Aaron Metz
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Aaron Metz (Republican Party) ran for election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 51. Metz lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Barbara Fleischauer (D) | 12.2 | 16,357 |
| ✔ |  | Evan Hansen (D) | 11.6 | 15,558 |
| ✔ |  | John Williams (D) | 11.2 | 15,045 |
| ✔ |  | Danielle Walker (D) | 11.0 | 14,725 |
| ✔ |  | Rodney Pyles (D) | 10.6 | 14,240 |
 | Joe Statler (R) | 9.7 | 13,051 | |
 | Cindy Frich (R) | 9.4 | 12,601 | |
 | Debbie Warner (R) | 8.3 | 11,058 | |
 | Roger Shuttlesworth (R) | 6.6 | 8,885 | |
| Aaron Metz (R) | 6.3 | 8,464 | |
 | Buddy Guthrie (L) | 2.2 | 3,011 | |
| Harry Bertram (American Freedom Union Party) | 0.7 | 942 | |
| Total votes: 133,937 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Barbara Fleischauer | 21.5 | 6,116 |
| ✔ | | Evan Hansen | 19.9 | 5,639 |
| ✔ | | Danielle Walker | 18.0 | 5,104 |
| ✔ | | John Williams | 17.6 | 4,994 |
| ✔ | | Rodney Pyles | 13.9 | 3,952 |
| Cory Kennedy | 9.1 | 2,585 | |
| Total votes: 28,390 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 (5 seats)
Incumbent Joe Statler, incumbent Cindy Frich, Debbie Warner, and Roger Shuttlesworth advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joe Statler | 27.2 | 3,160 |
| ✔ | | Cindy Frich | 25.8 | 3,004 |
| ✔ | | Debbie Warner | 24.1 | 2,799 |
| ✔ | | Roger Shuttlesworth | 22.9 | 2,665 |
| Total votes: 11,628 | |||
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2016 Republican National Convention
Metz an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from West Virginia. Metz was one of 30 delegates from West Virginia bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[1] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Delegate rules
District-level and at-large delegates from West Virginia were elected directly by voters in the state's primary election on May 10, 2016. Delegates were allowed to run as unpledged delegates or to designate a candidate to whom they wished to be bound at the national convention.
West Virginia primary results
| West Virginia Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
77.1% | 157,238 | 30 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9% | 18,301 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 6.7% | 13,721 | 1 | |
| Ben Carson | 2.2% | 4,421 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 1.4% | 2,908 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.1% | 2,305 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.9% | 1,798 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.9% | 1,780 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.4% | 727 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.3% | 659 | 0 | |
| David Hall | 0.1% | 203 | 0 | |
| Totals | 204,061 | 31 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
West Virginia had 34 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, nine were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's three congressional districts) and 22 served as at-large delegates. According to the Republican National Committee, West Virginia's district and at-large delegates were "elected on the primary ballot and [may have specified an] intention to be committed to a candidate."[2][3]
In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[2][3]
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2018
- West Virginia House of Delegates
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Charleston Gazette Mail, "West Virginia Delegates to the Republican National Convention," May 11, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
