Larry V. Faircloth

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| name = Larry Faircloth

| birth_date = 23 July 1948

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| state_delegate = West Virginia

| district = 35th

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| party = Republican

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|12|18|1948|7|23|df=y}}

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Larry Victor Faircloth (July 23, 1948 – December 18, 2023) was an American politician from the state of West Virginia. He served in the West Virginia House of Delegates. He was a member of the Republican Party.

Early life and career

Larry Victor Faircloth was born on July 23, 1948.{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/7584/larry-faircloth#.UQgMQ7_O2HU |title=Larry Faircloth Political Summary - Project Vote Smart |publisher=Votesmart.org |date= |accessdate=2013-02-15}} He graduated from Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, and James Rumsey Vocational-Technical Center. He majored in business administration at Shepherd College, and opened his own realty business.{{cite news|title=Election '80: Faircloth Seeks Delegate Seat|date=April 30, 1980|newspaper=The Morgan Messenger|location=Berkeley Springs, West Virginia|volume=85|number=18|access-date=October 10, 2023

|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hq4kAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9g0GAAAAIBAJ&pg=1067,189521}} Faircloth resided in Inwood. He had polio in his right leg.

Political career

In 1980, Faircloth ran for the seat in the 35th district of the West Virginia House of Delegates. He was elected as one of three delegates from the 35th district, which included Berkeley and Morgan counties in the eastern panhandle.{{cite book|editor-last=Willis|editor-first=Todd C.|title=West Virginia Blue Book 1981|chapter=Legislative|date=December 1, 1981|access-date=October 10, 2023|url=https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/publications/bluebook/WVS_Bluebook_1981.pdf}}

Faircloth was a candidate for Governor in 2004, losing the Republican nomination to Monty Warner.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/historyresource/Documents/04%20republican_statewide%20offices%20primary.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915222006/http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/historyresource/Documents/04%20republican_statewide%20offices%20primary.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-15 |url-status=dead }} Faircloth ran in the 2011 special election to fill the remainder of Joe Manchin's term as Governor of West Virginia, losing the party nomination to Bill Maloney.{{cite web|date=February 19, 2011 |url=http://articles.herald-mail.com/2011-02-19/news/28612852_1_state-agencies-gop-candidates-cost-savings |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131214515/http://articles.herald-mail.com/2011-02-19/news/28612852_1_state-agencies-gop-candidates-cost-savings |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2012 |title=If elected governor, Larry Faircloth would look for cost savings in state agencies - Herald-Mail |publisher=Articles.herald-mail.com |accessdate=2013-02-15}} In 2012, he opted not to run for reelection to the House of Delegates, and instead ran for West Virginia State Auditor, losing to incumbent Glen Gainer III. Faircloth had initially planned to run for the United States House of Representatives in {{ushr|WV|2}} in the 2014 elections but opted to run for the West Virginia Senate against senate majority leader John Unger.{{cite web |url=http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/590003/Faircloth-planning-run-for-2nd-D---.html |title=Faircloth planning run for 2nd District seat |publisher=The Journal |date=2013-01-24 |accessdate=2013-02-15 |archive-date=2014-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203084431/http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/590003/Faircloth-planning-run-for-2nd-D---.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/candidate-search/ |title=Candidate Listing by Office | accessdate=2014-01-26}} Unger defeated Faircloth.

Death

Faircloth died on December 18, 2023, at the age of 75.{{cite web | last=McElhinny | first=Brad | title=Larry Faircloth, longtime West Virginia political figure, has died | website=WV MetroNews | date=18 December 2023 | url=https://wvmetronews.com/2023/12/18/larry-faircloth-longtime-west-virginia-political-figure-has-died/ | access-date=18 December 2023}}

References

{{s-ttl|title=Republican nominee for West Virginia State Auditor|years=2012}}

Category:1948 births

Category:2023 deaths

Category:Republican Party members of the West Virginia House of Delegates

Category:People from Inwood, West Virginia

Category:2004 United States presidential electors

Category:Shepherd University alumni

Category:20th-century members of the West Virginia Legislature