D.R. Jennings

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Republican Party

West Virginia House of Delegates District 84
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Prior offices
West Virginia House of Delegates District 53
Successor: Chris Pritt
Predecessor: Tony Lewis

Compensation

Base salary

$20,000/year

Per diem

$75/day for members who commute daily. $175/day for members who do not commute daily.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Contact

Official website

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D.R. Jennings (Republican Party) (also known as Buck) is a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 84. He assumed office on December 1, 2022. His current term ends on December 1, 2026.

Jennings (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 84. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at:[email protected].

2023-2024

Jennings was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Jennings was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Jennings was assigned to the following committees:

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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

2024

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2024

General election

General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 84

Incumbent D.R. Jennings won election in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 84 on November 5, 2024.

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6,455

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Total votes: 6,455
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 84

Incumbent D.R. Jennings defeated Justin Hough in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 84 on May 14, 2024.

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54.1
 
1,688
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Justin Hough
 
45.9
 
1,433

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Total votes: 3,121
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2022

General election

General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 84

Incumbent D.R. Jennings defeated Lisa Hyre in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 84 on November 8, 2022.

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D.R. Jennings (R)
 
72.0
 
3,531
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Lisa Hyre (D)
 
28.0
 
1,372

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Total votes: 4,903
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 84

Lisa Hyre advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 84 on May 10, 2022.

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Lisa Hyre
 
100.0
 
759

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Total votes: 759
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 84

Incumbent D.R. Jennings defeated Brian Harris in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 84 on May 10, 2022.

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71.8
 
1,867
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Brian Harris
 
28.2
 
733

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Total votes: 2,600
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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 53

Incumbent D.R. Jennings defeated Cory Chase in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 53 on November 3, 2020.

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D.R. Jennings (R)
 
68.8
 
6,168
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Cory Chase (D)
 
31.2
 
2,798

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Total votes: 8,966
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 53

Cory Chase defeated Candi Sisler in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 53 on June 9, 2020.

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Cory Chase
 
56.8
 
1,135
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Candi Sisler
 
43.2
 
864

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,999
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 53

Incumbent D.R. Jennings advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 53 on June 9, 2020.

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3,051

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Total votes: 3,051
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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 53

Incumbent D.R. Jennings defeated Cory Chase and Austin Zuchowski in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 53 on November 6, 2018.

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59.5
 
4,102
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Cory Chase (D) Candidate Connection
 
34.3
 
2,363
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Austin Zuchowski (L)
 
6.2
 
428

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,893
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 53

Cory Chase advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 53 on May 8, 2018.

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Cory Chase Candidate Connection

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 53

Incumbent D.R. Jennings defeated Caleb Stutler in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 53 on May 8, 2018.

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73.4
 
1,794
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Caleb Stutler
 
26.6
 
649

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Total votes: 2,443
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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 Randy E. Smith (R) did not seek re-election.

Tony Lewis defeated Al Tomson in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 53 general election.[1][2]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 53, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Tony Lewis 66.27% 5,153
     Democratic Al Tomson 33.73% 2,623
Total Votes 7,776
Source: West Virginia Secretary of State


Al Tomson ran unopposed in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 53 Democratic primary.[3][4]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 53, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Al Tomson  (unopposed)


Tony Lewis defeated D.R. Buck Jennings in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 53 Republican primary.[3][4]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 53, Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Tony Lewis 51.93% 1,469
     Republican D.R. Buck Jennings 48.07% 1,360
Total Votes 2,829


Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

D.R. Jennings did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

D.R. Jennings did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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D.R. Jennings campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* West Virginia House of Delegates District 84Won general$5,587 $1,827
2022West Virginia House of Delegates District 84Won general$7,879 $6,990
2020West Virginia House of Delegates District 53Won general$3,900 N/A**
2018West Virginia House of Delegates District 53Won general$8,000 N/A**
Grand total$25,366 $8,817
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate search," accessed November 4, 2016
    2. ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed May 3, 2017
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," accessed January 30, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results - Primary Election - May 10, 2016," accessed August 2, 2016

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    -     		West Virginia House of Delegates District 84
    2022-Present    		 Succeeded by
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    Preceded by
    Tony Lewis (R)     		West Virginia House of Delegates District 53
    2017-2022    		 Succeeded by
    Chris Pritt (R)


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