Jim Butler (West Virginia)

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Jim Butler
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Republican Party

West Virginia House of Delegates District 18
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2024

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
West Virginia House of Delegates District 14

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

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Marine Corps

Personal
Profession
Small business owner
Contact

Official website

Campaign website

Campaign Facebook

Personal Facebook

Personal LinkedIn 

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Jim Butler (Republican Party) is a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 18. He assumed office on December 1, 2022. His term ended on December 1, 2024.

Butler (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 18. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Jim Butler served in the United States Marine Corps. Butler's career experience includes owning a small excavation and logging business. He previously worked in vintage vehicle restoration.

Committee assignments

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

2023-2024

Butler was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Butler was assigned to the following committees:

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At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Butler served on the following committees:

2017 legislative session

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

West Virginia committee assignments, 2017
• Health and Human Resources
• Roads and Transportation
• Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, Chair

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Butler served on the following committees:

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 18

Incumbent Jim Butler defeated Andrea Meadows in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 18 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jim Butler
Jim Butler (R)
 
71.7
 
4,986
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Andrea Meadows (D)
 
28.3
 
1,972

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 6,958
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 18

Andrea Meadows advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 18 on May 14, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Andrea Meadows
 
100.0
 
763

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

Total votes: 763
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 18

Incumbent Jim Butler advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 18 on May 14, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jim Butler
Jim Butler
 
100.0
 
2,033

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

Total votes: 2,033
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Endorsements

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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Butler in this election.

2022

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2022

General election

General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 18

Jim Butler won election in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 18 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jim Butler
Jim Butler (R)
 
100.0
 
3,476

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

Total votes: 3,476
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 18

Jim Butler defeated incumbent Johnnie Wamsley II in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 18 on May 10, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jim Butler
Jim Butler
 
56.8
 
956
Image of Johnnie Wamsley II
Johnnie Wamsley II
 
43.2
 
726

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

Total votes: 1,682
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2020

See also: West Virginia State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for West Virginia State Senate District 4

Amy Nichole Grady defeated Bruce Ashworth and Loyd Butcher in the general election for West Virginia State Senate District 4 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Amy Nichole Grady
Amy Nichole Grady (R)
 
70.7
 
33,409
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Bruce Ashworth (D)
 
25.3
 
11,950
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Loyd Butcher (L)
 
4.0
 
1,904

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

Total votes: 47,263
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 4

Bruce Ashworth advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 4 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Bruce Ashworth
 
100.0
 
9,281

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

Total votes: 9,281
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 4

Amy Nichole Grady defeated incumbent Mitch Carmichael and Jim Butler in the Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 4 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Amy Nichole Grady
Amy Nichole Grady
 
39.1
 
6,528
Image of Mitch Carmichael
Mitch Carmichael
 
34.8
 
5,810
Image of Jim Butler
Jim Butler
 
26.1
 
4,349

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

Total votes: 16,687
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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 14

Incumbent Jim Butler defeated Brianne Solomon in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 14 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jim Butler
Jim Butler (R)
 
60.6
 
3,409
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Brianne Solomon (D)
 
39.4
 
2,217

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

Total votes: 5,626
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 14

Brianne Solomon advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 14 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
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Brianne Solomon

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

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 14

Incumbent Jim Butler advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 14 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
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Image of Jim Butler
Jim Butler

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

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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 Jim Butler defeated Samantha Fooce in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 14 general election.[1][2]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 14, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jim Butler Incumbent 56.13% 3,770
     Democratic Samantha Fooce 43.87% 2,947
Total Votes 6,717
Source: West Virginia Secretary of State


Samantha Fooce ran unopposed in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 14 Democratic primary.[3][4]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 14, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Samantha Fooce  (unopposed)


Incumbent Jim Butler ran unopposed in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 14 Republican primary.[3][4]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 14, Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jim Butler Incumbent (unopposed)


2014

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2014

Elections for the West Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 13, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 25, 2014. Johnny Roach was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Jim Butler was unopposed in the Republican primary. Butler defeated Roach in the general election.[5]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 14, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJim Butler Incumbent 62.1% 2,755
     Democratic Johnny Roach 37.9% 1,684
Total Votes 4,439

2012

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2012

Butler ran in the 2012 election for West Virginia House of Delegates, District 14. Butler defeated Darrell Justin Black and John C. Casey in the May 8 primary election. He defeated Jimmie Wood, Jr. in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6][7][8]

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 14, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJim Butler 54.2% 3,368
     Democratic Jimmie Wood, Jr. 45.8% 2,843
Total Votes 6,211
West Virginia House of Delegates, District 14 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJim Butler 41.1% 710
John C. Casey 32.1% 554
Darrell Justin Black 26.9% 464
Total Votes 1,728

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Jim Butler did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Jim Butler did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2012

Butler's website highlighted the following campaign themes: "Pro-God, Pro-Life, Pro-America, Pro-Veteran, Pro-Gun."[9]

Campaign finance summary

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Jim Butler campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* West Virginia House of Delegates District 18Won general$0 $0
2022West Virginia House of Delegates District 18Won general$16,993 $15,087
2020West Virginia State Senate District 4Lost primary$13,134 N/A**
2018West Virginia House of Delegates District 14Won general$25,260 N/A**
2016West Virginia House of Delegates, District 14Won $19,823 N/A**
2014West Virginia House of Delegates, District 14Won $28,149 N/A**
2012West Virginia State House, District 14Won $31,861 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Personal

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Butler and his wife, Anna Baria, have two children; Blayne and Kayla.

Scorecards

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2020

In 2020, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 7.

Legislators are scored on their votes on civil liberties issues.
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2015


2014

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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
    5. ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate search," accessed April 30, 2014
    6. ↑ WBOY.com, "West Virginia General Election Results November 6, 2012," accessed November 7, 2012
    7. ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results - General Election - November 6, 2012," accessed February 12, 2014
    8. ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results - Primary Election - May 8, 2012," accessed February 12, 2014
    9. ↑ Jim Butler, "Homepage," accessed September 22, 2012

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Evan Worrell (R)     		West Virginia House of Delegates District 18
    2022-Present    		 Succeeded by
    -
    Preceded by
    -     		West Virginia House of Delegates District 14
    2012-2020    		 Succeeded by
    Johnnie Wamsley II (R)


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