Vince Deeds
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Vince Deeds
| image =
| state_senate = West Virginia
| alongside = Jack Woodrum
| district = 10th
| term_start = December 1, 2022
| predecessor = Stephen Baldwin
| successor =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|7|15}}
| birth_place = Beckley, West Virginia, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Republican
| education = Virginia Tech (BS)
FBI National Academy University of Virginia (M.Psych.)
}}
Vincent S. Deeds is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate, representing the 10th district, and a retired West Virginia state trooper and pastor.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-30 |title=Meet your candidate: Vince Deeds |url=https://wvdn.com/32338/ |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=West Virginia Daily News |language=en-US}}
Early life
Deeds grew up on a dairy farm in Jumping Branch, West Virginia, and attended Summers County High School. After graduating high school, Deeds attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).
Career
= West Virginia State Police =
Vince Deeds started his career with the West Virginia State Police (WVSP) in 1994 and retired in 2019 after twenty-five years of service. He retired as a lieutenant colonel. During his career, he served as detachment commander, inspector, sniper team commander, troop commander, and chief of staff services.{{Cite web |title=Publications |url=https://www.wvsp.gov/about/Pages/Publications.aspx |access-date=2022-11-13 |publisher=West Virginia State Police}} Deeds was also a member of the WVSP Special Operations unit and a graduate of the FBI National Academy.
= Retirement =
After Deeds retired from the West Virginia State Police in 2019, he began working for the Greenbrier County Board of Education as director of safety and security and the Greenbrier County Prosecutor's Office as chief investigator. In 2021, he announced his candidacy for the West Virginia State Senate. Deeds is also the pastor of Sinks Grove Baptist Church in Sinks Grove, West Virginia.{{Cite web |title=In their own words - Vince Deeds, candidate for Senate District 10 |url=https://www.register-herald.com/under_the_dome/in-their-own-words---vince-deeds-candidate-for-senate-district-10/article_9649ca90-5c9c-11ed-8837-1bf4bbbcb833.html |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=Beckley Register-Herald |date=4 November 2022 |language=en}}
Elections
= West Virginia Senate =
== 2022 ==
In July 2021, Deeds announced his candidacy for West Virginia's 10th Senatorial District and was elected on November 8, 2022.{{Cite web |title=West Virginia State Senate District 10 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_State_Senate_District_10 |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}} After winning the Republican nomination, Deeds challenged State Senate Minority Leader Stephen Baldwin, and won 58.7-37.9%.{{Cite web |last1=Gunnoe |first1=Cameron B. |date=2022-11-08 |title=Stephen Baldwin falls in District 10 as Vince Deeds commands race |url=https://www.lootpress.com/stephen-baldwin-falls-in-district-10-as-vince-deeds-commands-race/ |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=Lootpress |language=en-US}}{{Election box begin no change|title=2022 West Virginia 10th Senatorial District Republican Primary}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Vince Deeds|votes=4,924|percentage=48.9%}}
{{Election box withdrawn candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Mike Steadham|votes=4,228|percentage=42.0%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Thomas Perkins|votes=920|percentage=9.1%}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=10,072|percentage=100.0%}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=West Virginia Senate District 10 (Position A) election, 2022}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Vince Deeds|votes=18,887|percentage=58.7%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Stephen Baldwin (incumbent)|votes=12,010|percentage=37.9%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent|candidate=Aaron Ransom|votes=1,079|percentage=3.0%}}{{Election box total no change|votes=39,976|percentage=100%}}
{{Election box end}}
Personal life
Vince Deeds is married to his wife, Michelle, who is the director of nursing at Pocahontas Memorial Hospital, and has two sons, Justin, a Lewisburg PD officer, and Tristan, a West Point cadet. They reside in Renick, West Virginia.
References
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Category:Republican Party West Virginia state senators
Category:Baptist ministers from the United States
Category:Politicians from Beckley, West Virginia
Category:American law enforcement officials
Category:FBI National Academy graduates
Category:21st-century members of the West Virginia Legislature
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