Betsy Orndoff-Sayers
Betsy Orndoff-Sayers (Democratic Party) is running for election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 86. She declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on May 12, 2026.[source]
Orndoff-Sayers was the Mountain Party of West Virginia Vice Chair.
Biography
Betsy Orndoff-Sayers was born in Winchester, Virginia. She earned a high school diploma from Wardensville School, a bachelor's degree from West Virginia University in 1983, and a graduate degree from George Mason University in 2008. Her career experience includes working as a mayor, small business owner, and public school teacher.[1]
As of 2024, Orndoff-Sayers was affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Region 8 Planning & Development Council, Executive Board
- Region 8 Solid Waster Authority
- West Virginia Municipal League, Executive Board
- Wardensville Development Authority
- VFW Capon Post 2102 Auxiliary
- Lion's Club International
- South Branch Valley Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution
- West Virginia 4-H All Star
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
Elections
2026
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on May 12, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 86
Betsy Orndoff-Sayers (D) is running in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 86 on May 12, 2026.
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Republican primary
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 86
Incumbent Bryan Ward (R) and Steven Schetrom (R) are running in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 86 on May 12, 2026.
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2024
See also: West Virginia State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for West Virginia State Senate District 14
Incumbent Randy E. Smith defeated Betsy Orndoff-Sayers in the general election for West Virginia State Senate District 14 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Randy E. Smith (R) | 86.6 | 36,296 |
| Betsy Orndoff-Sayers (Mountain Party) | 13.4 | 5,594 | |
| Total votes: 41,890 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 14
Incumbent Randy E. Smith advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 14 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Randy E. Smith | 100.0 | 13,897 |
| Total votes: 13,897 | |||
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Mountain Party primary election
Mountain Party primary for West Virginia State Senate District 14
Betsy Orndoff-Sayers advanced from the Mountain Party primary for West Virginia State Senate District 14 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Betsy Orndoff-Sayers | 100.0 | 19 |
| Total votes: 19 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2024
Betsy Orndoff-Sayers completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Orndoff-Sayers' responses.
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- I will champion legislation to address the problem of lack of access to clean water. We as a state need to address the clean water issues that are causing concern around the state. We have local water utilities that are struggling to provide clean water to their customers and customers that don’t have a reliable water source that is free from industrial contaminates. We can do better at improving the infrastructure by bringing the parties together and creating a plan to resolve the issues. The plan may involve combining utilities or providing funding to upgrade our aging water and wastewater utilities. Project funding needs to be leveraged to maximize the return on local investment.
- Our residents need access to adequate and affordable housing throughout the state. Previously, some of our county Rural Development Authorities were building housing developments for low to moderate income families . We need to look at Housing Authority models that are working around the state and see how they can be replicated arounds the state. Cooperation and collaboration are key in addressing this concern. Industry needs to be involved in providing housing for workers that they bring to an area. We also need to look at what may happens when an individual no longer works for for that employer. Is housing available? What resources are available to address homelessness? This is an example of an unintended business consequence.
- Our families deserve access to quality and affordable child care. In 1943, Congress allocated $20 million to create the nation's first and only universal childcare program under the Lanham Act. States and private companies used the funding to set up programs that provided child care while women worked in the factories. There is a model to do this. It comes down to state governments deciding that developmentally appropriate child care is essential and that providing funding for it is in the annual budget. Access to quality child care improves employee productivity when parent know their child(ren) are well cared for. Child care workers need to be paid a living wage and have benefits. This is possible, we just need to make it a reality.
Planned Parenthood
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See also
2026 Elections
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