Rick Moye Explained

Rick Moye
State Delegate:	West Virginia
District:	29th^[1]
Term Start:	January 12, 2013
Term End:	2018
Successor:	Brandon Steele
State Delegate3:	West Virginia
District3:	27th
Term Start3:	January 2007
Term End3:	January 2013
Birth Date:	4 December 1956
Birth Place:	Beckley, West Virginia
Nationality:	American
Party:	Democratic
Residence:	Crab Orchard, West Virginia
Alma Mater:	Beckley College

Ricky 'Rick' Duane Moye^[2] (born December 4, 1956, in Beckley, West Virginia) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 29 since January 12, 2013. Moye served consecutively from January 2007 until January 2013 in the District 27 seat.

Education

Moye attended Beckley College (later Mountain State University, since closed).

Elections

• 2012 Redistricted to District 29, Moye and returning 2006 Republican opponent Ron Hedrick both won their May 8, 2012, primaries,^[3] setting up a rematch; Moye won the November 6, 2012, General election with 4,049 votes (58.0%) against Hedrick,^[4] who had also run for the District 27 seat in 2004.
• 2006 When District 27 incumbent Democratic Representatives Robert S. Kiss retired and Sally Susman ran for West Virginia Senate leaving two district seats open, Moye placed in the ten-way five-selectee 2006 Democratic Primary and was elected in the ten-way five-position November 7, 2006, General election along with incumbent Representatives Virginia Mahan (D), Linda Sumner (R), and Ron Thompson (D), and Democratic nominee Mel Kessler, who had run for the seat in 2002.
• 2008 When Representative Kessler ran for West Virginia Governor and left a seat open, Moye placed third in the ten-way May 13, 2008, Democratic Primary with 7,941 votes (12.8%),^[5] and placed second in the ten-way five-position November 4, 2008, General election with 15,918 votes (12.3%) behind incumbent Representative Sumner (R) and ahead of former state Senator Bill Wooten (D) and Representatives Susman (D) and Mahan (D), and non-selectees Louis Gall (D), Jeffrey Pack (R), Dereck Severt (R), Philip Stevens (R) and Albert Honaker (R).^[6]
• 2010 Moye placed first in the six-way May 11, 2010, Democratic Primary with 4,346 votes (19.5%),^[7] and placed third in the nine-way five-position November 2, 2010, General election with 11,644 votes (15.1%) behind Representatives Sumner (R) and Republican nominee Rick Snuffer and ahead of Republican nominee John O'Neal and Representative Wooten (D), and non-selectees former Representative Susman (D), unseating Representatives Kessler (D) and Mahan (D), and Republican nominee Richard Franklin.^[8]

External links

• Official page at the West Virginia Legislature
  • Rick Moye at Ballotpedia
• Rick Moye at the National Institute on Money in State Politics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rick Moye . . . March 27, 2014.
2. Web site: Ricky Moye's Biography . . March 27, 2014.
3. Web site: Statewide Results Primary Election May 8, 2012 Official Results . . Charleston, West Virginia . March 27, 2014.
4. Web site: Statewide Results General Election November 6, 2012 Official Results . Secretary of State of West Virginia . Charleston, West Virginia . March 27, 2014.
5. Web site: Statewide Results Primary Election May 13, 2008 Official Results . Secretary of State of West Virginia . Charleston, West Virginia . March 27, 2014.
6. Web site: Statewide Results General Election November 4, 2008 Official Results . Secretary of State of West Virginia . Charleston, West Virginia . March 27, 2014.
7. Web site: Statewide Results Primary Election May 11, 2010 Official Results . Secretary of State of West Virginia . Charleston, West Virginia . March 27, 2014.
8. Web site: Statewide Results General Election November 2, 2010 Official Results . Secretary of State of West Virginia . Charleston, West Virginia . March 27, 2014.