Dave Sartin
Challenger Dave Sartin is running for United States House of Representatives, 1st District in Kermit, West Virginia. Election day is November 7, 2028.
I was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina and lived there until I was 17. I moved to West Virginia to get away from "the city life" so I could hunt and fish. At 19 I met my wife and we got married and have been for the last 30 years. We have two boys that are grown up and we still live in the Kermit area today.
I started my adult life as a volunteer firefighter with the Kermit Volunteer Fire Department and the Dunlow Volunteer Fire Department starting in 1990 spanning through 2015. In 1993 I got my Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) license and in 1999 I went through school and got my Paramedic license. In November of 1999 I joined the Army as a Combat Engineer and went on to Airborne School landing at my first duty station of Fort Bragg, North Carolina with the 82nd Airborne Division where I deployed for the first time in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. In 2005 I reenlisted to go to the 1st Armored Division in Baumholder, Germany where I deployed again in support Operation Iraqi Freedom. I continued to serve as a volunteer firefighter and practicing paramedic through my entire enlistment as I would volunteer every time I was able to come home on leave. Unfortunately, I had to be medically discharged from military service for picking up asthma while I was in Germany in 2006. Upon leaving the Army I worked for Norfolk Southern Railways as a conductor and a transportation/engineering supervisor trainee followed by being an Over the Road truck driver for the last few years.
I started my adult life as a volunteer firefighter with the Kermit Volunteer Fire Department and the Dunlow Volunteer Fire Department starting in 1990 spanning through 2015. In 1993 I got my Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) license and in 1999 I went through school and got my Paramedic license. In November of 1999 I joined the Army as a Combat Engineer and went on to Airborne School landing at my first duty station of Fort Bragg, North Carolina with the 82nd Airborne Division where I deployed for the first time in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. In 2005 I reenlisted to go to the 1st Armored Division in Baumholder, Germany where I deployed again in support Operation Iraqi Freedom. I continued to serve as a volunteer firefighter and practicing paramedic through my entire enlistment as I would volunteer every time I was able to come home on leave. Unfortunately, I had to be medically discharged from military service for picking up asthma while I was in Germany in 2006. Upon leaving the Army I worked for Norfolk Southern Railways as a conductor and a transportation/engineering supervisor trainee followed by being an Over the Road truck driver for the last few years.
