Newt McCutcheon is a West Virginia native. McCutcheon graduated from Nicholas County High School and later Fairmont State College. McCutcheon spent most of his career in the United States Army. McCutcheon rose through the ranks and eventually became an officer in the Army. McCutcheon has experience in the infantry, recruitment, and Military Education. After McCutcheon’s retirement from the army he worked at Glenville State as part of their admissions office, and he worked as a part of the ROTC program as well. McCutcheon believes in supporting Veterans in the community. He feels so passionately about supporting veterans that he used to be a Veterans Affairs officer in Summersville. McCutcheon beat incumbent Stanley Adkins in the primary when he received 60% of the vote. McCutcheon will face Byron Tucker Jr, in the general election on November 3rd.