Paul Howe III is a small business owner who lives in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Howe graduated from Washington Irvin High School in 1990. He got his bachelors degree from Fairmont State in 1997. Howe owns Clarksburg Pizza Co and Toni’s Ice Cream Co, which are both businesses in Clarksburg. Howe also owns Howe Properties LLC. Howe has been on Harrison County’s school board since 2008, and he served as the president of the board from 2008 to 2012. Howe wants to help to improve the education system in the state and believes that school boards should be determining the curriculum for schools, and he supports having more police oversight in the state. Howe won the primary against Salvatore Bombardiere in the primary election when he garnered 51.1% of the vote. Howe will face Democrat Shannon Welsh in the general election on November 3rd.