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# Erikka Lynn Storch

Erikka Lynn Storch is a former Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates. She represented districts in the Northern Panhandle since 2011. In 2010, she announced her intentions to seek one of the two seats being vacated by outgoing Representative Orphy Klempa and Tal Hutchins. She faced off against future Representative Ryan Ferns, businessman Dolph Santorine, and attorney Shawn Fluharty in the general election. She placed first with nearly 5,000 votes. In 2022, Storch was re-elected to the WV House of Delegates after she defeated Democratic challenger Teresa Toriseva. On May 17, 2023, Storch announced she would be resigning from the House of Delegates, taking a job with American Electric Power (AEP).
# Cody Thompson (politician)

Cody Hansbrough Thompson (born February 12, 1987) is an American politician and educator, who was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in the 2018 elections. He represented the 43rd House District, which included Randolph County and Pocahontas County, as a member of the Democratic Party. He was defeated by Elias Coop-Gonzalez in 2022.

## Politics

Thompson ran for reelection in 2020 as part of WV Can't Wait, which ran a slate of endorsed candidates across political parties, spearheaded by community organizer and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stephen Smith.
In 2021, Thompson was named as an assistant minority whip by House Minority Leader Doug Skaff.
Later that year, he spoke out and voted against a bill that forces transgender students to play on sports teams according to the sex they are assigned at birth, as opposed to their gender identity. Thompson is also a supporter of the Fairness Act, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes in West Virginia’s Human Rights Act and the Fair Housing Act.
During a special legislative session in October 2021, Thompson criticized the Republican majority for allegedly gerrymandering him out of the new House map. However, he was one of just three Democrats to vote for the final redistricting map.

## Personal

Thompson served as a teacher at Elkins High School in Randolph County, West Virginia.
Thompson is the second openly gay member of the West Virginia Legislature, after former Delegate Stephen Skinner. At the time of his election in 2018, Thompson was the only openly gay member of the Legislature.
# Bob Williams (West Virginia politician)

Robert 'Bob' Lynn Williams (born September 10, 1951 in Clarksburg, West Virginia) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate representing District 14 from January 2009 until his defeat by Randy Smith in 2016.

## Education

Williams earned his BS from Fairmont State College (now Fairmont State University) and his MS from West Virginia University.

## Elections

* 2012 Williams was unopposed for the May 8, 2012 Democratic Primary, winning with 9,508 votes, and was unopposed for the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 27,690 votes.
* 2008 When District 14 Democratic Senator Jon Blair Hunter left the Legislature and left a district seat open, Williams won the May 13, 2008 Democratic Primary with 9,655 votes (55.7%), and won the November 4, 2008 General election with 22,205 votes (51.3%) against Republican nominee Gary Howell, who was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2010.
# Tall Lighthouse

Tall Lighthouse is an independent publishing house in the UK, established in 1999 by Les Robinson. It publishes full collections of poetry, pamphlets, and the anthology City Lighthouse, a collection of poems by established and emerging poets alike, having featured work by Maurice Riordan, Hugo Williams, Daljit Nagra and Roddy Lumsden, among others. The press has established itself as a leading light on the small press poetry scene, four of its pamphlet publications having received the Poetry Book Society's Pamphlet Choice Award in Spring 2006, Summer and Winter 2008, and Spring 2009. The press was founded by Les Robinson in 1999, and run by Robinson until 2011, when he stepped down in favor of Gareth Lewis. Robinson returned to the director's role after Lewis died in 2016.

## Authors

Poets published by Tall Lighthouse include Sarah Howe, Helen Mort, Rhian Edwards, Aoife Mannix, Baden Prince, Pierre Ringwald, Heather Taylor, Alan Buckley, Ben Parker and Jodie Hollander. A number of young poets (under 30) are also published as part of the press's Pilot series.

## Pilot Series

The Pilot series is a project started by Tall Lighthouse in 2007, aimed at publishing poetry pamphlets by eighteen poets under the age of 30, under the editorship of Roddy Lumsden. The project attracted Arts Council funding, and has so far met with success, two of the five Eric Gregory Award winners for 2008 being Pilot series featured poets.
The poets published as part of the series to date are:
* 2007 Abi Curtis, Adam O'Riordan, Camellia Stafford, Gareth Jones, Jay Bernard and Miriam Gamble
* 2008 John McCullough, Retta Bowen, Kate Potts, Vidyan Ravinthiran, Ben Wilkinson and Emily Berry
* 2009 Amy Key, Sarah Howe, Charlotte Runcie, Richard O'Brien, Ailbhe Darcy and Simon Pomery
Five of the Pilot poets were also chosen to feature at 2009's StAnza, Scotland's International Poetry Festival, held in St Andrews.
# John Kass

John Kass (born June 25, 1956) is an American columnist and former editorial board member for the Chicago Tribune and radio broadcaster. Until summer 2020, his opinion pieces regularly appeared on page 2 of the main news section of the Tribune, instead of on the opinion/editorial pages; this is the spot formerly occupied by Mike Royko.

