Charlotte Lane, a former commissioner on the U.S. International Trade Commission and an unsuccessful candidate for Congress in 2014, is running for a seat in the state House of Delegates.
Lane, a Republican and a Charleston attorney, announced Wednesday that she will run for a seat in the 35th House District, which represents South Hills, South Charleston, Dunbar, Jefferson and St. Albans.
Lane previously served for four years in the House of Delegates in the 1990s. In 2014, she came in third in a crowded Republican primary for a seat in the U.S. House, losing to Alex Mooney, who would go on to win the seat.
She becomes the ninth person running for one of the four spots representing the 35th District.
The district is currently represented by three Republicans and one Democrat, but two of those Republicans, Delegates Chris Stansbury and J.B. McCuskey have announced campaigns for other offices and will not seek re-election.
Delegate Eric Nelson, a Republican, has filed papers to run for re-election. Delegate Andrew Byrd, a Democrat, has filed papers and is likely to run for re-election but has not specifically declared what office he is seeking.
Six other candidates have filed pre-candidacy papers to run for a House seat in the 35th district: Democrats Benjamin Adams and Benjamin Sheridan and Republicans Matt Kelly, Keith Alan Pauley, Lance Wheeler and Moore Capito.