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Benjamin M. Sheridan

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Benjamin Sheridan

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Benjamin M. Sheridan was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 35 of the West Virginia House of Delegates.[1]

Campaign themes

2016

Sheridan's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Startups and Entrepreneurs are the Keys to Economic Development

  • The people of West Virginia are hard-working, open-minded, and smart. We need to foster an economic development plan that focuses on encouraging the folks in our state to start businesses of all kinds. That plan may include tax breaks for small businesses and entrepreneurs, or it may help with student loans. IA small investment in helping to pay the student loans of an aspiring entrepreneur might encourage that West Virginian to make the leap into a business of his own and to employ other West Virginians, helping to secure the financial future of those who come after him.
  • To that end, I encourage tax breaks to West Virginia businesses that employ fewer than fifty West Virginians, especially during those precarious first three years of business operation. Further, I propose investing a small amount of money in assisting those young entrepreneurs who choose to stay in West Virginia to open their business by helping them with their student loans. That way, our best and brightest choose the Mountain State for their startup idea, as opposed to somewhere else.

Education Needs to Focus on Building Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs and Job Creators

  • West Virginia needs to refocus how it thinks about building its economy and base growth around cultivating our motivated children and young adults to start businesses, take risks, and create jobs.
  • To that end, I believe West Virginia should have a program to assist entrepreneurs and job creators with their student loans so that they have a free hand to experiment and take the risks necessary to start a business. West Virginia needs to invest in scholarship programs that help job creators who employ West Virginians by taking the stress of student loans off their back so that they can focus on what they do best, putting other West Virginians to work.

Reliable Broadband Access is a Jobs Issue

  • Reliable high speed internet in all parts of the state is a must to ensure that our communities can grow and compete. In order for our state’s entrepreneurs to build jobs and lay the foundation for our children’s futures, there must be access to affordable and reliable broadband in the communities that need it most. Communities like the 35th District need affordable, reliable internet to make sure that we grow, prosper, and compete in today’s high-speed, high-tech economy. To that end, internet service providers must be regulated, like all other utilities, to make sure they are looking out for you—the customer—while providing the highest-quality service available for your money, and to ensure their sole interest is not their own bottom line.[2]
 ”
—Benjamin Sheridan[3]

Elections

2016

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2016

Elections for the West Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 10, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was January 30, 2016. Incumbent John B. McCuskey (R) and incumbent Chris Stansbury (R) did not seek re-election.

The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 general election.[4][5]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 35, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Andrew Byrd Incumbent 15.23% 13,546
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Moore Capito 16.67% 14,822
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Charlotte Lane 11.81% 10,505
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Eric Nelson Incumbent 13.36% 11,881
     Democratic Ben Adams 11.13% 9,899
     Democratic Thornton Cooper 10.57% 9,404
     Democratic Benjamin M. Sheridan 9.70% 8,628
     Republican Keith Pauley 11.53% 10,251
Total Votes 88,936
Source: West Virginia Secretary of State


The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 Democratic primary.[6][7]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 35, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Ben Adams 13.80% 3,806
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Andrew Byrd Incumbent 22.87% 6,308
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Thornton Cooper 12.37% 3,413
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Benjamin M. Sheridan 10.64% 2,935
     Democratic C.B. Britton 6.37% 1,757
     Democratic Devin J. Casey 6.38% 1,759
     Democratic John Knight 8.27% 2,281
     Democratic Shawn Little 9.11% 2,513
     Democratic Jack Rogers 10.18% 2,809
Total Votes 27,581


The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 Republican primary.[6][7]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 35, Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Moore Capito 23.77% 4,896
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Charlotte Lane 14.43% 2,973
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Eric Nelson Incumbent 21.30% 4,388
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Keith Pauley 14.03% 2,890
     Republican Calvin Grimm 4.20% 866
     Republican Bill Johnson 9.00% 1,853
     Republican Matt Kelly 13.26% 2,731
Total Votes 20,597


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Footnotes

  1. ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing By Office," accessed February 1, 2016
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. ↑ Sheridan for WV, "Issues," accessed September 20, 2016
  4. ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate search," accessed November 4, 2016
  5. ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed May 3, 2017
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," accessed January 30, 2016
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results - Primary Election - May 10, 2016," accessed August 2, 2016


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