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{{Infobox Officeholder
|name = Walt Helmick
|office = West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture
|governor = Earl Ray Tomblin
|term_start = January 14, 2013
|term_end = January 16, 2017
|predecessor = Gus Douglass
|successor = Kent Leonhardt
|state_senate1 = West Virginia
|district1 = 15th
|term_start1 = January 1991
|term_end1 = January 14, 2013
|predecessor1 = ???
|successor1 = Donald Cookman
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|4|25}}
|birth_place = Webster Springs, West
Virginia, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Democratic
|spouse = Rita Fay
|alma_mater = West Virginia University,
Montgomery
|religion = Presbyterianism
}}Walt D. Helmick (born March 25, 1944) is an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who serves as the Commissioner of Agriculture of the state of West Virginia. He was elected to the position in 2012, defeating Republican nominee Kent Leonhardt. In 2016, Leonhardt defeated him in a rematch. Previously, he was a member of the West Virginia Senate, representing the 15th District from 1990 to 2012. Earlier he was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1988 through 1989, served on the Pocahontas County Commission and on the Pocahontas County School Board. Electoral history | West Virginia House of Delegates 27th District Democratic Primary Election, 1988 | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | | Democratic | Joe Martin | 3,667 | 23.63 | | Democratic | Walt Helmick | 3,065 | 19.75 | | Democratic | Bill Proudfoot | 2,508 | 16.16 | | Democratic | "Stratt" Ogden, Sr. | 2,044 | 13.17 | | Democratic | Judith Seaman | 1,669 | 10.75 | | Democratic | James "Ross" Ware | 1,160 | 7.47 | | Democratic | Frank Rowe | 888 | 5.72 | | Democratic | Katherine Wright Fagan | 519 | 3.34 |
| West Virginia House of Delegates 27th District Election, 1988 | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | | Democratic | Walt Helmick | 7,908 | 32.56 | | Democratic | Joe Martin | 7,034 | 28.96 | | Republican | Jimmie Ryder, Sr. | 5,113 | 21.05 | | Republican | Phillip Cupp | 4,232 | 17.42 |
| West Virginia Senate 12th District Democratic Primary Election, 1990 | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | | Democratic | Walt Helmick | 8,646 | 50.79 | | Democratic | D. P. Given | 4,916 | 28.88 | | Democratic | George "Geo." Kallai | 3,461 | 20.33 |
| West Virginia Senate 12th District Election, 1990 | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | | Democratic | Walt Helmick | 17,339 | 65.86 | | Republican | Ashley Morrissette | 8,989 | 34.14 |
| West Virginia Senate 15th District Election, 1994 | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | | Democratic | Walt Helmick (inc.) | 16,420 | 60.40 | | Republican | Aubry Wilson | 10,766 | 39.60 |
| West Virginia Senate 15th District Democratic Primary Election, 1998 | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | | Democratic | Walt Helmick (inc.) | 7,316 | 61.09 | | Democratic | Leslee McCarty | 2,934 | 24.50 | | Democratic | Tom Jones | 1,725 | 14.41 |
| West Virginia Senate 15th District Election, 1998 | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | | Democratic | Walt Helmick (inc.) | 14,879 | 60.69 | | Republican | Les Shoemaker, Jr. | 9,638 | 39.31 |
| West Virginia Senate 15th District Election, 2002 | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | | Democratic | Walt Helmick (inc.) | 14,630 | 55.70 | | Republican | Chris Davis | 10,461 | 39.83 | | Mountain | Kit Patten | 1,173 | 4.47 |
| West Virginia Senate 15th District Election, 2006 | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | | Democratic | Walt Helmick (inc.) | 21,509 | 99.57 | | Write-in | Jeremy Donald Bauserman | 92 | 0.43 |
| West Virginia Senate 15th District Democratic Primary Election, 2010 | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | | Democratic | Walt Dolph Helmick (inc.) | 6,864 | 67.47 | | Democratic | Thomas Paul Ditty | 3,310 | 32.53 |
| West Virginia Senate 15th District Election, 2010 | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | | Democratic | Walt Dolph Helmick (inc.) | 19,192 | 57.01 | | Republican | Jeremy Donald Bauserman | 14,470 | 42.99 |
| West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture Democratic Primary Election, 2012 | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | | Democratic | Walt Helmick | 59,376 | 32.89 | | Democratic | Sally Shepherd | 44,454 | 24.62 | | Democratic | Steve Miller | 39,130 | 21.67 | | Democratic | Joe Messineo | 24,613 | 13.63 | | Democratic | Bob Tabb | 12,976 | 7.19 |
| West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture Election, 2012 | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | | Democratic | Walt Helmick | 316,591 | 51.59 | | Republican | Kent Leonhardt | 297,088 | 48.41 |
| West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture Election, 2016 | | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | | Republican | Kent Leonhardt | 321,560 | 48.41 | | Democratic | Walt Helmick | 274,191 | 41.28 | | Libertarian | Buddy A. Guthrie | 68,502 | 10.31 |
External links- Project Vote Smart - Senator Walt Helmick (WV) profile
- Follow the Money - Walt Helmick
- 2008 2006 2004 2002 1998 Senate campaign contributions
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