S. Marshall Wilson (West Virginia)
S. Marshall Wilson (Constitution Party) is running for election for Governor of West Virginia. Wilson is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.[sources: 1, 2]
Wilson (independent) was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 60. Wilson assumed office in 2016. Wilson left office on December 1, 2020.
Although Wilson ran as a Republican in 2018, he changed his party affiliation from Republican to independent on December 17, 2019, citing a dispute with West Virginia Republican Party Chairwoman Melody Potter. He stated, "She has demonstrated time and time again that she’s not willing to take any input from the field and she has basically built for herself a little kingdom."
Biography
S. Marshall Wilson was born in Beaufort, South Carolina. He served in the U.S. Army. Wilson graduated from Louisiana State University and earned an executive master of arts in national security affairs from the Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C. His career experience includes working as a missionary to Peru and a teacher at Liberty University.[1]
Committee assignments
2019-2020
Wilson was assigned to the following committees:
- Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
- House Health and Human Resources Committee
- House Judiciary Committee
- Political Subdivisions Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Education |
| • Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development |
| • Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security |
Sponsored legislation
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 gubernatorial election, 2024
General election
General election for Governor of West Virginia
The following candidates are running in the general election for Governor of West Virginia on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
 | Steve Williams (D)  | |
 | Patrick Morrisey (R) | |
 | S. Marshall Wilson (Constitution Party) | |
 | Erika Kolenich (L) | |
 | Chase Linko-Looper (Mountain Party) | |
 | Quintin Gerard Caldwell (Independent) (Write-in) | |
 | Troy Green (Independent) (Write-in) | |
| William Meadows (Independent) (Write-in) | |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of West Virginia
Steve Williams advanced from the Democratic primary for Governor of West Virginia on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Williams | 100.0 | 89,576 |
| Total votes: 89,576 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of West Virginia
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of West Virginia on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patrick Morrisey | 33.3 | 75,146 |
 | Moore Capito | 27.5 | 62,224 | |
 | Chris Miller | 20.4 | 46,062 | |
 | Mac Warner | 16.0 | 36,199 | |
| Mitch Roberts | 1.4 | 3,142 | |
 | Kevin Christian | 1.4 | 3,093 | |
| Total votes: 225,866 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John B. McCuskey (R)
- Rashida Yost (R)
Mountain Party primary election
Mountain Party primary for Governor of West Virginia
Chase Linko-Looper advanced from the Mountain Party primary for Governor of West Virginia on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chase Linko-Looper | 100.0 | 382 |
| Total votes: 382 | |||
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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 91
Incumbent Don Forsht defeated S. Marshall Wilson and Philip Harrell in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 91 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Don Forsht (R) | 60.2 | 2,531 |
| S. Marshall Wilson (ACT) | 39.6 | 1,666 | |
| Philip Harrell (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 5 | |
| Total votes: 4,202 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 91
Incumbent Don Forsht advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 91 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Don Forsht | 100.0 | 1,008 |
| Total votes: 1,008 | |||
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2020
See also: West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2020
West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2020 (June 9 Republican primary)
West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2020 (June 9 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for Governor of West Virginia
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of West Virginia on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jim Justice (R) | 63.5 | 497,944 |
 | Ben Salango (D) | 30.2 | 237,024 | |
| Erika Kolenich (L) | 2.9 | 22,527 | |
| S. Marshall Wilson (Independent) (Write-in) | 1.9 | 15,120 | |
 | Daniel Lutz Jr. (Mountain Party) | 1.4 | 11,309 | |
 | Michael Folk (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 199 | |
| Mitch Roberts (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 152 | |
| Quintin Gerard Caldwell (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 6 | |
| Kimberly Gross (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 6 | |
| Total votes: 784,287 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Sartin (Independent)
- Larry Trent (Constitution Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of West Virginia
Ben Salango defeated Stephen Smith, Ron Stollings, Jody Murphy, and Douglas Hughes in the Democratic primary for Governor of West Virginia on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ben Salango | 38.7 | 74,554 |
 | Stephen Smith | 33.8 | 65,056 | |
 | Ron Stollings | 13.3 | 25,686 | |
 | Jody Murphy | 9.3 | 17,968 | |
| Douglas Hughes | 4.8 | 9,201 | |
| Total votes: 192,465 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Cecil Silva (D)
- Edwin Ray Vanover (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of West Virginia
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of West Virginia on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jim Justice | 62.8 | 133,026 |
 | H. Woody Thrasher | 18.3 | 38,796 | |
| Michael Folk | 12.5 | 26,461 | |
| Doug Six | 2.1 | 4,419 | |
| Larry Brooke Lunsford | 1.8 | 3,844 | |
| Shelby Fitzhugh | 1.3 | 2,762 | |
 | Charles Sheedy | 1.2 | 2,535 | |
| Total votes: 211,843 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Governor of West Virginia
Erika Kolenich advanced from the Libertarian convention for Governor of West Virginia on April 8, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Erika Kolenich (L) |
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Mountain Party convention
Mountain Party convention for Governor of West Virginia
Daniel Lutz Jr. advanced from the Mountain Party convention for Governor of West Virginia on June 20, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel Lutz Jr. (Mountain Party) |
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2018
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 60
Incumbent S. Marshall Wilson won election in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 60 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | S. Marshall Wilson (R) | 100.0 | 5,152 |
| Total votes: 5,152 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 60
Incumbent S. Marshall Wilson defeated Larry W. Faircloth in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 60 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | S. Marshall Wilson | 58.5 | 884 |
 | Larry W. Faircloth | 41.5 | 626 | |
| Total votes: 1,510 | |||
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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 Larry W. Faircloth (R) did not seek re-election.
