Earl Ray Tomblin

Earl Ray Tomblin


35th Governor of West Virginia
Incumbent
Assumed office November 13, 2011
Preceded by	Joe Manchin
Succeeded by	Jim Justice (elect)
President of the West Virginia Senate
In office January 3, 1995 – November 13, 2011 Acting Governor November 15, 2010 – November 13, 2011
Preceded by	Keith Burdette
Succeeded by	Jeff Kessler*
Member of the West Virginia Senate from the 7th district
In office December 1, 1980 – November 13, 2011
Preceded by	Ned Grubb
Succeeded by	Art Kirkendoll
Personal details
Born	(1952-03-15) March 15, 1952 Logan County, West Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Joanne Jaeger
Children	1
Alma mater	West Virginia University, Morgantown (BS) Marshall University (MBA)
Website	Government website
*Kessler served as Acting President during Tomblin's service as Acting Governor from November 15, 2010

Earl Ray Tomblin (born March 15, 1952) is an American Democratic Party politician and the 35th and current Governor of West Virginia, since November 2011. Prior to becoming governor, Tomblin served as President of the West Virginia Senate for almost 17 years. Tomblin became acting governor in November 2010 following Joe Manchin's election to the U.S. Senate. He won a special election in October 2011 to fill the unexpired term ending in January 2013 and was elected to a first full term as governor in November 2012.

Early life and education

Tomblin was born in Logan County, West Virginia, and is the son of Freda M. (née Jarrell) and Earl Tomblin. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from West Virginia University where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Order and then went along to receive a Master of Business Administration degree from Marshall University.^[1]

State Legislature and Senate President

Tomblin was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1974, and reelected in 1976 and 1978. He won election to the Senate in 1980 and was subsequently re-elected every four years until his election as governor.

Tomblin was elected on January 3, 1995, as the 48th President of the West Virginia Senate. Having served in the position for almost seventeen years, he is the longest serving Senate President in West Virginia's history. Tomblin became the first Lieutenant Governor of West Virginia upon creation of the honorary designation in 2000.

As a senator, he represented the 7th Senate District encompassing Boone, Lincoln, Logan, and Wayne counties.^[2]

Acting governor

Tomblin began exercising the duties of governor when Joe Manchin resigned after being elected the state's U.S. Senator, filling the seat vacated by the late Senator Robert Byrd. Tomblin is the first person to act as governor under West Virginia's current constitution.

While acting as governor, Tomblin retained the title of Senate President as required by the West Virginia Constitution.^[3] Tomblin did not participate in legislative business or accept his legislative salary while acting as governor.^[4] Tomblin also did not preside over the Senate while acting as governor.

Governor of West Virginia

2011 gubernatorial campaign

Main article: West Virginia gubernatorial special election, 2011

In 2011, Tomblin stated his desire to run for the office of governor. Following a ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeals on January 18, 2011, the next gubernatorial election was scheduled for October 4, 2011.^[5] Tomblin was successful in the Democratic Primary, beating a field of six contenders, while Morgantown businessman Bill Maloney emerged as the Republican nominee in the May 14 primary. He went on to win the general election against Maloney and was sworn in as governor on November 13, 2011.^[6] Immediately before taking the oath as governor, Tomblin officially resigned from both the offices of Senate President and state senator.^[7]

2012 election

Main article: West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2012

The 2012 West Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2012. Tomblin defeated the Republican candidate Bill Maloney.

Tenure

In the 2016 presidential election, Tomblin has endorsed fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton.^[8]

Abortion

Tomblin has said that he is pro-life.^[9]^[10]

Despite this, in March 2014, Tomblin vetoed a bill that would have banned abortions in West Virginia after 20 weeks, which he said was due to constitutionality issues.^[9] In March 2015, Tomblin again vetoed the bill, however his veto was overridden by the West Virginia legislature.^[10]^[11]

Approval ratings

A May 2013 survey by Republican strategist Mark Blankenship showed Tombin's job approval rating to be at 69 percent, unchanged from two months earlier.^[12] According to a poll conduced by Public Policy Polling in September 2013, Tomblin had an approval rating of 47 percent with 35 percent disapproving, up from 44 percent in 2011.^[13]

Personal life

Tomblin was married on September 8, 1979 to Joanne Jaeger, a native New Yorker and graduate of Marshall University, who served as the president of Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College from 1999 to 2015.^[14]^[15] They reside in Chapmanville and have one son, Brent. Tomblin attends the First Presbyterian Church of Logan.

