John Shott Explained

John Shott
State Delegate:	West Virginia
District:	27th^[1]
Term Start:	January 12, 2013
Successor:	Incumbent
State Senate3:	West Virginia
District3:	10th
Term Start3:	May 19, 2010
Term End3:	January 2011
Predecessor3:	Don Caruth
Successor3:	William Laird IV
Alongside3:	Ronald F. Miller
State Delegate4:	West Virginia
District4:	24th
Term Start4:	January 2009
Term End4:	May 19, 2010
Predecessor4:	Eustace Frederick
Successor4:	Bill Cole
Birth Date:	24 June 1948
Birth Place:	Bluefield, West Virginia
Nationality:	American
Party:	Republican
Residence:	Bluefield, West Virginia
Alma Mater:	Davidson College University of North Carolina School of Law
Profession:	Attorney

John Headley Shott (born June 24, 1948 in Bluefield, West Virginia) is an American politician and a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 27^[2] since January 12, 2013. Shott served non-consecutively from January 2009 in the District 24 seat until his appointment May 19, 2010 to the West Virginia Senate District 10 seat to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Don Caruth until January 2011.

Education

Shott earned his BS in psychology from Davidson College and his JD from the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Elections

2012 Redistricted to District 27, Shott ran in the three-way May 8, 2012 Republican Primary and placed first by 5 votes with 1,586 votes (33.9%),^[3] and placed first in the six-way November 6, 2012 General election with 10,998 votes (22.2%) ahead of fellow Republican nominees Joe Ellington and Marty Gearheart and Democratic nominees Ryan Flanigan, Greg Ball, and Bill Morefield,^[4] who had run for a District 25 seat in 2006 and 2010.
2008 Initially in District 24, Shott ran in the four-way May 13, 2008 Republican Primary, winning with 469 votes (65.4%);^[5] and won the November 4, 2008 General election with 3,144 votes (53.6%) against Democratic nominee Mike Vinciguerra.^[6]

External links

Official page at the West Virginia Legislature
- John Shott at Ballotpedia
John H. Shott at OpenSecrets

Notes and References

Web site: John Shott . . . March 20, 2014 . June 10, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170610061632/http://www.legis.state.wv.us/house/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Shott . dead .
Web site: John Shott's Biography . . March 20, 2014.
Web site: Statewide Results Primary Election May 8, 2012 Official Results . . Charleston, West Virginia . March 20, 2014 . December 7, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151207223601/http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2012&eid=8&county=Statewide . dead .
Web site: Statewide Results General Election November 6, 2012 Official Results . Secretary of State of West Virginia . Charleston, West Virginia . March 20, 2014 . November 10, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131110175208/http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2012&eid=13&county=Statewide . dead .
Web site: Statewide Results Primary Election May 13, 2008 Official Results . Secretary of State of West Virginia . Charleston, West Virginia . March 20, 2014 . October 31, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201031062936/http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2008&eid=3&county=Statewide . dead .
Web site: Statewide Results General Election November 4, 2008 Official Results . Secretary of State of West Virginia . Charleston, West Virginia . March 20, 2014 . November 7, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181107192633/http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2008&eid=4&county=Statewide . dead .