Cindy Frich

Cindy Lynne Frich^[2] (born March 19, 1960 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American politician and a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 51 since January 12, 2013. Frich served non-consecutively from January 2003 until January 2007 in the District 44 seat.

Education

Frich earned her BA in political science from West Virginia University.

Elections

• 1998 Initially in District 44, Frich placed in the 1998 Republican Primary but lost the eight-way four-position November 3, 1998 General election.
• 2000 Frich placed again in the 2000 Republican Primary, but lost the seven-way four-position November 7, 2000 General election.
• 2002 With incumbent Republican Representative Sheirl Fletcher leaving the Legislature and leaving a seat open, Frich ran in the 2002 Republican Primary, and won a seat in the November 5, 2002 General election.
• 2004 Frich placed in the five-way 2004 Republican Primary, and was re-elected to a seat in the November 2, 2004 General election.
• 2006 Frich placed in the five-way 2006 Republican Primary, but lost the eight-way four-position November 7, 2006 General election with the election of Alex Shook.
• 2008 To challenge the incumbent Democratic Representatives, Frich ran in the May 13, 2008 Republican Primary, placing first with 3,110 votes (62.8%),^[3] but placed fifth in the six-way four-position November 4, 2008 General election.^[4]
• 2010 When Senate District 13 Democratic Senator Mike Oliverio retired and left the seat open, Frich was unopposed for the May 11, 2010 Republican Primary, winning with 3,921 votes,^[5] but lost the November 2, 2010 General election to Democratic Representative Robert Beach.^[6]
• 2012 Redistricted to District 51 alongside all four District 44 incumbents, Frich ran in the seven-way May 8, 2012 Republican Primary and placed first with 2,969 votes (21.9%),^[7] and placed second in the eleven-way five-position November 6, 2012 General election with 14,677 votes (11.7%), behind incumbent Democratic Representative Charlene Marshall, ahead of incumbents Barbara Fleischauer (D), Amanda Pasdon (R), and ahead of non-selectees fellow Republican nominee Kevin Poe (who had run for a District 44 seat in 2010), Democratic nominees Nancy Jamison and Billy Smerka, Republican nominees John Woods and Jay Redmond, and American Third Position candidate Harry Bertram,^[8] who had run for governor in 2011.

References

External links

• Official page at the West Virginia Legislature
• Campaign site
• Profile at Project Vote Smart
• Cindy Frich at Ballotpedia
• Cindy Frich at the National Institute on Money in State Politics