Marty Gearheart

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Marty Gearheart
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West Virginia House of Delegates District 37
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2024

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
West Virginia House of Delegates District 27

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

Education

Bachelor's

Concord College, 1983

Personal
Birthplace
Zebulon, N.C.
Religion
Christian: Methodist
Profession
Business owner
Contact

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Marty Gearheart (Republican Party) is a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 37. He assumed office on December 1, 2022. His term ended on December 1, 2024.

Gearheart (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 37. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Gearheart was a Republican candidate for West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House. Gearheart lost the primary on May 8, 2018.

Biography

Marty Gearheart was born in Zebulon, North Carolina. Gearheart graduated from Bluefield High School in 1979. He earned a B.S. from Concord University in 1983. Gearheart's career experience owning and managing Gearheart Enterprises.[1][2]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Gearheart was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Gearheart 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
Finance
Political Subdivisions
Roads and Transportation, Chair

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Gearheart served on these 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 37

Incumbent Marty Gearheart defeated Polla McClellan Rumberg in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 37 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Marty Gearheart
Marty Gearheart (R)
 
74.0
 
4,673
Image of Polla McClellan Rumberg
Polla McClellan Rumberg (D) Candidate Connection
 
26.0
 
1,640

Total votes: 6,313
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 37

Polla McClellan Rumberg advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 37 on May 14, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Polla McClellan Rumberg
Polla McClellan Rumberg Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
654

Total votes: 654
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 37

Incumbent Marty Gearheart advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 37 on May 14, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Marty Gearheart
Marty Gearheart
 
100.0
 
1,598

Total votes: 1,598
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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 37

Incumbent Marty Gearheart defeated M.C. Crane Jr. in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 37 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Marty Gearheart
Marty Gearheart (R)
 
62.1
 
2,552
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M.C. Crane Jr. (D)
 
37.9
 
1,555

Total votes: 4,107
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 37

M.C. Crane Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 37 on May 10, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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M.C. Crane Jr.
 
100.0
 
479

Total votes: 479
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 37

Incumbent Marty Gearheart advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 37 on May 10, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Marty Gearheart
Marty Gearheart
 
100.0
 
797

Total votes: 797
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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 27 (3 seats)

Doug Smith, Marty Gearheart, and incumbent Joe Ellington defeated Tina Russell in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 27 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Doug Smith
Doug Smith (R) Candidate Connection
 
28.3
 
12,964
Image of Marty Gearheart
Marty Gearheart (R)
 
28.1
 
12,853
Image of Joe Ellington
Joe Ellington (R)
 
27.0
 
12,370
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Tina Russell (D)
 
16.7
 
7,629

Total votes: 45,816
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 27 (3 seats)

Tina Russell advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 27 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Tina Russell
 
100.0
 
4,005

Total votes: 4,005
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 27 (3 seats)

Marty Gearheart, incumbent Joe Ellington, and Doug Smith defeated Jeremiah Nelson and incumbent Eric Porterfield in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 27 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Marty Gearheart
Marty Gearheart
 
27.6
 
4,203
Image of Joe Ellington
Joe Ellington
 
25.2
 
3,827
Image of Doug Smith
Doug Smith Candidate Connection
 
20.1
 
3,053
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Jeremiah Nelson
 
13.8
 
2,100
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Eric Porterfield
 
13.3
 
2,022

Total votes: 15,205
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2018

See also: West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House West Virginia District 3

Carol Miller defeated Richard Ojeda in the general election for U.S. House West Virginia District 3 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Carol Miller
Carol Miller (R)
 
56.4
 
98,645
Image of Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda (D)
 
43.6
 
76,340

Total votes: 174,985
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 3

Richard Ojeda defeated Shirley Love, Paul Davis, and Janice Hagerman in the Democratic primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 3 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda
 
