Chad Lovejoy

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Chad Lovejoy
Image of Chad Lovejoy
Prior offices
West Virginia House of Delegates District 17
Predecessor: Douglas Reynolds

Elections and appointments
Last election

May 10, 2022

Contact

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Chad Lovejoy (Democratic Party) was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 17. He assumed office in 2016. He left office on December 1, 2022.

Lovejoy (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 27. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 10, 2022.

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Lovejoy was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Lovejoy was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

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

West Virginia committee assignments, 2017
Banking and Insurance
Judiciary
Senior Citizen Issues

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 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

2022

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2022

General election

General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 27

Incumbent Ric Griffith defeated Jeff Maynard in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 27 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ric Griffith
Ric Griffith (D)
 
50.8
 
2,064
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Jeff Maynard (R)
 
49.2
 
1,995

Total votes: 4,059
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 27

Incumbent Ric Griffith defeated incumbent Chad Lovejoy in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 27 on May 10, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ric Griffith
Ric Griffith
 
54.8
 
536
Image of Chad Lovejoy
Chad Lovejoy
 
45.2
 
442

Total votes: 978
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 27

Jeff Maynard advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 27 on May 10, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Jeff Maynard
 
100.0
 
678

Total votes: 678
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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 17 (2 seats)

Incumbent Matthew Rohrbach and incumbent Chad Lovejoy defeated Jeanette Rowsey in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matthew Rohrbach
Matthew Rohrbach (R)
 
39.5
 
7,471
Image of Chad Lovejoy
Chad Lovejoy (D)
 
32.6
 
6,167
Image of Jeanette Rowsey
Jeanette Rowsey (D)
 
27.9
 
5,283

Total votes: 18,921
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 (2 seats)

Incumbent Chad Lovejoy and Jeanette Rowsey advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chad Lovejoy
Chad Lovejoy
 
52.0
 
2,967
Image of Jeanette Rowsey
Jeanette Rowsey
 
48.0
 
2,743

Total votes: 5,710
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 (2 seats)

Incumbent Matthew Rohrbach advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matthew Rohrbach
Matthew Rohrbach
 
100.0
 
2,792

Total votes: 2,792
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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 17 (2 seats)

Incumbent Chad Lovejoy and incumbent Matthew Rohrbach defeated Jeanette Rowsey and Joyce Holland in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chad Lovejoy
Chad Lovejoy (D)
 
29.8
 
5,741
Image of Matthew Rohrbach
Matthew Rohrbach (R)
 
29.7
 
5,726
Image of Jeanette Rowsey
Jeanette Rowsey (D)
 
21.6
 
4,161
Image of Joyce Holland
Joyce Holland (R)
 
18.9
 
3,643

Total votes: 19,271
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 (2 seats)

Incumbent Chad Lovejoy and Jeanette Rowsey defeated Christopher Hughart in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chad Lovejoy
Chad Lovejoy
 
50.3
 
1,998
Image of Jeanette Rowsey
Jeanette Rowsey
 
37.9
 
1,505
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Christopher Hughart
 
11.8
 
469

Total votes: 3,972
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 (2 seats)

Incumbent Matthew Rohrbach and Joyce Holland advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matthew Rohrbach
Matthew Rohrbach
 
63.6
 
1,748
Image of Joyce Holland
Joyce Holland
 
36.4
 
1,002

Total votes: 2,750
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2016

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2016

Elections for the West 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. Incumbent Douglas Reynolds (D) did not seek re-election.

Chad Lovejoy and incumbent Matthew Rohrbach defeated Joe Fincham and Anne Brockus Dandelet in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 general election.[1][2]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 17, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Chad Lovejoy 30.16% 5,911
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Matthew Rohrbach Incumbent 32.26% 6,322
     Democratic Joe Fincham 14.91% 2,922
     Republican Anne Brockus Dandelet 22.67% 4,444
Total Votes 19,599
Source: West Virginia Secretary of State


Joe Fincham and Chad Lovejoy defeated Jerry Tighe in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 Democratic primary.[3][4]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 17, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Joe Fincham 27.68% 1,565
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Chad Lovejoy 53.85% 3,044
     Democratic Jerry Tighe 18.47% 1,044
Total Votes 5,653


Anne Brockus Dandelet and incumbent Matthew Rohrbach defeated Jarred Cannon and Alex Parlock in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 Republican primary.[3][4]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 17, Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Anne Brockus Dandelet 24.34% 1,117
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Matthew Rohrbach Incumbent 43.49% 1,996
     Republican Jarred Cannon 17.47% 802
     Republican Alex Parlock 14.71% 675
Total Votes 4,590

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Chad Lovejoy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Chad Lovejoy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Candidate Connection

Chad Lovejoy participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 10, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Chad Lovejoy's responses follow below.[5]

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

1) Economic Development

2) Education
3) Drug Epidemic[6][7]

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?

Food Insecurity and First RespondersCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[7]


2016

Lovejoy's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[8]

Fix the Budget Crisis

  • Excerpt: "Our success will require us to carefully review our revenue and expenses in light of this changing economic reality. Any waste needs to be cut and the most efficient provision of services ensured."

Create Good-Paying Jobs

  • Excerpt: "We need to promote technology, such as statewide Broadband Internet to give local businesses a competitive edge."

Fight the Drug Epidemic

  • Excerpt: "Our success will depend on our willingness to tackle the problem on all fronts, which I have seen described as four pillars – Prevention, Intervention, Treatment and Law Enforcement."

Improve School System

  • Excerpt: "Our greatest hope for the future of West Virginia lies in our commitment to the education of our youth."

Protect West Virginia Workers

  • Excerpt: "While we focus on building an even better economy for West Virginia, we must be careful not to forget the working men and women who built this great State."

Campaign finance summary


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Chad Lovejoy campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022West Virginia House of Delegates District 27Lost primary$48,700 $62,493
2020West Virginia House of Delegates District 17Won general$70,376 N/A**
2018West Virginia House of Delegates District 17Won general$82,426 N/A**
2016West Virginia House of Delegates, District 17Won $84,859 N/A**
Grand total$286,361 $62,493
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2022

In 2022, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 12 to March 12.

Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.


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Footnotes

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Preceded by
Douglas Reynolds (D)
West Virginia House of Delegates District 17
2016-2022
Succeeded by
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