Belinda Biafore Explained

Belinda Biafore
Office:Chair of the West Virginia Democratic Party
Term Start:February 7, 2015
Term End:June 18, 2022
Predecessor:Larry Puccio
Successor:Mike Pushkin
Birth Date:17 January 1957
Party:Democratic

Belinda Biafore (born January 17, 1957)[1] was as the chairwoman of the West Virginia Democratic Party for February 2015-June 2022.[2] [3] [4]

According to her colleagues, Biafore has been handing out Democratic campaign pamphlets since the third grade.[5] She attended Fairmont Senior High School and Fairmont State College. She served as chairwoman of the Marion County Democratic Party,[6] and was vice chair of the West Virginia Democratic Party from 2005 to 2015.

After party chairman Larry Puccio stepped down to chair Joe Manchin's Country Roads PAC, Biafore was selected as chair by the party's executive committee. She was reelected by the state convention in 2016, despite a challenge by vice chair Chris Regan.[7] She was also reelected in 2020.[8]

Biafore served as a pledged delegate for John Kerry at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.[9] In 2008, 2016, and 2020, Biafore served as a superdelegate; she endorsed Clinton in 2008[10] and 2016.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yore Board Members . academyprograms.org . Academy Programs . July 20, 2020.
  2. Web site: McElhinny . Brad . 2022-06-19 . Democrats pick delegates Pushkin and Walker to lead state party . 2022-08-02 . WV MetroNews . en-US.
  3. News: Gutman . David . Biafore chosen to lead state Democrats . July 20, 2020 . . February 7, 2015.
  4. Web site: Belinda Biafore . democrats.org . . July 20, 2020.
  5. News: Payne . Aaron . Belinda Biafore selected state Democratic chair . July 20, 2020 . . February 7, 2015.
  6. News: State briefs . . June 1, 2004.
  7. News: Desrochers . Daniel . Dems call for unity in party . . July 12, 2016.
  8. News: Biafore reelected as chair of West Virginia Democrats . July 20, 2020 . . July 3, 2020.
  9. Web site: West Virginia . dems2004.org . . July 20, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040730060023/http://www.dems2004.org/atf/cf/%7B59B09D55-4544-4D5F-965C-8DBD20B51054%7D/West%20Virginia.pdf . 2004-07-30 . 1.
  10. News: Ohlemacher . Stephen . With BC-Open Primaries, BC-Where They Stand . July 20, 2020 . The Charleston Gazette. https://web.archive.org/web/20080228162957/http://wvgazette.com/News/200802220361 . 2008-02-28.
  11. News: When Selecting a President in West Virginia, Republican, Democrat Delegate Processes Differ . July 20, 2020 . . September 20, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160920035635/http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/community/2016/04/when-selecting-a-president-in-west-virginia-republican-democrat-delegate-processes-differ/ . 2016-09-20.

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