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Lewis Rexroad is committed to cast his vote for President Donald Trump.
"Yes I am," Rexroad said.
Rexroad is a life-long Republican and has been interested and involved in politics since his days as a student in Marion County. Rexroad was raised in Mannington, where he said all the Republicans in the county would fit in a phone booth.
Things have changed since then. The Republicans have a majority in the state House of Delegates and Senate, most of the statewide offices and all but one person in Congress from West Virginia are Republicans.
He has served as a member of the Wood County Republican Executive Committee, including as a vice chairman, and is on the state executive committee. Rexroad also has served as a ballot commissioner and has worked the polls in Wood County for 20 years.
"I'm also in the West Virginia Voters Hall of Fame," he said. "Which means I haven't missed voting for 50 years."
The Voters Hall of Fame is a program of the West Virginia Secretary of State. Applications are required and membership is open to registered voters of West Virginia who have voted in every general election of which they were eligible for 50 or more consecutive years.
The Electoral College meets after the general election. Electors from states will cast their votes according to which candidates wins the state.
"I'm very excited. That's quite an honor, being chosen as an elector," he said. "That kind of fills my bucket list."
Rexroad will represent the 1st Congressional District and said he will be joined by Beth Bloch in the 2nd District, Gov. Jim Justice in the 3rd District and at-large electors Paul Hartling and Gary Duncan.
He also is a delegate to the Republican National Convention Aug. 24-27 at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. Roger Conley of Wood County also is a delegate to the convention representing the 1st Congressional District.
Rexroad has two children, Wendy Lowe and Michael Rexroad, a pastor.
A volunteer at Camden-Clark Medical Center, he is a retired driver and delivery man for UPS and worked for the company for 33 years, primarily in Tyler and Pleasants counties, joining UPS after his discharge from the Air Force in 1966. He's seen a few generations of customers over the years.
"Near the end I was delivering to the grandkids of people from when I first started," he said.
Jess Mancini is available at jmancini@newsandsentinel.com.