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Aniqua Lower
Aniqua Lower (Democratic Party) (also known as Nikki) ran for election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 96. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Lower completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Aniqua Lower earned a high school diploma from the Union Educational Complex and a bachelor's degree from Shepherd University in 2019. Lower's career experience includes working in government.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2024
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 96
Lisa White defeated Aniqua Lower in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 96 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lisa White (R)  | 71.1 | 5,383 |
 | Aniqua Lower (D) | 28.9 | 2,193 | |
| Total votes: 7,576 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 96
Aniqua Lower advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 96 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Aniqua Lower | 100.0 | 392 |
| Total votes: 392 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 96
Lisa White defeated Tanner Rogers in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 96 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa White | 67.5 | 888 |
| Tanner Rogers | 32.5 | 428 | ||
| Total votes: 1,316 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lower in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Aniqua Lower completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lower's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Supporting Our Heroes: Firefighters and EMTs in West Virginia encounter obstacles like funding shortages, high turnover rates, and inadequate equipment. Many local fire departments lack essential equipment like tankers, while EMTs require over 250 additional ambulances statewide. I will fight for pay raises and increased hazard pay for deployed guardsmen- no matter where they are when the are putting their lives and bodies on the line for our safety and freedom. Given the diverse risks faced by our heroes I want a state mandate requiring insurance companies to cover all health services fully for these brave volunteers. Addressing these issues at the state level is imperative and this is only a few of my initiatives in this policy area.
- Taxes Matter: The state's $750 million long-term budget deficit, compounded by a lack of oversight failure leading to substantial funding returns of nearly a billion dollars out of Education and DHHR funds, threatens West Virginia's families and businesses. I oppose all proposed tax increases by the State Legislature, particularly on gasoline and food. These measures burden residents and hinder economic growth while disproportionately impacting vulnerable families, and seniors, who are already grappling with financial challenges. I also oppose continued tax breaks for out of state corporations and would instead direct that money towards local West Virginian small businesses.
- Accessible Child Care and Paid Family Leave: No one should risk losing a paycheck by taking time to care for family, a newborn, or themselves. The greatest expense for a majority of West Virginia families is child care. Ensuring quality child care throughout West Virginia serves two incredibly important purposes — preparing the next generation during their most critical developmental stages, and increasing our workforce participation rates for parents. An equitable paid leave program works for both employers and employees, and ensures worker retention, work-life balance, and shows that we value families and their futures. Making childcare an affordable and professional service should be one of the most important goals for us as a State.
I see far too many people who are elected be politicians instead of public servants. They get swept up in the pomp and gala of it all and forget that they are there to work. I am here walking my entire district and trying to knock on 6,000 doors before election day to show that I am not in this for the glory but because I genuinely want to help people.
Integrity:
The primary responsibility of a member of the State Legislature is to read, write, and understand laws. This has proven quite difficult for many of our elected officials recently, our Attorney General has filed numerous frivolous lawsuits that have cost tax payers millions, our Secretary of State was embroiled in numerous lawsuits related to his inability to run his office despite the office being the responsible for handling business, and our legislators cost us a billion dollars this year because they forgot to budget a billion dollars to DHHR and for education. As a parliamentarian I know and understand in great detail the operations of the chambers and how best to conduct business and make change in them. This is a skill that will also prove useful in providing accountability for my constituents and the citizens of West Virginia.
Accountability:
Despite the fact that we have a "part-time" legislature in West Virginia I believe it is important the legislators hold regular public meetings, townhalls, and forums to provide details to the public and to seek guidance from their constituents. This is the process of holding legislators accountable to actually representing the public. Too many of our legislators have a problem being accountable for their actions when they consistently dodge their constituents and take large sums of money from lobbyists and out of state corporations.
To Not Be Bribed, Extorted, or Corrupt:
Any new endorsements can be found on my facebook page: Nikki Lower for WV.
So much of my agenda is about tackling the problems faced by firefighters and EMS from: establishing a state and federal grants coordinator and new state grant programs to help emergency services get the equipment they need like tankers and ambulances statewide, while working with the Banking and Insurance Committee to create a state mandate requiring insurance companies to cover mental and medical health services fully for these brave volunteers. Furthermore, a centralized database of local institutions providing these services and a full-time coordinator position would streamline access to support services and help ensure the well-being of our public emergency servants. I would also leverage this committee to work with the House Pensions and Retirement Committee to create and improve guaranteed retirement and death benefit programs for Fire, EMS, and Guardsmen across the state.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 27, 2024