## Early life and education

His Tribune biography reports Kass as the son of a Greek immigrant grocer. Kass was born on the South Side of Chicago, and grew up there and in the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn. He graduated from Harold L. Richards High School in the class of 1974, and was a member of the varsity football team and the yearbook staff. He studied film at Columbia College in Chicago and worked on the student newspaper, though he never graduated.

## Career

Kass worked as an intern and later a reporter at the Daily Calumet, and worked from 1980 to June 2021 for the Tribune. He regularly covered political topics for the newspaper. His columns are syndicated by Tribune Content Agency. Kass also writes about lighter topics, particularly beer can chicken.
Kass hosted, first with Jake Hartford and later Lauren Cohn, a weekday morning talk-radio program on Cumulus Media-owned WLS-AM. His last show was February 26, 2015.
In June 2021, Kass took the buyout offer at the Chicago Tribune, after 38 years at the paper.

## Family

Kass married Betty Castela in Oak Lawn's St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in 1986. They have twin sons and currently live in Saint John, Indiana.
# Timecode (2016 film)

Timecode is a Spanish live-action short film directed by Juanjo Giménez. It won the Short Film Palme d'Or award at 69th annual Cannes Film Festival in 2016. It is also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017.

## Plot

Luna and Diego are car park security guards. Diego does the night shift, and Luna works by day. One day, Luna's boss asks her to investigate a broken tail light.

## Cast

* Lali Ayguadé as Luna
* Nicolas Ricchini as Diego
* Pep Domenech
* Vicente Gil

## Awards and nominations

* Nominated: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
* Won: Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film
* Won: Short Film Palme d'Or
* Won: Bunter Hund – Internationales Kurzfilmfest München
# Wayne Clark (politician)

Wayne Clark (born February 16, 1972) is an American politician who represents District 99 in the West Virginia House of Delegates as a Republican. He has been serving in that position since December 1, 2022. He has previously served as the member for the 65th district for 1 2-year term, from 2020 to 2022.

## Biography

Clark was born in Baltimore, Maryland to parents Gerald J. Clark Sr. and Barbara Clark. He is the owner of a golf course named Locust Hill Golf Course. He is a Christian.
# David Evans (West Virginia politician)

David A. Evans (born May 3, 1945) is an American politician and was a teacher at Cameron High school in Cameron, WV and a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 4 from January 12, 2013 to December 31, 2016 after being soundly defeated by Democrat Joseph Canestrero.

## Education

Evans earned his BA in education from Glenville State College and his master's degree from West Virginia University.

## Elections

* 2012 When District 4 Democratic Representative Scott Varner retired and left the seat open, Evans was unopposed for the May 8, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 2,157 votes, and placed second in the three-way two-position November 6, 2012 General election with 6,927 votes (31.2%) behind incumbent Democratic Representative Michael Ferro and ahead of Democratic nominee David Sidiropolis.
# Lori Dittman

Lori Cowger Dittman is an American politician from West Virginia. She is a Republican and represents District 63 in the West Virginia House of Delegates since 2022.
Dittman has been a teacher in Braxton County Schools.
# Cindy Frich

Cindy Lynne Frich (born March 19, 1960) is an American politician who previously served as a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates.

## Personal life and education

Frich was born on March 19, 1960, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to John and Marlene Frich. She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and pursued postgraduate studies at West Virginia University, however, did not obtain a degree. Frich never married or pursued a career, and continues to live with her mother in Morgantown, West Virginia.

## Electoral history
### 1990s
#### 1998

Initially in District 44, Frich placed in the 1998 Republican Primary but lost the eight-way four-position November 3, 1998 General election.

### 2000s
#### 2000

Frich placed again in the 2000 Republican Primary, but lost the seven-way four-position November 7, 2000 General election.

#### 2002

With incumbent Republican Representative Sheirl Fletcher leaving the Legislature and leaving a seat open, Frich ran in the 2002 Republican Primary and won the seat in the November 5, 2002 General election.

#### 2004

Frich placed in the five-way 2004 Republican Primary, and was re-elected in the November 2, 2004 General election.

#### 2006

Frich placed in the five-way 2006 Republican Primary, but lost the eight-way four-position November 7, 2006 General election, with Alex Shook winning Frich’s seat.

#### 2008

Frich ran in the May 13, 2008 Republican Primary, placing first with 3,110 votes (62.8%), but placed fifth in the six-way four-position November 4, 2008 General election.

### 2010s
#### 2010

When Senate District 13 Democratic Senator Mike Oliverio retired and left the seat open, Frich ran unopposed in the May 11, 2010 Republican Primary, winning with 3,921 votes but lost the November 2, 2010 General election to Democratic Representative Robert Beach.

