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Jim Butler

Republican · West Virginia · 2026 · Incumbent

Running for West Virginia House District 18, West Virginia

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Describes himself as pro-life, pro-family, and pro-gun
  • Describes himself as a fiscal conservative focused on jobs
Biography

Jim is a Christian, husband, father, and former United States Marine, per the campaign site. He is a small excavating contractor who has worked for friends and neighbors for 30 years and has been elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates four times, per the campaign site.

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West Virginia House District 18West Virginia · 2026Putnam County sample ballot

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