Eric Porterfield | |
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| Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 27th district | |
| In office December 1, 2018 – December 1, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Marty Gearheart |
| Succeeded by | Marty Gearheart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eric Earl Porterfield November 17, 1974 Princeton, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Princeton, West Virginia, U.S. |
Eric Earl Porterfield (born November 17, 1974) is an American politician and a Republican former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 27, which includes parts of Mercer and Raleigh counties. First elected in 2018, Porterfield is the second blind person ever to serve in the West Virginia legislature. Alongside being known for being a physically disabled politician, Porterfield is also well known for his unwavering opposition to rights for LGBT people, who he has compared to terrorists and the Ku Klux Klan. He is on video expressing that, should his daughter or son come out gay, he would “see if they knew how to swim”; implying he would drown them. In the June 2020 primary he was defeated in his bid for re-election, coming in last of Republican candidates running.[1]