# John Shott

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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name            = John Shott
| image           =
| state_delegate  = West Virginia
| district        = 27th<ref name="WVL">{{cite web |url= http://www.legis.state.wv.us/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Shott |title= John Shott |publisher= [West Virginia Legislature](/source/West_Virginia_Legislature) |location= [Charleston, West Virginia](/source/Charleston%2C_West_Virginia) |access-date= March 20, 2014 |archive-date= June 10, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170610061632/http://www.legis.state.wv.us/house/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Shott |url-status= dead }}</ref>
| term_start      = January 12, 2013
| term_end        = December 1, 2020
| predecessor     = 
| successor       = Incumbent
| state_senate3   = West Virginia
| district3       = [10th](/source/West_Virginia's_10th_Senate_district)
| term_start3     = May 19, 2010
| term_end3       = January 2011
| predecessor3    = [Don Caruth](/source/Don_Caruth)
| successor3      = [William Laird IV](/source/William_Laird_IV)
| alongside3      = [Ronald F. Miller](/source/Ronald_F._Miller)
| state_delegate4 = West Virginia
| district4       = 24th
| term_start4     = January 2009
| term_end4       = May 19, 2010
| predecessor4    = [Eustace Frederick](/source/Eustace_Frederick)
| successor4      = [Bill Cole](/source/Bill_Cole_(West_Virginia_politician))
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1948|6|24}}
| birth_place     = [Bluefield, West Virginia](/source/Bluefield%2C_West_Virginia), U.S.
| death_date      = 
| death_place     = 
| party           = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
| spouse          = 
| children        = 
| alma_mater      = [Davidson College](/source/Davidson_College)<br />[University of North Carolina School of Law](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_School_of_Law)
| profession      = [Attorney](/source/Lawyer)
| website         =  
}}

'''John Headley Shott''' (born June 24, 1948) is an American politician who was a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) member of the [West Virginia House of Delegates](/source/West_Virginia_House_of_Delegates) representing District 27<ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/103257 |title= John Shott's Biography |publisher= [Project Vote Smart](/source/Project_Vote_Smart) |access-date= March 20, 2014}}</ref> from January 12, 2013, to 2020. Shott served non-consecutively from January 2009 in the District 24 seat until his appointment May 19, 2010 to the [West Virginia Senate](/source/West_Virginia_Senate) [District 10](/source/West_Virginia's_10th_Senate_district) seat to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator [Don Caruth](/source/Don_Caruth) until January 2011.

==Education==
Shott earned his [BS](/source/Bachelor_of_Science) in [psychology](/source/psychology) from [Davidson College](/source/Davidson_College) and his [JD](/source/Juris_Doctor) from the [University of North Carolina School of Law](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_School_of_Law).

==Elections==
*2012 Redistricted to District 27, Shott ran in the three-way May 8, 2012 Republican Primary and placed first by 5 votes with 1,586 votes (33.9%),<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](/source/Secretary_of_State_of_West_Virginia) |location= Charleston, West Virginia |access-date= March 20, 2014 |archive-date= December 7, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151207223601/http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2012&eid=8&county=Statewide |url-status= dead }}</ref> and placed first in the six-way November 6, 2012 General election with 10,998 votes (22.2%) ahead of fellow Republican nominees [Joe Ellington](/source/Joe_Ellington) and [Marty Gearheart](/source/Marty_Gearheart) and Democratic nominees Ryan Flanigan, Greg Ball, and Bill Morefield,<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 |access-date= March 20, 2014 |archive-date= November 10, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131110175208/http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2012&eid=13&county=Statewide |url-status= dead }}</ref> who had run for a District 25 seat in 2006 and 2010.
*2008 Initially in District 24, Shott ran in the four-way May 13, 2008 Republican Primary, winning with 469 votes (65.4%);<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 |access-date= March 20, 2014 |archive-date= October 31, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201031062936/http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2008&eid=3&county=Statewide |url-status= dead }}</ref> and won the November 4, 2008 General election with 3,144 votes (53.6%) against Democratic nominee Mike Vinciguerra.<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 |access-date= March 20, 2014 |archive-date= November 7, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181107192633/http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/results.aspx?year=2008&eid=4&county=Statewide |url-status= dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.legis.state.wv.us/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Shott Official page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610061632/http://www.legis.state.wv.us/house/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Shott |date=2017-06-10 }} at the [West Virginia Legislature](/source/West_Virginia_Legislature)
*{{CongLinks | congbio = | votesmart = 103257 | fec = | congress = }}
*[http://ballotpedia.org/John_H._Shott John Shott] at [Ballotpedia](/source/Ballotpedia)
*[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=9426 John H. Shott] at [OpenSecrets](/source/OpenSecrets)

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Category:Republican Party West Virginia state senators
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Category:Politicians from Bluefield, West Virginia

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