Spike Maynard | |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia | |
| In office January 1, 1997 – December 31, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur M. Recht |
| Succeeded by | Menis Ketchum |
| Judge of 30th Circuit Court of West Virginia | |
| In office 1981–1996 | |
| Appointed by | Jay Rockefeller |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 8, 1942 Williamson, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | May 1, 2014 (aged 71) Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Florida Southern College West Virginia University College of Law |
Elliott E. "Spike" Maynard (December 8, 1942 – May 1, 2014) was an American lawyer and former judge from West Virginia. In 1996 he was elected as a Democrat to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. A judge of West Virginia's 30th Judicial Circuit for over 16 years, he was elected as a Democrat to a 12-year term on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia in 1996.[1]
In 2010, Maynard switched parties and won the Republican nomination to challenge longtime Democratic U.S. Representative Nick Rahall in West Virginia's 3rd congressional district. On November 2, 2010, Maynard was defeated in his election bid in the second-closest election in Rahall's political history.[2]