Charlotte Pritt

Charlotte Jean Pritt (born January 2, 1949) and a college professor.

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

1996 Pritt ran as a Democrat for governor and defeated future governor and U.S. Senator Joe Manchin in the primary, 39.5 to 32.6 percent.

During the primary, Manchin had attempted to portray her as "anti-gun", which Pritt denied by stating she owned a shotgun and being a 12-year member of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) at that time. Underwood distanced himself from the negative ads. While she sued the NSRC after the election, it was ruled that too much time had passed for it to have caused harm to Pritt. Pritt called on her former opponent Underwood to testify during her suit. None of the state's major newspapers endorsed her campaign. Joe Manchin and Gaston Caperton backed the Republican nominee Underwood.

2000

Pritt ran for West Virginia Secretary of State in 2000, losing the Democratic primary to Manchin, 41.1 to 32.9 percent. After the election, she returned to educational pursuits and studied for a degree in nutrition. Rev. Jim Lewis, who was previously expected to get the nod, got sidelined by knee surgery.

Pritt was not invited to the debate between the Republican and Democratic nominees. She finished third in the general election, receiving less than 6% of the vote, behind Justice (the winner) and Cole.

Mountain Party From 2012 to 2014, she was chairwoman of the Mountain Party, which is the Green Party's state branch affiliate for West Virginia.

Political activism During campaign events, Pritt would recount standing on picket lines.

During the 2016 election cycle, she supported Senator Bernie Sanders in the Democratic presidential primary and Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein for the general election.

During the 2018 election cycle, Pritt endorsed Paula Jean Swearengin in the senatorial primary against incumbent Joe Manchin. Pritt said that the race was "a chance for an FDR Democrat to take the party back".

Having been hit hard by the effects of coal mining on miners, she campaigned for marijuana legalization.

In 2017, 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.

During the 2020 election cycle, Pritt endorsed and cast her vote by absentee ballot for Tulsi Gabbard in the Democratic presidential primaries; she later voted for Swearengin in her senatorial bid against incumbent Shelley Moore Capito in the general election. She has advocated for the pardon of Edward Snowden and Julian Assange. She was also featured in "Water For Life: Is Safe Water a Human Right?", an episode of the PBS documentary series Global Mosaic.

She is currently a board member of the Greater Sissonville Development Council (GSDC), a volunteer-led non-profit organization to improve the Sissonville community.

Pritt from 1989 to 1994, dated U.S. Congressman Steve Cohen. After that she was married in 1995 to a chiropractor, James Midkiff,