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Will Morefield
Will Morefield
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 13, 2010
Preceded by	Dan C. Bowling
Constituency	3rd district (2010–2024); 43rd district (2024–present)
Personal details
Born	James Will Morefield; January 10, 1984 (age 40); Bluefield, West Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Residence(s)	Tazewell, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	Midwestern State University; King University
Committees	Militia, Police, and Public Safety; Counties, Cities, and Towns; General Laws; Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Website	http://www.morefieldfordelegate.com

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James William Joseph Morefield (born January 10, 1984) is an American politician of the Republican Party. Since January 2010 Morefield has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 43rd district in the southwestern part of the state. He serves on the House Committees on Counties, Cities, and Towns; Militia, Police, and Public Safety; General Laws; and Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources.^[update]

Political career

On November 3, 2009, Will Morefield defeated Democratic incumbent Dan Bowling in the race for Virginia's 3rd District in the Virginia House of Delegates. Morefield's election was considered the beginning of Southwest Virginia's shift from being an ancestral Democratic voting area to a solidly Republican voting area.^[1]

In the 2016 election cycle Morefield endorsed former Florida Governor Jeb Bush for president, but later switched his endorsement for U.S. Senator for Florida Marco Rubio.^[2] After Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination for President in 2016, Morefield endorsed and supported Trump.^[3]

Electoral history

Date	Election	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Virginia House of Delegates, 3rd district
Nov 3, 2009^[4]	General	James W. "Will" Morefield	Republican	8,665	57.10
		Danny C. "Dan" Bowling	Democratic	6,499	42.82
		Write Ins		10	0.06
		Incumbent lost; seat switched from Democratic to Republican
Nov 8, 2011^[5]	General	James W. "Will" Morefield	Republican	13,316	59.67
		Russell Vern Presley II	Democratic	8,994	40.30
		Write Ins		6	0.02
Nov 5, 2013^[6]	General	James W. "Will" Morefield	Republican	12,291	70.52
		James M. O'Quinn	Democratic	5,188	29.65
		Write Ins		17	0.10
Nov 3, 2015^[7]	General	James W. "Will" Morefield	Republican	14,325	99.2
Nov 3, 2015^[7]	General	Write Ins		119	0.8
Nov 7, 2017^[8]	General	James W. "Will" Morefield	Republican	13,572	78.1
		William C. Bunch, Jr.	Democratic	3,759	21.6
		Write Ins		41	0.2
Nov 5, 2019^[9]	General	James W. "Will" Morefield	Republican	17,099	98.03
Nov 5, 2019^[9]	General	Write Ins		343	1.97

Notes

^ Sluss981-3373, Michael. "Puckett, Light focus on S.W. Va. issues in Senate race". Roanoke Times. Retrieved 2019-11-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Times-Dispatch, Graham Moomaw Richmond. "Buchanan County put faith in Trump". Roanoke Times. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
^ Telegraph, CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily. "Del. Morefield: Population issues key to Va. elections". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
^ "November 2009 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
^ "November 2011 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2013-05-20. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
^ "November 2013 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
^ "Virginia Elections Database » 2015 House of Delegates General Election District 3". Virginia Elections Database. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
^ "Virginia Elections Database » 2017 House of Delegates General Election District 3". Virginia Elections Database. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
^ "Virginia Election Results: November 5, 2019". The Virginia Public Access Project. Retrieved 2019-11-10.

References

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[1] Sluss981-3373, Michael. "Puckett, Light focus on S.W. Va. issues in Senate race". Roanoke Times. Retrieved 2019-11-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] Times-Dispatch, Graham Moomaw Richmond. "Buchanan County put faith in Trump". Roanoke Times. Retrieved 2019-11-10.

[3] Telegraph, CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily. "Del. Morefield: Population issues key to Va. elections". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2019-11-10.

[sbe2009-4] "November 2009 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2013-05-06.

[sbe2011-5] "November 2011 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2013-05-20. Retrieved 2013-05-06.

[sbe2013-6] "November 2013 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2015-02-11.

[7] "Virginia Elections Database » 2015 House of Delegates General Election District 3". Virginia Elections Database. Retrieved 2019-11-10.

[8] "Virginia Elections Database » 2017 House of Delegates General Election District 3". Virginia Elections Database. Retrieved 2019-11-10.

[9] "Virginia Election Results: November 5, 2019". The Virginia Public Access Project. Retrieved 2019-11-10.