52.2
 
29,867
Image of Shirley Love
Shirley Love
 
24.6
 
14,109
Image of Paul Davis
Paul Davis
 
16.0
 
9,137
Image of Janice Hagerman
Janice Hagerman
 
7.2
 
4,147

Total votes: 57,260
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 3

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 3 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Carol Miller
Carol Miller
 
23.8
 
8,923
Image of Rupie Phillips
Rupie Phillips Candidate Connection
 
19.5
 
7,319
Image of Marty Gearheart
Marty Gearheart
 
18.2
 
6,814
Image of Conrad Lucas
Conrad Lucas
 
18.1
 
6,771
Image of Richard Ray Snuffer
Richard Ray Snuffer
 
10.6
 
3,987
Image of Ayne Amjad
Ayne Amjad
 
7.5
 
2,795
Image of Philip Payton
Philip Payton
 
2.3
 
861

Total votes: 37,470
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Campaign advertisements
Support
"Swamp Politicians" - Gearheart campaign ad, released April 24, 2018
"Vote on May 8th!" - Gearheart campaign ad, released April 4, 2018
"West Virginia First" - Gearheart campaign ad, released February 19, 2018
"For the Forgotten West Virginian" - Marty Gearheart campaign announcement video, released January 5, 2018


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.

The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 27 general election.[3][4]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 27, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Joe Ellington Incumbent 21.05% 10,446
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Marty Gearheart Incumbent 20.60% 10,221
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png John H. Shott Incumbent 25.25% 12,528
     Democratic Sabrina Shrader 10.33% 5,126
     Democratic Lacy Watson 7.48% 3,713
     Democratic Carol Bailey 15.28% 7,580
Total Votes 49,614
Source: West Virginia Secretary of State


Sabrina Shrader, Lacy Watson and Carol Bailey were unopposed in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 27 Democratic primary.[5][6]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 27, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Sabrina Shrader
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Lacy Watson
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Carol Bailey


Incumbent Joe Ellington, incumbent Marty Gearheart and incumbent John H. Shott were unopposed in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 27 Republican primary.[5][6]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 27, Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Joe Ellington Incumbent
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Marty Gearheart Incumbent
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png John H. Shott Incumbent


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. District 27 is represented by three delegates. Incumbents Joe Ellington, Marty Gearheart and John H. Shott were unopposed in the Republican primary. Ellington, Gearheart, and Shott defeated Carol Bailey (D) and Karen White (Mountain) in the general election.[7]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 27, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn H. Shott Incumbent 28.1% 9,004
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJoe Ellington Incumbent 26% 8,338
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMarty Gearheart Incumbent 25.2% 8,089
     Democratic Carol Bailey 16.7% 5,365
     Mountain Karen White 3.9% 1,248
Total Votes 32,044

2012

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2012

Gearheart won re-election in the 2012 election for West Virginia House of Delegates, District 27. Gearheart advanced unopposed in the May 8 primary election and won re-election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9][10]

2010

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2010

Gearheart was elected to the West Virginia State Senate District 10. He was nominated by the Republican committee to run for the vacated seat of John Shott, who was appointed to the West Virginia State Senate District 10 seat vacated by the deceased Senator Caruth. In a last minute move, the committee nominated Gearheart, rather than the appointee Shott to run in the November 2, 2010 election. He ran unopposed.[11][12]

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 24 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Marty Gearheart (R) 2,797 100%

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Marty Gearheart campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* West Virginia House of Delegates District 37Won general$0 $0
2022West Virginia House of Delegates District 37Won general$39,540 $30,564
2020West Virginia House of Delegates District 27Won general$16,682 N/A**
2018U.S. House West Virginia District 3Lost primary$117,313 N/A**
2016West Virginia House of Delegates, District 27Won $16,019 N/A**
2014West Virginia House of Delegates, District 27Won $7,850 N/A**
2012West Virginia State House, District 27Won $18,435 N/A**
2010West Virginia State House, District 24Won $500 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Mike Pushkin (D)
West Virginia House of Delegates District 37
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West Virginia House of Delegates District 27
2010-2018
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