Electoral history

West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 Election, 1974
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Tom Mathis	7,139	25.24
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin	7,086	25.06
Democratic	Sammy Dalton	7,061	24.97
Democratic	Charles Gilliam	6,993	24.73

West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 Democratic Primary Election, 1976
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (inc.)	8,545	14.88
Democratic	Denver Mathis (inc.)	7,641	13.31
Democratic	Sammy Dalton (inc.)	6,745	11.75
Democratic	Charles Gilliam (inc.)	6,523	11.36
Democratic	William Calyton	4,331	7.54
Democratic	Mike Hill	4,144	7.22
Democratic	Jimmy Vance	3,274	5.70
Democratic	Cris Farley	3,246	5.65
Democratic	John Mendez	3,169	5.52
Democratic	Sim Howze, Jr.	2,197	3.83
Democratic	Florena Colvin	1,618	2.82
Democratic	Dollie Mae Hill	1,556	2.71
Democratic	Homer Vaughan	1,535	2.67
Democratic	Charles Jesse Dillon	1,261	2.20
Democratic	Robert Marcum, Jr.	844	1.47
Democratic	Greg Anderson Adams	783	1.36

West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 Election, 1976
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Thomas Mathis (inc.)	17,872	25.15
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (inc.)	17,843	25.11
Democratic	Charles Gilliam (inc.)	17,701	24.91
Democratic	Sammy Dalton (inc.)	17,641	24.83

West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 Democratic Primary Election, 1978
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (inc.)	8,119	18.66
Democratic	Charles Gilliam (inc.)	7,863	18.07
Democratic	Tomas Mathis (inc.)	6,990	16.07
Democratic	Sammy Dalton (inc.)	6,766	15.55
Democratic	Claude Ellis	4,340	9.98
Democratic	Gary Hoke	3,343	7.68
Democratic	Larry Hendricks	3,177	7.30
Democratic	James Trent	2,905	6.68

West Virginia House of Delegates District 16 Election, 1978
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Tom Mathis (inc.)	11,523	21.10
Democratic	Sammy Dalton (inc.)	11,501	21.06
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (inc.)	11,439	20.94
Democratic	Charles Gilliam (inc.)	11,395	20.86
Republican	Shirley Mae Baisden	4,721	8.64
Republican	Samuel Dingess	4,043	7.40

West Virginia State Senate District 7 Democratic Primary Election, 1980
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin	12,183	57.02
Democratic	Moss Burgess	4,982	23.32
Democratic	Daniel Dahill	4,200	19.66

West Virginia State Senate District 7 Election, 1980
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin	28,065	72.04
Republican	Dennis Fillinger	10,895	27.96

West Virginia State Senate District 7 Election, 1984
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (inc.)	28,297	74.99
Republican	Emil Baldwin, Sr.	9,436	25.01

West Virginia State Senate District 7 Democratic Primary Election, 1988
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (inc.)	15,470	59.21
Democratic	Art Kirkendoll	10,659	40.79

West Virginia State Senate District 7 Election, 1988
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (inc.)	25,840	100.00

West Virginia State Senate District 7 Election, 1992
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (inc.)	26,198	100.00

West Virginia State Senate District 7 Democratic Primary Election, 1996
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (inc.)	15,580	60.98
Democratic	Larry Hendricks	6,610	25.87
Democratic	Moss Burgess	3,359	13.15

West Virginia State Senate District 7 Election, 1996
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (inc.)	25,396	81.45
Republican	Stephen Ray Smith	5,783	18.55

West Virginia State Senate District 7 Election, 2000
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (inc.)	26,408	100.00

West Virginia State Senate District 7 Democratic Primary Election, 2004
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (inc.)	17,194	81.30
Democratic	Bruce "Becky" Hobbs	3,955	18.70

West Virginia State Senate District 7 Election, 2004
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (inc.)	27,147	74.48
Republican	Billy Marcum	9,300	25.52

West Virginia State Senate District 7 Election, 2008
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (inc.)	24,010	73.15
Republican	Billy Marcum	8,813	26.85

West Virginia Gubernatorial Special Democratic Primary Election, 2011
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin	51,348	40.40
Democratic	Rick Thompson	30,631	24.10
Democratic	Natalie Tennant	22,106	17.39
Democratic	John Perdue	15,995	12.58
Democratic	Jeffrey Kessler	6,550	5.15
Democratic	Arne Moltis	481	0.38