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+{{Short description|American politician (born 1984)}}
-{{ Infobox officeholder
+{{Infobox officeholder
 | birthname = James Will Morefield
-| image =
+| image = Del. Will Morefield, 2024.jpg
-| state_delegate = Virginia
+| office = Member of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]]
+| constituency = [[Virginia's 3rd House of Delegates district|3rd district]] (2010–2024)<br>[[Virginia's 43rd House of Delegates district|43rd district]] (2024–present)
-| district = 3rd
 | term_start = January 13, 2010
 | preceded = [[Dan Bowling|Dan C. Bowling]]
 | succeeded = incumbent
 | birth_date = {{birth date and age | 1984 | 01 | 10 }}
-| birth_place = [[Bluefield, West Virginia|Bluefield]], [[West Virginia]], [[United States|U.S.]]
+| birth_place = [[Bluefield, West Virginia]], U.S.
 | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
-| residence = [[Tazewell, Virginia]]
+| residence = [[Tazewell, Virginia]], U.S.
-| alma_mater = [[Midwestern State University]]<br/>[[King University http://www.king.edu/]]{{dn|date=July 2015}}
+| alma_mater = [[Midwestern State University]]<br/>[[King University]]
-| committees = Militia, Police, and Public Safety; Counties, Cities, and Towns; Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
+| committees = Militia, Police, and Public Safety<br/>Counties, Cities, and Towns<br/>General Laws<br/>Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
+| website = http://www.morefieldfordelegate.com
-| religion = [[Baptists|Baptist]]
-| website = [http://www.willmorefield.com www.willmorefield.com]
 }}
-'''James William "Will" Morefield''' (born January 10, 1984) is an [[American politician]] of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. {{as of | 2013 | 04 | alt=Since January 2010 Morefield has been a member of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]], representing the 3rd district in the southwestern part of the state. He serves on the House Committees on Counties, Cities, and Towns; Militia, Police, and Public Safety; and Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources.}}
+'''James William Joseph Morefield''' (born January 10, 1984) is an [[American politician]] of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. {{as of|2013|04|alt=Since January 2010 Morefield has been a member of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]], representing the [[Virginia's 43rd House of Delegates district|43rd district]] in the southwestern part of the state. He serves on the House Committees on Counties, Cities, and Towns; Militia, Police, and Public Safety; General Laws; and Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources.|df=}}
+==Political career==
-Morefield has a notable record of support for divisive legislation. He was one of the Virginia legislators who voted in favor of a bill allowing adoption agencies to refuse applicants based on their sexuality; voted in favor of allowing official school clubs at public state colleges & universities to prevent/revoke membership based on sexuality; voted against a bill that would have prevented Virginians from being fired for being gay and voted against the appointment of an openly gay judge.
+On November 3, 2009, Will Morefield defeated Democratic incumbent [[Dan Bowling]] in the race for Virginia's 3rd District in the [[Virginia House of Delegates]]. Morefield's election was considered the beginning of Southwest Virginia's shift from being an ancestral Democratic voting area to a solidly Republican voting area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.roanoke.com/archive/puckett-light-focus-on-s-w-va-issues-in-senate/article_869f5586-38c5-56d5-98f8-72f9676ccd46.html|title=Puckett, Light focus on S.W. Va. issues in Senate race|last=Sluss981-3373|first=Michael|website=Roanoke Times|language=en|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref>
+In the 2016 election cycle Morefield endorsed former Florida Governor [[Jeb Bush]] for president, but later switched his endorsement for U.S. Senator for Florida [[Marco Rubio]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.roanoke.com/news/politics/buchanan-county-put-faith-in-trump/article_6d21e3f2-1354-5e5a-959b-33d7eb9efaa0.html|title=Buchanan County put faith in Trump|last=Times-Dispatch|first=Graham Moomaw Richmond|website=Roanoke Times|language=en|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref> After Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination for President in 2016, Morefield endorsed and supported Trump.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bdtonline.com/news/del-morefield-population-issues-key-to-va-elections/article_b915dfae-c828-11e7-a759-f76cb0ab322a.html|title=Del. Morefield: Population issues key to Va. elections|last=Telegraph|first=CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily|website=Bluefield Daily Telegraph|language=en|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref>
 ==Electoral history==
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 ! colspan="6" | Virginia House of Delegates, 3rd district
 |-
-! rowspan="4" |  Nov 3, 2009<ref name="sbe2009">{{cite web | title = November 2009 General Election Official Results | publisher = Virginia State Board of Elections | url = https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2009/37C2EDEB-FACB-44C1-AF70-05FB616DCD62/Official/8_s.shtml| accessdate = 2013-05-06}}</ref>
+! rowspan="4" |  Nov 3, 2009<ref name="sbe2009">{{cite web | title = November 2009 General Election Official Results | publisher = Virginia State Board of Elections | url = https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2009/37C2EDEB-FACB-44C1-AF70-05FB616DCD62/Official/8_s.shtml | access-date = 2013-05-06 | archive-date = 2012-04-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120401160449/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2009/37C2EDEB-FACB-44C1-AF70-05FB616DCD62/Official/8_s.shtml | url-status = dead }}</ref>
