Biography of Jay Wolfe

Jay Wolfe was born in Parkersburg, the son of Donald and Emogene Moore Wolfe, both of whom were born in Cairo of Ritchie County.  Attending public schools in Wood County, he graduated in 1973 from Parkersburg South where he met his wife to be, Mollie Butler. Later, he attended Marshall University majoring in business and graduated from Glenville State College in 1977 with a degree in business administration. Mollie became a school teacher and taught in the Wood County public schools for five years. Mollie now operates the insurance agency full-time.  Mollie and Jay have been married thirty-three years, have four grown children and four grandchildren. Both Mollie and Jay grew up in Democrat homes and first registered as Democrats to vote.

Jay and Mollie own and operate an independent, property-casualty insurance agency. He has been an insurance agent for 30 years, been involved in building two motels, owns several rental properties and operates four Sprint cell phone stores, all in West Virginia.

The Wolfes are active members of Life Builders Fellowship church where Jay is an elder, teaches youth Sunday-school classes and plays the bass-guitar in the worship band. Since 1983, Jay has made numerous trips to Ft. Liberte, Haiti where he, along with many others from churches around West Virginia, has helped the Haitian Jerusalem Baptist Church congregation build school classrooms, help supply medical clinics and build an orphanage.

In 1984, when moved to Bridgeport with an insurance job, Jay and Mollie both registered for the first time as Republicans because of their pro-life convictions and knowing the pro-abortion political platform of the Democrat Party. Jay has since grown to be both socially and fiscally conservative.

Jay Wolfe served four years in the West Virginia State Senate from 1987 through 1990, served on the Harrison County and State Republican Executive Committees, was the 1988 Republican U.S. Senate nominee against Robert Byrd and the 2002 Republican U.S. Senate nominee against Jay Rockefeller.

When asked why he keeps going after Rockefeller’s U.S. Senate seat, he is quick to remind people that, “Rockefeller is out of touch with the values of most West Virginians - just look at his voting record.”