Candidate, United States House of Representatives, West Virginia, District 2, 2016

No caucus information on file.

No professional experience on file.

Executive Council, West Virginia Bar Association, 2014-present

Board of Directors, Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, 2010-present

Fellow, West Virginia Bar Foundation, 2007-present

Dean's Partner, West Virginia College of Law, 2005-present

Board of Governors, West Virginia Association for Justice, 1998-present

President,, West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 2004-2005

Awards:

2004 recipient of the Kathie C. Peyton Award for Outstanding Volunteerism in the Kanawha Valley

Father's Occupation:

My father was a union postal worker and later a public school bus driver

Favorite President and Why:

Lyndon B. Johnson. President Johnson was cursed with the war in Vietnam, but in the long view of history he will be judged as a great president for his compassion and efforts on behalf of the elderly, minorities and the financially oppressed.

Mother's Occupation:

My mother worked as a nurse until she retired at age 75

Person Most Want to Meet (Dead or Alive):

Abraham Lincoln

Personal Hero and Why:

My father, Tom Peyton. He was a good and gentle man who worked hard along with my mother to give me and my sister more than he had. He worked too hard and died too young.

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

I am well qualified by life experience to serve as a member of the House of Representatives. I want to promote an attitudinal shift towards increasing demand by putting more money in the pockets of workers. I abhor the climate of selfishness that now permeates our country.