Shirley Love

Democratic Party

Prior offices:

West Virginia House of Delegates District 32

Years in office: 2016 - 2018

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 8, 2018

Education

High school

Collins High School

Personal

Profession

Broadcaster

Shirley Love was aDemocratic member of theWest Virginia House of Delegates, representingDistrict 32 from 2016 to 2018. Love was a Democratic candidate for West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House. He lost the in the primary onMay 8, 2018.

Love also representedDistrict 11 in theWest Virginia State Senate from 1994 to 2008. He died on July 17, 2020, at the age of 87.^[1]

Biography

Shirley Love was born in Oak Hill, West Virginia. He graduated from Collins High School in 1952. Love's career experience included working as a broadcaster at WOAY TV-Radio.^[2][3]

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

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

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2018

See also:West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House West Virginia District 3

Carol Miller defeatedRichard Ojeda in the general election for U.S. House West Virginia District 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carol Miller (R)	56.4	98,645
		Richard Ojeda (D)	43.6	76,340

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 174,985
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 3

Richard Ojeda defeatedShirley Love,Paul Davis, andJanice Hagerman in the Democratic primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 3 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Richard Ojeda	52.2	29,867
		Shirley Love	24.6	14,109
		Paul Davis	16.0	9,137
		Janice Hagerman	7.2	4,147

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 57,260
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steve Williams (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 3

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 3 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carol Miller	23.8	8,923
		Rupie Phillips	19.5	7,319
		Marty Gearheart	18.2	6,814
		Conrad Lucas	18.1	6,771
		Rick Snuffer	10.6	3,987
		Ayne Amjad	7.5	2,795
		Philip Payton	2.3	861

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 37,470
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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.IncumbentDavid Perry (D) did not seek re-election.

The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 32 general election.^[4][5]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 32, General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Shirley Love	16.01%	7,273
	Republican	Kayla KessingerIncumbent	17.78%	8,076
	Republican	Tom FastIncumbent	17.21%	7,819
	Democratic	John Pino	14.72%	6,687
	Democratic	Margaret Staggers	15.91%	7,228
	Republican	Austin Haynes	14.47%	6,572
	Libertarian	Travis Simms	3.91%	1,776
Total Votes				45,431
Source:West Virginia Secretary of State

The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 32 Democratic primary.^[6][7]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 32, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Shirley Love	15.57%	3,460
	Democratic	John Pino	13.54%	3,010
	Democratic	Margaret Staggers	17.83%	3,962
	Democratic	Tighe Bullock	3.97%	883
	Democratic	Joel Davis	7.82%	1,737
	Democratic	Randy Halsey	5.57%	1,238
	Democratic	Luke Lively	11.24%	2,498
	Democratic	William R. Sulesky	3.05%	677
	Democratic	Dustin Teel	2.66%	591
	Democratic	Greg Crist	10.85%	2,412
	Democratic	Mel Kessler	7.90%	1,756
Total Votes				22,224

Austin Haynes, incumbentKayla Kessinger and incumbentTom Fast were unopposed in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 32 Republican primary.^[6][7]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 32, Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Austin Haynes
	Republican	Kayla KessingerIncumbent
	Republican	Tom FastIncumbent

Primary race background

Main article:West Virginia races we're watching, 2016

Pino and Staggers, who previously represented House District 32, were defeated in the 2014 general election; they were edged out by current Republican incumbents Kessinger and Fast as well as outgoing Democratic incumbent Perry.

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2018

In 2018, theWest Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 10 through March 10.

• The American Conservative Union

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

• West Virginia Chamber of Commerce

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• West Virginia Citizen's Defense League

Legislators are scored on their votes on firearms issues.

2017

2016

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See also

• West Virginia House of Delegates
• West Virginia House of Delegates District 32
• West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2016
• West Virginia State Legislature
• West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018
• United States House of Representatives
• West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District

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