Brad Heflin
Brad Benjamin Heflin was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 37 of the West Virginia House of Delegates.[1]
Campaign themes
2014
Heflin's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]
- Water Quality
- Excerpt:
- Require a secondary water source for public intakes.
- Remove inspection exemptions for certain industries storage tank facilities.
- Change the definition of "storage tank" to include tanks over 1,350 gallons.
- Drug Abuse
- Excerpt:
- Dedicate a percentage of natural resource severance tax revenue to fund inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers in West Virginia. Currently, West Virginia maintains only two 90-day rehab centers.
- Invest in a multi-state prescription drug monitoring compact to monitor narcotic prescriptions.
- Centralize probation, parole and community corrections centers in West Virginia to create taxpayer savings and coordinate efforts to keep offenders off of drugs and into safe, stable working environments.
- State Budget
- Excerpt:
- Repeal the FlexFuel vehicle tax credit. The FlexFuel tax credit is expected to cost the state over $100 million in revenue.
- Begin interim committee reviews of state tax credits to determine their economic benefits and impact on the state budget.
- Reinstate previous levels of funding for seniors' nutrition programs and afterschool programs in public schools.
- Public Safety
- Excerpt:
- Scrap Metal & Electronics Buy-back Registry
- Repeal Laws to Allow Weapons in Community Centers
Elections
2014
Elections for the West Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 13, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 25, 2014. Mike Pushkin defeated Archie Chestnut, Brad Heflin, Richard Lindsay and Robert Sheets in the Democratic primary. Charles Minimah was unopposed in the Republican primary. Pushkin defeated Minimah in the general election. Tadd Haynes (R) withdrew before the primary.[1][3]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | ![]() |
66.7% | 2,503 | |
Republican | Charles Minimah | 33.3% | 1,252 | |
Total Votes | 3,755 |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Brad + Heflin + West + Virginia + House"
See also
- West Virginia State Legislature
- West Virginia state legislative districts
- West Virginia House of Delegates
- West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2014
External links
- West Virginia State Legislature
- Official campaign website
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Brad Heflin on Facebook
- Brad Heflin on Twitter
Footnotes