Suzette Marie Raines
is an American politician and a former
Republican member of the
West Virginia House of Delegates
The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature in West Virginia. Only three states—Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia—refer to their lower house as the House of Delegates.
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having represented District 35 from January 12, 2013 until December 1, 2014. Raines won the primary for the 2014 House of Delegates election, however she would later drop out from the race due to allegations from the Democratic Party as well as other personal reasons, and as a result her name was replaced on the ballot.
Elections
2012 With the redistricting of District 35, Raines ran in the ten-way May 8, 2012 Republican Primary and placed second with 2,561 votes (18.2%), and placed second in the eight-way four-position November 6, 2012 General election with 13,676 votes (14.5%), behind incumbent
Democratic Representative
Doug Skaff
Douglas John Skaff Jr. (November 10, 1976June 10, 2025) was an American politician from the state of West Virginia. Skaff served as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, most recently representing the 57th district, as a member of th ...
, ahead of fellow Republican selectees
Eric Nelson and
John McCuskey
John "JB" McCuskey (born 1981 in Charleston, West Virginia) is an American lawyer and politician who is serving as the 35th attorney general of West Virginia since 2025. As a Republican, he has previously served as the West Virginia State Audito ...
, and non-selectees incumbent Democratic Representatives
Bobbie Hatfield
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and
Bonnie Brown, Democratic nominee Chris Morris, and fellow Republican nominee Fred Joseph.
References
External links
Official pageat the
West Virginia Legislature
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Campaign site*
Suzette Rainesat
Ballotpedia
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Suzette Rainesat the National Institute on Money in State Politics
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Republican Party members of the West Virginia House of Delegates
People from Kanawha County, West Virginia
Women state legislators in West Virginia
21st-century American women politicians
21st-century members of the West Virginia Legislature
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