Patrick Riley McGeehan is a six-term Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and a former candidate for the United States Senate election in West Virginia, 2014.
11 Facts About Pat McGeehan
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Pat McGeehan is the author of several books and essays on economics, politics, and philosophy.
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Mark McGeehan who died in the 1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash.
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In 1994, at the age of 14, Pat McGeehan's father was killed in the line of duty.
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From 1994 to 1998, Pat McGeehan attended Oak Glen High School in New Cumberland, WV, and subsequently gained an appointment to the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
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Pat McGeehan served one tour in the Middle East, which included service in Afghanistan.
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Pat McGeehan left heavy industry and worked as an account director for Frontier Communications.
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In 2008, Pat McGeehan entered politics and overwhelmingly won election to the House of Delegates as the first Republican from his district in more than fifty years.
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Pat McGeehan represented the 1st District in West Virginia in the House of Delegates from 2008 to 2010.
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In 2010, Pat McGeehan ran for the West Virginia Senate, District 1, but failed to win the GOP nomination.
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On January 25,2014, Pat McGeehan suspended his Senate campaign and filed to run for his former seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2014.