Charlotte Pritt

Charlotte Pritt
Charlotte Pritt
Member of the West Virginia Senate; from the 17th district
	In office; December 1, 1988 – December 1, 1992
Preceded by	Tod Kaufman
Succeeded by	Martha Yeager Walker
Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates; from the 23rd district
	In office; December 1, 1984 – December 1, 1988
Personal details
Born	June 6, 1949; Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Mountain (Green)
Other political; affiliations	Democratic (before 2012)
Education	Marshall University (BA, MA)

Charlotte Pritt (born January 2, 1949) is an American educator, businesswoman, and politician in the U.S. state of West Virginia. From 1984 to 1988, she served in the West Virginia House of Delegates. From 1988 to 1992, she served in the West Virginia State Senate. She ran unsuccessfully for West Virginia governor in 1992, 1996 and 2016 and for West Virginia Secretary of State in 2000.

Career

Prior to entering politics, Pritt was a high school English teacher and a college professor. When elected to the West Virginia State Legislature, she directed two federal education grants and the National Writing Program in West Virginia.[1][2][3]

Statewide campaigns

1992

Pritt ran for governor as a Democrat in the primary election in 1992, but lost to Gaston Caperton. She gained notoriety initially by challenging then-Governor Caperton on his grocery and gasoline taxes and opposition to collective bargaining. Pritt entered the race as a Democrat in 1992 after 100,000 people signed a petition. Caperton defeated Pritt in the primary, 42.68 to 34.65 percent. West Virginia attorney general Mario Palumbo came in third, with 20.1 percent.

After losing the Democratic primary to Caperton, Pritt refused to endorse her opponent and mounted an independent write-in bid for governor in the general election. She garnered 7.4 percent in the race, in which Caperton defeated Republican Cleve Benedict, 56 to 36.6 percent.

1996

Pritt ran as a Democrat for governor and defeated Joe Manchin in the primary, 39.5 to 32.6 percent.

Pritt lost in the general election to Republican Cecil Underwood, 51.6 to 45.8 percent. She was the first woman to secure the West Virginia gubernatorial nomination of either of the two major political parties. A group, known as "Democrats for Underwood" consisted of some West Virginia Democratic officials who refused to back her in the general election.

2000

Pritt ran for West Virginia Secretary of State in 2000, losing the Democratic primary to Manchin, 51.1 to 28.9 percent.

2016

She was nominated as the Mountain Party's candidate for West Virginia governor on July 16, 2016, at the party's convention.[4] She came in third place in the general election, receiving nearly 6% of the vote, behind winner Jim Justice and Bill Cole.

Mountain Party

From 2012 to 2014, she was Chairwoman of the Mountain Party[5][6] which is the Green Party's state branch affiliate for West Virginia.

Personal life

Today, she is the president of Better Balance, a West Virginia-based educational and wellness consulting firm.

Electoral history

West Virginia Senate District 17, Position B election, 1988[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charlotte Pritt	38,229	54.08
	Republican	Charles Jones	32,464	45.92
Total votes			70,693	100.00

West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1992[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gaston Caperton	142,261	42.68
	Democratic	Charlotte Pritt	115,498	34.65
	Democratic	Mario Palumbo	66,984	20.10
	Democratic	Larry Butcher	4,994	1.50
	Democratic	Rodger Belknap	3,590	1.08
Total votes			333,327	100.00

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1992[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gaston Caperton	368,302	56.01
	Republican	Cleve Benedict	240,390	36.56
	Nonpartisan	Charlotte Pritt (write-in)	48,873	7.43
Total votes			657,565	100.00

West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1996[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charlotte Pritt	130,107	39.54
	Democratic	Joe Manchin	107,124	32.56
	Democratic	Jim Lees	64,100	19.48
	Democratic	Larrie Bailey	15,733	4.78
	Democratic	Bobbie Edward Myers	3,038	0.92
	Democratic	Lyle Sattes	2,931	0.89
	Democratic	Bob Henry Baber	1,456	0.44
	Democratic	Louis J. Davis	1,351	0.41
	Democratic	Frank Rochetti	1,330	0.40
	Democratic	Richard E. Koon	1,154	0.35
	Democratic	Fred Schell	733	0.22
Total votes			329,057	100.00

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1996[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cecil H. Underwood	324,518	51.63
	Democratic	Charlotte Pritt	287,870	45.80
	Libertarian	Wallace Johnson	16,171	2.57
Total votes			628,559	100.00

West Virginia Secretary of State Democratic primary, 2000[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Manchin	141,839	51.08
	Democratic	Charlotte Pritt	80,148	28.86
	Democratic	Mike Oliverio	35,424	12.76
	Democratic	Bobby Nelson	20,259	7.30
Total votes			277,670	100.00

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2016[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Justice	350,408	49.09
	Republican	Bill Cole	301,987	42.30
	Mountain	Charlotte Pritt	42,068	5.89
	Libertarian	David Moran	15,354	2.15
	Constitution	Phil Hudok	4,041	0.57
Total votes			713,858	100.00

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References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2012-09-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Back in the Statehouse After 4 Decades Away". The New York Times. 10 December 1996.
"Mountain Party Drafts Charlotte Pritt for Governor - Mountain Party WV". 27 July 2016.
"| Pritt named chairwoman of Mountain Party". Wvgazette.com. 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
"WV State Senate 17 1988". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
"WV Governor - D Primary 1992". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
"WV Governor 1992". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
"WV Governor - D Primary 1996". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
"WV Governor 1996". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
"WV Secretary of State - D Primary 2000". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
"Statewide Results General Election November 8, 2016". West Virginia Secretary of State. State of West Virginia. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

External links

Party political offices
Preceded by Gaston Caperton	Democratic nominee for Governor of West Virginia 1996	Succeeded by Bob Wise
Preceded by Jesse Johnson	Mountain nominee for Governor of West Virginia 2016	Most recent

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2012-09-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Back in the Statehouse After 4 Decades Away". The New York Times. 10 December 1996.

[4] "Mountain Party Drafts Charlotte Pritt for Governor - Mountain Party WV". 27 July 2016.

[5] "| Pritt named chairwoman of Mountain Party". Wvgazette.com. 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2017-05-27.

[7] "WV State Senate 17 1988". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 18, 2017.

[8] "WV Governor - D Primary 1992". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 18, 2017.

[9] "WV Governor 1992". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 18, 2017.

[10] "WV Governor - D Primary 1996". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 18, 2017.

[11] "WV Governor 1996". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 18, 2017.

[12] "WV Secretary of State - D Primary 2000". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 18, 2017.

[13] "Statewide Results General Election November 8, 2016". West Virginia Secretary of State. State of West Virginia. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.