 | rowspan="4" align="center" | General
 | '''James W. "Will" Morefield'''
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 | colspan="4" style="background:Beige" | ''Incumbent lost; seat switched from Democratic to Republican''
 |-
-! rowspan="3" | Nov 8, 2011<ref name="sbe2011">{{cite web | title = November 2011 General Election Official Results | publisher = Virginia State Board of Elections | url = https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2011/EB178FD6-875D-4B0D-A295-900A0482F523/Official/8_s.shtml | accessdate = 2013-05-06}}</ref>
+! rowspan="3" | Nov 8, 2011<ref name="sbe2011">{{cite web | title = November 2011 General Election Official Results | publisher = Virginia State Board of Elections | url = https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2011/EB178FD6-875D-4B0D-A295-900A0482F523/Official/8_s.shtml | access-date = 2013-05-06 | archive-date = 2013-05-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130520143116/https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2011/EB178FD6-875D-4B0D-A295-900A0482F523/Official/8_s.shtml | url-status = dead }}</ref>
 | rowspan="3" align="center" | General
 | '''James W. "Will" Morefield'''
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 | align="right" |  0.02
 |-
-! rowspan="3" | Nov 5, 2013<ref name="sbe2013">{{cite web | title = November 2013 General Election Official Results | publisher = Virginia State Board of Elections | url = http://elections.virginia.gov/Files/Electionresults/2013/November-5/electionresults.virginia.gov/resultsSW829a.html?eid=7&type=HOD&map=CTY | accessdate = 2015-02-11}}</ref>
+! rowspan="3" | Nov 5, 2013<ref name="sbe2013">{{cite web | title = November 2013 General Election Official Results | publisher = Virginia State Board of Elections | url = http://elections.virginia.gov/Files/Electionresults/2013/November-5/electionresults.virginia.gov/resultsSW829a.html?eid=7&type=HOD&map=CTY | access-date = 2015-02-11 | archive-date = 2015-04-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150406053902/http://elections.virginia.gov/Files/Electionresults/2013/November-5/electionresults.virginia.gov/resultsSW829a.html?eid=7&type=HOD&map=CTY | url-status = dead }}</ref>
 | rowspan="3" align="center" | General
 | '''James W. "Will" Morefield'''
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 | align="right" | 17
 | align="right" |  0.10
+|-
+! rowspan="2" |Nov 3, 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/65931/|title=Virginia Elections Database » 2015 House of Delegates General Election District 3|website=Virginia Elections Database|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref>
+| rowspan="2" |General
+|'''James W. "Will" Morefield'''
+|{{party shading/Republican}} | '''Republican'''
+|align="right" |'''14,325'''
+|align="right" |'''99.2'''
+|-
+| colspan="2" |Write Ins
+|align="right" |119
+|align="right" |0.8
+|-
+! rowspan="3" |Nov 7, 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/87770/|title=Virginia Elections Database » 2017 House of Delegates General Election District 3|website=Virginia Elections Database|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref>
+| rowspan="3" |General
+|'''James W. "Will" Morefield'''
+|{{party shading/Republican}} | '''Republican'''
+|align="right" |'''13,572'''
+|align="right" |'''78.1'''
+|-
+|William C. Bunch, Jr.
+|{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
+|align="right" |3,759
+|align="right" |21.6
+|-
+| colspan="2" |Write Ins
+|align="right" |41
+|align="right" |0.2
+|-
+! rowspan="2" |Nov 5, 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vpap.org/electionresults/20191105/election-9763/|title=Virginia Election Results: November 5, 2019|website=The Virginia Public Access Project|language=en|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref>
+| rowspan="2" |General
+|'''James W. "Will" Morefield'''
+|{{party shading/Republican}} | '''Republican'''
+|align="right" |'''17,099'''
+|align="right" |'''98.03'''
+|-
+| colspan="2" |Write Ins
+|align="right" |343
+|align="right" |1.97
 |}
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 {{reflist}}
-==Sources==
+==References==
-*http://www.vahousegop.com/?p=305 {{dead link|date=July 2015}}
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091210155827/http://www.vahousegop.com/?p=305 Will Morefield for the 3rd District]
 *http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/tazewell_man_25_is_gop_delegate_candidate/24449/
-*http://www.mgwashington.com/index.php/news/article/obama-backers-face-struggle-in-appalachia/1822/
+*[http://www.mgwashington.com/index.php/news/article/obama-backers-face-struggle-in-appalachia/1822/ Obama backers face struggle in Appalachia]
 *http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/morefield_upsets_bowling_to_take_3rd_district_seat/35200/
 {{Virginia House of Delegates}}
-{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
-| NAME              = Morefield, Will
-| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
-| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American politician
-| DATE OF BIRTH     = January 10, 1984
-| DATE OF DEATH     =
-| PLACE OF DEATH    =
-| PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Bluefield, West Virginia|Bluefield]], [[West Virginia]], [[United States|U.S.]]
-}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Morefield, Will}}
 [[Category:1984 births]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
 [[Category:People from Tazewell, Virginia]]
+[[Category:Republican Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates]]
-[[Category:American Christians]]
-[[Category:Virginia Republicans]]
-[[Category:Members of the Virginia House of Delegates]]
 [[Category:Midwestern State University alumni]]
 [[Category:People from Bluefield, West Virginia]]
+[[Category:21st-century members of the Virginia General Assembly]]
-{{Virginia-politician-stub}}
+{{Virginia-delegate-stub}}

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