#### 2012

Redistricted to District 51 alongside all four District 44 incumbents, Frich ran in the seven-way May 8, 2012 Republican Primary and placed first with 2,969 votes (21.9%) and placed second in the eleven-way five-position November 6, 2012 General election with 14,677 votes (11.7%).

#### 2018

With five seats open in the 2018 General election, which was held on November 6, 2018, Frich placed seventh in a twelve-way election with 12,601 votes, 1,639 short of the final seat, losing to Barbara Fleischauer (D), John Williams (D), Rodney Pyles (D), Evan Hansen (D) and newcomer Danielle Walker (D).

#### 2020

With five seats open in the 2020 General election, which was held on November 3, 2020, Frich placed sixth.
# Will Catlett

William Catlett is an American actor and producer.

## Early life

Catlett was born in Alexandria, Virginia. His father had ambitions to be an actor before he joined the military and worked in government.

## Career

His early television credits include The Mentalist on CBS as well as Insecure and Brothers in Atlanta on HBO. He appeared in the 2018 Salim Akil and Mara Brock Akil television series Love Is, for which he was also in the writers room. He played the lead role in Issa Rae’s YouTube series First and Black & Sexy TV’s That Guy. Catlett produced Giants for Issa Rae Presents, the short film Stages, in which he also stars, and the television series Garden Hills. He later worked again with Salim Akil and Mara Brock Akil on Black Lightning.
He appeared in the 2020 film Charm City Kings. In 2021, he could be seen with Kevin Hart, Wesley Snipes, and Billy Zane in Netflix comedy thriller True Story. For that role, he earned an NAACP Image Awards nomination.
He appeared in Lovecraft Country. In 2023, he appeared in A.V. Rockwell film A Thousand and One as Lucky.
He plays Rickles in the 2024 comedy horror film Abigail alongside Dan Stevens and Melissa Barrera. He is a series regular in the Apple TV+ series Constellation, playing Paul.

## Personal life

He is the founder of Catlett Academy.

## Partial filmography

Key :
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012–2015 | That Guy | Mike | 17 episodes |
| 2013 | The Mentalist | Patient | Episode: "Red, White and Blue" |
| 2014–2015 | First | Charles | 15 episodes |
| 2015 | Born Again Virgin | Anderson | Episode: "Off to See the Wizard" |
| 2017 | Giants | Flip | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | Love Is | Yasir | 10 episodes |
| 2018–2021 | Black Lightning | Lala | 23 episodes |
| 2020 | Charm City Kings | Rivers | |
| 2020 | Force of Nature | Griffin | |
| 2020 | Lovecraft Country | Verton Freeman | Episode: "Rewind 1921" |
| 2021 | True Story | Herschel | 7 episodes |
| 2022 | The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey | Ezra Bundle | Episode: "Sensia" |
| 2022 | The Devil You Know | Drew | |
| 2022 | First | Charles | |
| 2023 | A Thousand and One | Lucky | |
| 2024 | Constellation | Paul Lancaster | 7 episodes |
| 2024 | Abigail | Rickles | |
| 2024 | Color Book | Lucky | |
| 2024 | Never Let Go | Poppa | |
# Dianna Graves

Dianna Graves is an American politician and accountant who served as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 38th district from 2017 to 2022. She was appointed to the House on September 19, 2017.

## Early life and education

Graves was born in Euless, Texas. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Stanford University.

## Career

Graves was a member of the Kanawha County Republican Executive Committee. She has worked as an accountant at Suttle & Stalnaker CPAs and Arnett Carbis Toothman. She was appointed to the West Virginia House of Delegates and assumed office on September 19, 2017, succeeding Nancy Reagan Foster. During the 2019–2020 legislative session, Graves served as vice chair of the House Pensions and Retirement Committee.
In the 2022 West Virginia House of Delegates election, Graves was defeated in the Republican primary in District 59 by Andy Shamblin.
# Glenn Jeffries

Glenn Jeffries is an American politician who is a member of the West Virginia Senate, representing the 8th district since January 11, 2017.
Jeffries was a Democrat until December 2022, when he became a Republican.

## Election results

West Virginia Senate District 8 (Position B) election, 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Glenn Jeffries | 20,768 | 53.08% |
| | Republican | Chris Walters (incumbent) | 18,357 | 46.92% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 39,125 | 100.0% |
# Art Kirkendoll

Arthur "Art" E. Kirkendoll (born November 3, 1951) is an American politician and former Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate. He represented District 7 from November 14, 2011, when West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin appointed him to fill the vacancy caused by Tomblin's resignation from the seat in order to assume the position of governor, until January 7, 2017. He was defeated for reelection in the 2016 primary election by Richard Ojeda.

