Candidate, West Virginia Secretary of State, 2024

Candidate, West Virginia State House of Delegates, District 35, 2014

Candidate, West Virginia House of Delegates, District 35, 2012

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 2, 2008

Candidate, West Virginia State Senate, District 17, 2006

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Father's Name:

Thomas R. Cooper, Sr.

Father's Occupation:

electrical engineer and draftsman at the Union Carbide Technical Center

Mother's Name:

Virginia Watson Cooper

Mother's Occupation:

English/Latin Teacher

Priority Issues:

For decades, Thornton Cooper has, as a private citizen, taken public positions on dozens of matters of public interest. He has also commenced, or intervened in, several court proceedings on such matters as redistricting, gubernatorial succession, the Charleston "user fee," school consolidation, and the proper procedures for amending the West Virginia Constitution.
Following the 2010 Census, he developed proposals for redistricting West Virginia's congressional districts, the State Senate, and the House of Delegates.
He has supported raising the minimum wage, protecting the safety of the state's drinking water, and preserving state laws relating to the disposal of solid waste.
He campaigned against a law passed in 2014 that allows concealed weapons to be brought into city recreation facilities in Kanawha County. He believes that city governments should have the right to ban concealed weapons in such facilities.
In 2016, he wants to help the Democratic Party regain control of the West Virginia House of Delegates. He opposes a number of the Republican-backed bills that passed the Legislature during the 2015 and 2016 sessions.