Tim Armstead, of Elkview, West Virginia, (born February 26, 1965) is a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 politician

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 from West Virginia

West Virginia

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, currently representing 32nd District (Kanawha County

Kanawha County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 200,073 people, 86,226 households, and 55,960 families residing in the county. The population density was 222 people per square mile . There were 93,788 housing units at an average density of 104 per square mile...

) in the West Virginia House of Delegates

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. Armstead is originally from Clendenin, West Virginia. He is a graduate of the University of Charleston, West Virginia and West Virginia University College of Law.

Armstead is a House Minority Leader, which makes him the highest ranking Republican in the body.