## Education

Kirkendoll attended Marshall University.

## Elections

* 2012 Kirkendoll was challenged by former state Delegate Sammy Dalton in the District 8 May 8, 2012 Democratic Primary, winning with 11,529 votes (64.2%), and was unopposed for the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 25,955 votes.
# Linda Longstreth

Linda S. Longstreth (born in Mannington, West Virginia) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 50 since January 12, 2013. Longstreth served consecutively from January 2005 until January 2013 in a District 43 seat.

## Education

Longstreth earned her BA from Fairmont State College (now Fairmont State University) and her MS from West Virginia University.

## Elections

* 2012 Redistricted to District 50 along with fellow District 43 Representatives Mike Caputo and Tim Manchin, Longstreth placed second in the four-way May 8, 2012 Democratic Primary with 6,171 votes (27.2%), and placed second in the five-way three-position November 6, 2012 General election with 12,117 votes (23.2%) behind Representative Caputo (D) and ahead of Representative Manchin (D) and Republican nominees Barry Bledsoe and returning 2010 challenger Lynette McQuain.
* 2004 Longstreth challenged District 43 incumbent Representatives Caputo, Manchin, and Donna Renner and placed in the nine-way 2004 Democratic Primary displacing Representative Renner, and was elected in the six-way three-position November 2, 2004 General election with incumbents Caputo (D) and Manchin (D).
* 2006 Longstreth and Representatives Caputo and Manchin were challenged in the five-way 2006 Democratic Primary, but all placed, and were re-elected in the six-way three-position November 7, 2006 General election.
* 2008 Longstreth and Representatives Caputo and Manchin were unopposed for the May 13, 2008 Democratic Primary where Longstreth placed second with 9,800 votes (32.6%); Longstreth placed second in the four-way three-position November 4, 2008 General election with 14,567 votes (26.9%) behind of Representative Caputo (D) and ahead of Representative Manchin (D) and returning 2006 Republican nominee Rickie Starn.
* 2010 Longstreth and Representatives Caputo and Manchin were unopposed for the May 11, 2010 Democratic Primary where Longstreth placed second with 5,670 votes (33.2%); and placed second in the five-way three-position November 2, 2010 General election with 10,597 votes (21.1%) behind Representative Caputo (D) and ahead of Representative Manchin (D) and Republican nominees Rickie Starn (returning from 2006 and 2008), Travis Blosser, and Lynette McQuain.
# Carsten Nielsen

Carsten Nielsen (born 12 August 1955) is a Danish former football player.

## Honours
### Neuchâtel Xamax

* Swiss Super League: 1987–88
* Swiss Super Cup: 1987
# Chris Afendoulis

Chris Afendoulis (born April 28, 1962) is a former Republican Member of the Michigan House of Representatives, he was first elected in 2014 and represented the 73rd District from 2015 to 2019, he was succeeded by his cousin Lynn Afendoulis.

## Early life

Afendoulis was raised in Grand Rapids Charter Township, Michigan and attended Forest Hills Public Schools, graduating from Forest Hills Northern High School in 1980. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1984 from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.

## Professional career

Afendoulis is a Certified Public Accountant and worked as a financial executive for an automotive parts supplier. He is co-owner of a tuxedo store in Plainfield Township which was founded in 1947 by his father and two uncles.

## Political career

Afendoulis was appointed by the Kent County Commission to a three-year term on the John Ball Zoo Advisory Board in January 2003. He served as a Trustee of Grand Rapids Township from 2004 until 2007 when he became Township Treasurer, serving in that position until 2015 after being re-elected in 2008 and 2012.
Afendoulis was elected to represent Michigan's 73rd District in the Michigan House of Representatives in 2014, defeating Mary Polonowski following the departure of Peter MacGregor who went to serve in the Michigan Senate. Afendoulis was re-elected in 2016, defeating Democrat Deb Havens. In 2018, he ran to represent the 29th District in the Michigan Senate, but subsequently lost to Democrat Winnie Brinks.

### Electoral history

2014 General Election — Michigan's 73rd State House of Representatives District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Chris Afendoulis | 24,256 | 67.72 | |
| | Democratic | Mary Polonowski | 11,561 | 32.28 | |
2016 General Election — Michigan's 73rd State House of Representatives District :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Chris Afendoulis | 35,216 | 63.76 |
| Democratic | Deb Havens | 17,855 | 32.32 |
| Libertarian | Ron Heeren | 2,165 | 3.92 |
2018 General Election — Michigan's 29th State Senate District :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Chris Afendoulis | 50,225 | 40.43 |
| Democratic | Winnie Brinks | 70,715 | 56.92 |
| Libertarian | Robert VanNoller | 1,840 | 1.48 |
| Working Class | Louis Palus | 1,445 | 1.16 |