S. Marshall Wilson defeated Gary Collis in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 60 general election.[2][3]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 60, General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  S. Marshall Wilson |
62.19% | 4,874 | |
| Democratic | Gary Collis | 37.81% | 2,963 | |
| Total Votes | 7,837 | |||
| Source: West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
Gary Collis ran unopposed in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 60 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 60, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Gary Collis (unopposed) | |
S. Marshall Wilson defeated Gary W. Kelley in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 60 Republican primary.[4][5]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 60, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | S. Marshall Wilson |
51.24% | 1,160 | |
| Republican | Gary W. Kelley | 48.76% | 1,104 | |
| Total Votes | 2,264 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
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Campaign website
Wilson’s campaign website stated the following:
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MARSHALL'S TENETS The form of any organization, to be effective, must follow closely the function - the purpose for which it is intended. The corollary to this maxim is that the purpose of an organization can be divined by studying the form of it. Any analysis of the US or any State Government must consider the purpose for which it was formed. This is true of the West Virginia Government whose founding document, the WV Constitution states, "The state of West Virginia is, and shall remain, one of the United States of America. The constitution of the United States of America, and the laws and treaties made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land." Because the West Virginia Constitution recognizes the US Constitution as "the supreme Law of the Land" it must also presume the purpose of the US Constitution as the purpose for the WV Constitution. The purpose for the US Government founded by the US Constitution can be found in the US Declaration of Independence which formally announced the emergence of a free and independent American People distinct from any other nation or government and states "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..." The American People formed the US Government to secure the "certain" and "unalienable Rights" with which they were "endowed by their Creator." The People of West Virginia formed our State and laid its foundation upon the same principles. This fact is underscored by the historical context of the founding of West Virginia in the US Civil War. West Virginia took a stand against slavery; and so, the People of West Virginia stood for the principles upon which the US Constitution was established. These principles - that all Men (persons) are created equal (in intrinsic value), that they are endowed by their Creator (not by other Men or by governments) with certain (defined and definite) unalienable (inseparable from the individual person by dint of its being endowed by their Creator) Rights (unquestionable legal, moral, and ethical prerogatives otherwise known as "Natural Rights") - that among these (Rights) are Life (the prerogative to exist), Liberty (the prerogative to form and act upon intent without seeking the permission of any other Man or government), and the pursuit of Happiness (the prerogative to dispose of intrinsic and acquired resources), and that governments (specifically the US and WV Governments) are instituted to secure these Rights, shape the Constitutions which form the foundations and superstructures of each government. In order to secure the Natural Rights with which we have been endowed by our Creator and to secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our grandchildren, we must establish Constitutional governance in West Virginia. In so doing, we will necessarily build a free, just, prosperous, and secure land. I will stand, and where I stand I will restore the Republic. When you hire me to serve you and the Principles of Liberty as your Governor, the Chief Executive of the WV Government, I will audit each department of the Executive Branch for conformity to the US and WV Constitutions, WV Code (State Law), budgetary limitations, the principles of effective operation, and good customer service practices. I will then work diligently to bring each of those departments into strict compliance with the previously stated requirements and work closely with the WV Legislature to update any WV Law which contradicts the Constitution or the principles upon which it was founded. Once I have completed these tasks, the West Virginia Government will have been rendered a highly effective tool to secure the Natural Rights of all West Virginians and an impediment to any who might wish to employ its power against his neighbors. It is well past time to press the WV Government into service for all West Virginians and to remove it forever from the hands of the few unscrupulous would-be oligarchs. My single motive is to ensure that my kids have the opportunity to raise their kids in a free, just, prosperous, and secure land.[6] |
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| —S. Marshall Wilson’s campaign website (2024)[7] | ||
2022
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2020
S. Marshall Wilson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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S. Marshall Wilson participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 7, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and S. Marshall Wilson's responses follow below.[8]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Government Reform |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | The state government needs to be re-formed to adhere to its constitutionally established limitations.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[6]
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2020
In 2020, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 7.
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2019
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In 2019, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 9 through March 9.
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2018
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In 2018, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 10 through March 10.
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2017
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In 2017, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from February 8 through April 9. The legislature held a special session from May 4 to June 26. The legislature held its second special session from August 1 to September 15.
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2016
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In 2016, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 13 through March 12.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Marshall 4 WV, "MEET MARSHALL," accessed September 24, 2024
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate search," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed May 3, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," accessed January 30, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results - Primary Election - May 10, 2016," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Marshall 4 WV, “MARSHALL'S TENETS,” accessed September 24, 2024
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "S. Marshall Wilson's responses," April 7, 2018
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| Preceded by Larry W. Faircloth (R) |
West Virginia House of Delegates District 60 2016-2020 |
Succeeded by Don Forsht (R) |
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