Margaret Leach

Career

She pledged to vote for Michael Dukakis for President of the United States and Lloyd Bentsen for Vice President of the United States. Leach died December 23, 2007.

Achievements

• However, she cast her vote for Bentsen as President and Dukakis as Vice President as a form of protest against the electoral college"s winner-take-all system. She won the Democratic primary for an additional term, but lost the general election in 2006.

Membership

Leach was later a seven-term member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 15th district.