West Virginia Gubernatorial Special Election, 2011
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin	149,202	49.55
Republican	Bill Maloney	141,656	47.05
Mountain	Bob Henry Baber	6,083	2.02
Independent	Marla Dee Ingels	2,875	0.95
American Third Position	Harry Bertram	1,111	0.37
Write-in	Phil Hudok	76	0.03
Write-in	Donald Lee Underwood	54	0.02
Write-in	John "Rick" Bartlett	27	0.01

West Virginia Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Election, 2012
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (inc.)	170,481	84.37
Democratic	Arne Moltis	31,587	15.63

West Virginia Gubernatorial Election, 2012
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin (inc.)	335,468	50.49
Republican	Bill Maloney	303,291	45.65
Mountain	Jesse Johnson	16,787	2.53
Libertarian	David Moran	8,909	1.34

References

↑ "Earl Ray Tomblin". The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Humanities Council. November 3, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
↑ "West Virginia Senate District Map". West Virginia Senate. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
↑ "West Virginia Constitution". West Virginia Legislature. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
↑ "Interim governor Earl Ray Tomblin introduces himself". Charleston Daily Mail. November 8, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
↑ "Tomblin succeeds Manchin as West Virginia governor". Washington Post. November 15, 2010. Retrieved November 17, 2010. "Acting W.Va. Governor Proclaims Oct. 4 Election". Charleston Gazette. January 21, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
↑ "News from The Associated Press". Hosted.ap.org. 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
↑ "Earl Ray Tomblin Sworn in as W.Va. Governor - WOWK 13 Charleston, Huntington WV News, Weather, Sports". Wowktv.com. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
↑ "Governor Tomblin Endorses Hillary Clinton for President". Office of the Governor of West Virginia. April 29, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
1 2 Associated Press (March 29, 2014) - "WV Governor Vetoes Abortion Bill, Sparking Outrage From National Pro-Life Group". Fox News. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
1 2 La Ganga, Maria (March 3, 2015) - "West Virginia Governor Vetoes Bill Banning Abortion At 20 Weeks". Los-Angeles Times. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
↑ Eyre, Eric & Nuzum, Lydia (March 6, 2015) - "20-Week Abortion Ban to Become W.Va. Law; Senate Overrides Tomblin Veto". The Charleston Gazette. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
↑ Kercheval, Hoppy (May 9, 2013) - "Poll Numbers Show Manchin, Capito, Tomblin, Tennant Strength". WV MetroNews. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
↑ Jensen, Tom (September 25, 2013) - "West Virginia Miscellany". Public Policy Polling. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
↑ "About the First Lady". Firstlady.wv.gov. 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
↑ "President Joanne Jaeger Tomblin Announces Retirement | News from Southern". Southernwv.edu. Retrieved 2016-02-10.

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Political offices
Preceded by Keith Burdette	President of the West Virginia Senate 1995–2011 Acting Governor: 2010–2011	Succeeded by Jeff Kessler
Preceded by Joe Manchin	Governor of West Virginia 2011–present	Succeeded by Jim Justice Elect
Party political offices
Preceded by Joe Manchin	Democratic nominee for Governor of West Virginia 2011, 2012	Succeeded by Jim Justice
United States order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by Joe Biden as Vice President	Order of Precedence of the United States Within West Virginia	Succeeded by Mayor of city in which event is held
Preceded by Joe Biden as Vice President		Succeeded by Otherwise Paul Ryan as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Sam Brownback as Governor of Kansas	Order of Precedence of the United States Outside West Virginia	Succeeded by Brian Sandoval as Governor of Nevada

Governors of West Virginia

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Political party affiliations: 33 Republican 21 Democratic 2 Independent

Presidents of the West Virginia Senate

Phelps Stevenson D. Farnsworth Baker Sperry Johnson Arnett Summers T. Farnsworth Price Carr McCreery Wiley Worley Whitaker Marshall Smith May Northcott McDermott Forman Hatfield Woods England Goodykoontz Sinsel Arnold Shaffer Coffman White Mathews Hodges LaFon Randolph Paull Vickers Johnston Bean Carson Jackson McCourt Brotherton McGraw Tonkovich Tucker Burdette Tomblin Kessler Cole Carmichael (Designate)

Current statewide elected officials and legislative leaders of West Virginia

U.S. Senators	Joe Manchin Shelley Moore Capito

State government	Earl Ray Tomblin, Governor Natalie Tennant, Secretary of State Patrick Morrisey, Attorney General John Perdue, Treasurer Lisa Hopkins, Auditor Walt Helmick, Agriculture Commissioner

Senate	Bill Cole, President

House	Tim Armstead, Speaker

Supreme Court	Menis Ketchum, Chief Justice Robin Davis Brent Benjamin Margaret Workman Allen Loughry

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