Natalie Tennant

Natalie Tennant
29th Secretary of State of West Virginia
In office
January 19, 2009 – January 16, 2017
GovernorJoe Manchin
Earl Ray Tomblin
Preceded byBetty Ireland
Succeeded byMac Warner
Personal details
Born (1967-12-25) December 25, 1967 (age 56)
Fairmont, West Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseErik Wells
Children1
EducationWest Virginia University (BS, MA)

Natalie E. Tennant (born December 25, 1967)[1] is an American politician who served as the Secretary of State of West Virginia from 2009 to 2017.[2] She is a member of the Democratic Party. Tennant was the 2014 Democratic Party nominee for West Virginia's open U.S. Senate seat, which she lost to Republican Shelley Moore Capito. In 2016 she was defeated for re-election by Republican Mac Warner, and left office on January 16, 2017.

Prior to her election as secretary of state, Tennant was a television reporter and co-owner of a video production company.

  1. ^ "Natalie Tennant". The West Virginia Encyclopedia. December 8, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  2. ^ "West Virginia Secretary of State's office". sos.wv.gov. Retrieved 28 December 2010.