26 Facts About Charlotte Pritt

Charlotte Jean Pritt was born on January 2,1949 and is an American educator, businesswoman, and politician in the US state of West Virginia.

Charlotte Pritt ran unsuccessfully for West Virginia governor in 1992,1996 and 2016 and for West Virginia Secretary of State in 2000.

Charlotte Pritt ran for governor as a Democrat in the primary election in 1992, but lost to Gaston Caperton.

Charlotte Pritt gained notoriety initially by challenging then-Governor Caperton on his grocery and gasoline taxes and opposition to collective bargaining.

Charlotte Pritt garnered 12.4 percent in the race, in which Caperton defeated Republican Cleve Benedict, 51 to 36.6 percent.

Charlotte Pritt ran as a Democrat for governor and State Sen.

Charlotte Pritt was the first woman to secure the West Virginia gubernatorial nomination of either of the two major political parties and gained the endorsement of then President Bill Clinton.

Charlotte Pritt dismissed the defections as coming from Democratic officials "who would be Republicans in any other state anyway".

The National Senate Republican Committee and West Virginia State Victory Committee funded a television ad campaign against Charlotte Pritt falsely accusing her of voting for a bill that would allow children to access pornography and proposing to teach first graders about condom use, among others.

Charlotte Pritt lost in the general election to Republican Cecil Underwood, 51.6 to 48.5 percent.

Charlotte Pritt called on her former opponent Underwood to testify during her suit.

Charlotte Pritt ran for West Virginia Secretary of State in 2000, losing the Democratic primary to Manchin, 41.1 to 32.9 percent.

Charlotte Pritt was nominated as the Mountain Party's candidate for West Virginia governor on July 16,2016, at the party's convention.

On Bray Cary's statewide show Decision Makers, Charlotte Pritt called her billionaire Democratic gubernatorial opponent Jim Justice a "Republican".

Charlotte Pritt called the unsubstantiated accusations a "blindfaced lie" and instead argued that a vote for her is a vote against the "conservative status quo".

Charlotte Pritt was not invited to the debate between the Republican and Democratic nominees.

Charlotte Pritt started her political career arguing against nursing home closures and against gas taxes.

Charlotte Pritt said that the race was "a chance for an FDR Democrat to take the party back".

Charlotte Pritt was a speaker at the 2017 Indivisible March for West Virginia in celebration of Women's Equality Day.

In 2017, Charlotte Pritt defended a Raleigh County, West Virginia doctor, Michael Kostenko, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison on federal drug charges for giving out painkillers.

Charlotte Pritt has advocated for the pardon of Edward Snowden and Julian Assange.

Charlotte Pritt is currently a board member of the Greater Sissonville Development Council, a volunteer-led non-profit organization to improve the Sissonville community.

Charlotte Pritt was the oldest of six children and grew up on a farm.

In 1999, Charlotte Pritt began to date once more actor and politician, Jesse Johnson, whom she had dated before in the 1980s.

Charlotte Pritt's work has enabled her to travel abroad to Cusco, Peru, and "the first all-green hospital" in Kolkata, India.

Charlotte Pritt owns property in Buzzard Rock Mountain, where she grew up.