Chris Wesley Walters (born May 1, 1986) is an American politician and a former Republican member of the

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representing

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between 2013 and 2017.

Education

Elections

*2012 With incumbent Senator Dan Foster redistricted to District 17, and not seeking re-election Walters was unopposed for the District 8 May 8, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 4,261 votes, and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 19,242 votes (52.8%) against

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nominee Joshua Martin. *2010 When

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District 44 incumbent Democratic Representative

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ran for West Virginia Senate and left a seat open, Walters, who was attending West Virginia University at the time, placed second in the six-way May 11, 2010 Republican Primary with 1,923 votes (23.3%), but only placed fifth in the ten-way four-position November 2, 2010 General election behind Representatives Charlene Marshall (D) and

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(D), challengers

Amanda Pasdon Amanda Brooke Pasdon is an American politician and a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 51 since January 12, 2013. Pasdon served consecutively from January 2011 until January 2013 in the District 44 ...

(R) and

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(D), and ahead of nominees Stephen Cook (D), Kevin Poe (R), Kevin Patrick (R),

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Paul Brown, and Libertarian Tad Britch.

References

External links

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