district state_senate governor predecessor successor religion birth_place party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name alma_mater
15th west virginia earl ray tomblin gus douglass ??? donald cookman presbyterianism webster springs , west virginia , u.s. democratic west virginia commissioner of agriculture 25 april 1944 january 14 , 2013 january 1991 rita fay walt helmick
 january 14 , 2013 walt helmick west virginia university , montgomery
walt helmick

walt d. helmick is an american businessman and democratic party politician who serves as the commissioner of agriculture of the state of west virginia .
he was elected to the position in 2012 , defeating republican nominee kent leonhardt .
previously , he was a member of the west virginia senate , representing the 15th district from 1990 to 2012 .
earlier he was a member of the west virginia house of delegates from 1988 through 1989 , served on the pocahontas county commission and on the pocahontas county school board .
