Roy Cooper was born in Warford, West Virginia, on March 5, 1945. He served in the United States Navy from 1962 to 1981. He received his associate’s degree from Tidewater Community College in business management, and he later received his bachelor’s degree in education from Concord College in 1985. Cooper was an elementary school teacher in Summers County from 1985-2007. Cooper is currently a farmer. Cooper was first elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2012. If he is reelected, this will be his seventh term. This is Cooper’s ninth general election, all of which were for the House of Delegates. Cooper first ran for the House of Delegates in 2010 when he lost to Democrat incumbent Gerald Crosier. Cooper’s priorities are to lower the state budget; he is in support of giving more support to veterans and he wants to further support agriculture in the state of West Virginia.
Demolition Slated For Thurmond Area Of New River Gorge Despite Protests
Construction and building removal work is scheduled to begin in late November in the Prince, Thurmond and Brookside areas of New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, despite resistance.
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