighted the following campaign themes:^[13]

• Education

"With the current climate of our culture in West Virginia, its increasingly vital that we do a better job in ensuring all residents have affordable access to education. The only way we can increase our living standards, better our families and the economy is for more people to have the ability to earn jobs, create jobs, and be a productive member of society with critical thinking skills. Being more educated also fulfills one’s self being and pride while spurring community involvment (sic)."

• Hornbuckle’s Goals

"Cap tuition for post-secondary education similar to what Ohio has done."

"Create a re-emergence of “PTA” like organizations that are more innovative in our elementary school systems."

"Fight for funding for Universities, Community Colleges, Trade and Technical Schools alike."

"Create innovative internship programs between high schools and businesses that are meaningful."

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