{{Short description|American politician (born 1960)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Cindy Frich | image = | state_delegate = West Virginia | district = 51st | term_start = December 1, 2012 | term_end = November 30, 2018 | predecessor = Chris Walters | successor = Danielle Walker | state_delegate3 = West Virginia | district3 = 44th | term_start3 = December 1, 2002 | term_end3 = November 30, 2006 | predecessor3 = Sheirl Fletcher | successor3 = Alex Shook | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|3|19}} | birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Miami University (BA) | profession = | website = | birth_name = Cynthia Lynn Frich }} '''Cindy Lynne Frich''' (born March 19, 1960) is an American politician who previously served as a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates.<ref name="VS">{{Cite web|title=The Voter's Self Defense System: Cindy Frich's Biography|url=http://votesmart.org/|access-date=November 14, 2020|website=Vote Smart}}</ref>

==Personal life and education== Frich was born on March 19, 1960, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to John and Marlene Frich. She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and pursued postgraduate studies at West Virginia University, however, did not obtain a degree.<ref name="VS" /> Frich never married or pursued a career, and continues to live with her mother in Morgantown, West Virginia.

==Electoral history== ===1990s=== ====1998==== Initially in District 44, Frich placed in the 1998 Republican Primary but lost the eight-way four-position November 3, 1998 General election.

===2000s=== ====2000==== Frich placed again in the 2000 Republican Primary, but lost the seven-way four-position November 7, 2000 General election.

====2002==== With incumbent Republican Representative Sheirl Fletcher leaving the Legislature and leaving a seat open, Frich ran in the 2002 Republican Primary and won the seat in the November 5, 2002 General election.

====2004==== Frich placed in the five-way 2004 Republican Primary, and was re-elected in the November 2, 2004 General election.

====2006==== Frich placed in the five-way 2006 Republican Primary, but lost the eight-way four-position November 7, 2006 General election, with Alex Shook winning Frich’s seat.

====2008==== Frich ran in the May 13, 2008 Republican Primary, placing first with 3,110 votes (62.8%),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2008&eid=3&county=Statewide |title= Statewide Results Primary Election May 13, 2008 Official Results |publisher= Secretary of State of West Virginia |location= Charleston, West Virginia |accessdate= March 24, 2014}}</ref> but placed fifth in the six-way four-position November 4, 2008 General election.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2008&eid=4&county=Statewide |title= Statewide Results General Election November 4, 2008 Official Results |publisher= Secretary of State of West Virginia |location= Charleston, West Virginia |accessdate= March 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=District 51 – Cindy Frich|url=https://www.wvrlc.org/candidates/district-51-cindy-frich/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117061509/https://www.wvrlc.org/candidates/district-51-cindy-frich/ |archive-date=2020-11-17 |access-date=November 14, 2020|website=West Virginia Republican Leadership Committee|language=}}</ref>

===2010s=== ====2010==== When Senate District 13 Democratic Senator Mike Oliverio retired and left the seat open, Frich ran unopposed in the May 11, 2010 Republican Primary, winning with 3,921 votes<ref>{{cite web |url= http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2010&eid=5&county=Statewide |title= Statewide Results Primary Election May 11, 2010 Official Results |publisher= Secretary of State of West Virginia |location= Charleston, West Virginia |accessdate= March 24, 2014}}</ref> but lost the November 2, 2010 General election to Democratic Representative Robert Beach.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2010&eid=6&county=Statewide |title= Statewide Results General Election November 2, 2010 Official Results |publisher= Secretary of State of West Virginia |location= Charleston, West Virginia |accessdate= March 24, 2014}}</ref>

====2012==== Redistricted to District 51 alongside all four District 44 incumbents, Frich ran in the seven-way May 8, 2012 Republican Primary and placed first with 2,969 votes (21.9%)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2012&eid=8&county=Statewide |title= Statewide Results Primary Election May 8, 2012 Official Results |publisher= Secretary of State of West Virginia |location= Charleston, West Virginia |accessdate= March 24, 2014}}</ref> and placed second in the eleven-way five-position November 6, 2012 General election with 14,677 votes (11.7%).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2012&eid=13&county=Statewide |title= Statewide Results General Election November 6, 2012 Official Results |publisher= Secretary of State of West Virginia |location= Charleston, West Virginia |accessdate= March 24, 2014}}</ref>

====2018==== With five seats open in the 2018 General election, which was held on November 6, 2018, Frich placed seventh in a twelve-way election with 12,601 votes, 1,639 short of the final seat, losing to Barbara Fleischauer (D), John Williams (D), Rodney Pyles (D), Evan Hansen (D) and newcomer Danielle Walker (D).<ref name="CFBP">{{cite web |url= https://ballotpedia.org/Cindy_Frich#Elections |title=Cindy Frich: Elections |publisher= Ballotpedia|accessdate= November 14, 2020}}</ref>

====2020==== With five seats open in the 2020 General election, which was held on November 3, 2020, Frich placed sixth.<ref name="CFBP" />

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==External links== *[http://www.cindyfrich.net/ Campaign site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517083802/http://cindyfrich.net/ |date=2014-05-17 }} *{{CongLinks | congbio = | votesmart = 26396 | fec = | congress = }} *[http://ballotpedia.org/Cindy_Frich Cindy Frich] at Ballotpedia *[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=4106 Cindy Frich] at OpenSecrets

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