Amanda Vincent
Amanda Vincent (Democratic Party) ran for election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 88. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Vincent completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Amanda Vincent's career experience includes working as a farmer and small business owner. She served in the U.S. Army.[1]
Vincent has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Hampshire County Farmer's Market Association
- Veterans of Foreign Wars
- West Virginia Farm Bureau
- West Virginia Can't Wait
Elections
2024
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2024
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 88
Incumbent Rick Hillenbrand defeated Amanda Vincent in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 88 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rick Hillenbrand (R)  | 78.5 | 6,176 |
 | Amanda Vincent (D) | 21.5 | 1,696 | |
| Total votes: 7,872 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 88
Amanda Vincent advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 88 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Amanda Vincent | 100.0 | 562 |
| Total votes: 562 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 88
Incumbent Rick Hillenbrand advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 88 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rick Hillenbrand | 100.0 | 2,333 |
| Total votes: 2,333 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Vincent in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Amanda Vincent completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Vincent's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am the daughter of two Army veterans, and I carried on that tradition by enlisting in the United States Army in 2012. While in the military, I served as a Cryptologic Linguist; I am proficient in Persian Farsi (Iran) and Dari (Afghanistan), and I spent the last two years of my enlistment working at the National Security Agency. I also spent several months serving my country in Afghanistan. Thus, I am no stranger to challenges and am determined to use my experiences to bring about positive change in West Virginia.
As a young farmer, I am deeply rooted in the agricultural community; I am the treasurer of the Hampshire County Farmer's Market Association. As of this year, I am also a member of the West Virginia Farm Bureau. I am a strong believer of the saying, "No farmers or farms, NO FOOD!"
As a mother, I am deeply concerned and focused on those issues that affect our beautiful state, such as the Childcare crisis and our public school systems.
When I'm not speaking to people about their concerns, I am on my farm milking goats, taking care of my child, and raising meat rabbits.- What inspired me to run for office was the 2022 overturn of Roe v. Wade. To this combat veteran, the word "freedom" does not mean "forced pregnancy." Abortion bans are government overreach, and state legislators need to remove themselves from our doctors' offices. I will defend the right to abortion and other reproductive freedoms for all West Virginians. I did not endure rockets flying over my head in Afghanistan, to subsequently have the right over my own body taken away from me in my own country.
- People will see the word "Democrat" beside my name and have assumptions about me and my views on firearms. I am a Democrat and there are guns in my household. I had to qualify every 6 months for 6 years on the M-4 and M-16, which are the military equivalents of the civilian AR-15. I want voters to know that my family responsibly owns guns and we (including my United States Navy veteran husband) know how to shoot them.
- I believe working to solve our failing Public Education system in West Virginia will have a positive domino effect on other state issues. Our children deserve the very best free, public education, and our teachers deserve to be paid more. Right now, highly qualified teachers can drive an hour or less into another state and get paid up to $10,000 more a year. This is unacceptable.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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