Tom Takubo

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Tom Takubo

| office = Majority Leader of the West Virginia Senate

| term_start = January 9, 2019

| term_end = January 8, 2025

| predecessor = Ryan Ferns

| successor = Patrick S. Martin

| state_senate1 = West Virginia

| alongside1 = Anne Charnock

| district1 = 17th

| term_start1 = January 14, 2015

| term_end1 =

| predecessor1 = Brooks McCabe

| successor1 =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|12|14}}

| birth_place = Columbus, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Republican

| education = Marshall University (BS)
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)

}}

Tom Takubo is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate,{{Cite web|url=http://www.wvlegislature.gov/senate1/lawmaker.cfm?member=Senator%20Takubo|website=West Virginia Legislature|author=|access-date=October 30, 2017|title=Tom Takubo}}{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=148384|website=Vote Smart|author=|access-date=October 30, 2017|title=Tom Takubo's Biography}} representing the 17th district since January 14, 2015. Takubo also serves as Majority Leader of the West Virginia Senate, succeeding Ryan Ferns who was defeated in the 2018 West Virginia Senate election.

Takubo's mother is from Logan County and his biological father was from Japan. Takubo's parents divorced when he was a child, and his mother remarried.{{citation |last=Boucher |first=David |title=Local Doctor makes GOP bid for state Senate | newspaper=Charleston Gazette-Mail |date=September 24, 2014 |url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/politics/local-doctor-makes-gop-bid-for-state-senate/article_14287198-b844-5135-9085-865df6f5f804.html}} He attended Marshall University and received his D.O. from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. He is a business owner and serves on the medical faculty for West Virginia University. Takubo has three children. He lives in the Southridge area of South Charleston.

Election results

2018: Takubo ran for re-election in 2018 and was unopposed in the May Republican primary.{{Cite web|title=May 8, 2018 Primary Election Official Results|url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/WV/74487/Web02-state.195772/#/|website=West Virginia Secretary of State}} Takubo faced Terrell Ellis, a longtime Kanawha County community and economic developer, in the November general election.{{Cite news|last=Jenkins|first=Jeff|date=November 4, 2018|title=Senate District 17: Takubo, one-term incumbent, faces challenge from community developer Ellis|work=West Virginia MetroNews|url=https://wvmetronews.com/2018/11/04/senate-district-17-takubo-one-term-incumbent-faces-challenge-from-community-developer-ellis/}} Despite being outspent in the race, Takubo beat Ellis by a slim 52.5%-47.5% margin to win a second term.

{{Election box begin no change| title=West Virginia Senate District 17 (Position A) election, 2018{{cite web|url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/WV/92360/Web02-state.222648/#/cid/1150|title=Statewide Results: General Election - November 6, 2018|website=West Virginia Secretary of State|access-date=November 12, 2019}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Tom Takubo

|votes = 18,466

|percentage = 52.46%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Terrell Ellis

|votes = 16,735

|percentage = 47.54%

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 35,201

| percentage = 100.0%

}}

2014: After 16 years in the Senate, Democratic Senator and small business owner Brooks McCabe retired, leaving an open seat in District 17. Takubo, a doctor and small business owner,{{Cite news|last=Boucher|first=Dave|date=September 24, 2014|title=Local doctor makes GOP bid for state Senate|work=Charleston Gazette-Mail|url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/politics/local-doctor-makes-gop-bid-for-state-senate/article_14287198-b844-5135-9085-865df6f5f804.html}} ran for the seat and faced Lance Wheeler in the Republican primary. Takubo beat Wheeler by a 68%-32% margin to advance to the November general election,{{Cite web|title=Statewide Results Primary Election - May 13, 2014|url=http://services.sos.wv.gov/apps/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2014&eid=14&county=Statewide|website=West Virginia Secretary of State}} where he faced Democratic nominee Delegate and Assistant Majority Whip Doug Skaff and Mountain Party nominee Jesse Johnson.{{Cite web|title=Statewide Results General Election - November 4, 2014|url=http://services.sos.wv.gov/apps/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2014&eid=21&county=Statewide|url-status=dead|website=West Virginia Secretary of State|access-date=October 31, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107040731/http://services.sos.wv.gov/apps/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2014&eid=21&county=Statewide}} Takubo beat Skaff and Johnson as part of a Republican wave election that saw Republicans take both chambers of the West Virginia Legislature for the first time in eight decades.{{Cite news|last=Wilson|first=Reid|date=November 5, 2014|title=Party switch gives Republicans control of West Virginia Senate|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/11/05/party-switch-gives-republicans-control-of-west-virginia-senate/}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=West Virginia Senate District 17 (Position A) election, 2014{{cite web|url=http://services.sos.wv.gov/apps/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2014&eid=21&county=Statewide|title=Statewide Results: General Election - November 4, 2014|website=West Virginia Secretary of State|access-date=October 30, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107040731/http://services.sos.wv.gov/apps/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2014&eid=21&county=Statewide|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Tom Takubo

|votes = 15,488

|percentage = 52.08%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Doug Skaff

|votes = 13,029

|percentage = 43.81%

}}