Linda Goode Phillips
Linda Goode Phillips (b. October 21, 1952) is a former Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 25 from 2008 to December 31, 2015. She resigned because she decided not to run for re-election in 2016.[1]
Biography
Phillips earned her BA/M.A. from Marshall University. She is an elementary school counselor. Phillips has served as Chair of the Streets Committee for Pineville Town Council.[2]
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Goode Phillips served on the following committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| • Energy |
| • Finance |
| • Roads and Transportation, Minority Chair |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Phillips served on the following committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Roads and Transportation, Vice Chair |
| • Finance |
| • Natural Resources |
| • Agriculture |
| • Infrastructure, Vice Chair |
| • Agriculture and Agri-business |
| • Children, Juveniles and Other Issues |
| • Economic Development |
| • Equal Pay Commission |
| • Joint Finance |
| • Outcomes-Based Funding Models in Higher Education |
| • Workforce Investment for Economic Development |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Phillips served on these committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2011 |
|---|
| • Agriculture |
| • Children, Juveniles and Other Issues |
| • Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business, Vice Chair |
| • Equal Pay Commission |
| • Finance |
| • Joint Finance |
| • Health |
| • Health and Human Resources |
| • Natural Resources |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Phillips served on these committees:
| West Virginia committee assignments, 2009 |
|---|
| • Finance |
| • Health and Human Resources |
| • Natural Resources |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2014
Elections for the West Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 13, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 25, 2014. Incumbent Linda Goode Phillips was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Sue Cline was unopposed in the Republican primary. Phillips defeated Cline in the general election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Linda Goode Phillips Incumbent |
51.1% | 2,110 | |
| Republican | Sue Cline | 48.9% | 2,016 | |
| Total Votes | 4,126 | |||
2012
Phillips ran for re-election in the 2012 election for West Virginia House of Delegates, District 25. Phillips defeated Lyle Cottle in the May 8 primary election and was unchallenged in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[4][5][6]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Linda Goode Phillips Incumbent |
84.2% | 2,145 |
| Lyle Cottle | 15.8% | 402 |
| Total Votes | 2,547 | |
2010
Phillips was re-elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates District 22. She was one of three candidates running for the two District 22 Delegate positions on the ballot in the November 2, 2010, general election. Her opponents in the general election were Republican Shawn R. Spears and Democrat incumbent Daniel Hall. The two top vote-getters were elected.[7]
| West Virginia House of Delegates, District 22 General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Linda Goode Phillips (D)
|
4,357 | 40.04% | ||
| Daniel Hall (D)
|
3,713 | 34.12% | ||
| Shawn Spears (R) | 2,812 | 25.84% | ||
2008
In 2008, Phillips was elected to the West Virginia House District 22. Phillips (D) finished with 6,824 votes and was followed by Daniel Hall (D) with 5,887 votes.[8] Phillips raised $14,019 for her campaign fund.[9]
| West Virginia House District 22 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Linda Goode Phillips (D)
|
6,824 | |||
| Daniel Hall (D)
|
5,887 | |||
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
Personal
Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update.
Phillips and her husband, Ron, have three children; Kate, John, and Justin.
Scorecards
A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.
Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Some states have a limited number of available scorecards or scorecards produced only by select groups. It is Ballotpedia’s goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number.
Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. To contribute to the list of West Virginia scorecards, email suggestions to editor@ballotpedia.org.
2015
In 2015, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 14 through March 14.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on lawsuit-related legislation.
2014
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2014, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2014, the West Virginia State Legislature was in session from January 8 through March 10.
|
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Linda + Phillips + West + Virginia + House"
See also
- West Virginia State Legislature
- West Virginia House of Delegates
- West Virginia House Committees
- West Virginia Joint Committees
- West Virginia state legislative districts
External links
- Profile from Open States
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2012, 2010, 2008
Footnotes
- ↑ Register-Herald, "Delegate Phillips will resign Dec. 31, won't seek re-election," accessed December 24, 2015
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Rep. Phillips," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate search," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ WBOY.com, "West Virginia General Election Results November 6, 2012," accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results - General Election - November 6, 2012," accessed February 12, 2014
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results - Primary Election - May 8, 2012," accessed February 12, 2014
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Election Results," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "West Virginia House election results," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "2008 contributions," accessed April 30, 2014
