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Carly Braun (Republican Party) ran for election to the West Virginia State Senate to represent District 13. She lost in the Republican primary on May 10, 2022.

Braun also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District. She did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on May 10, 2022.

Braun completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Carly Braun was born in Weirton, West Virginia. She earned a bachelor's degree from Purdue University Global in 2012 and a graduate degree from Southern New Hampshire University in 2018. She also graduated from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in 2015. Braun's career experience includes working as an FBI officer.^[1]

Elections

2022

West Virginia State Senate

See also: West Virginia State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for West Virginia State Senate District 13

Mike Oliverio defeated Barbara Fleischauer in the general election for West Virginia State Senate District 13 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Oliverio (R)	50.3	13,495
		Barbara Fleischauer (D)	49.7	13,342

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,837
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 13

Barbara Fleischauer defeated Rich Jacobs in the Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 13 on May 10, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Barbara Fleischauer	82.5	5,366
	Submit photo	Rich Jacobs	17.5	1,140

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,506
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 13

Mike Oliverio defeated Carly Braun in the Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 13 on May 10, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Oliverio	80.4	4,528
		Carly Braun	19.6	1,102

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,630
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West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District

See also: West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House West Virginia District 2

Incumbent Alexander Mooney defeated Barry Wendell and Susan Buchser-Lochocki in the general election for U.S. House West Virginia District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alexander Mooney (R)	65.5	160,493
		Barry Wendell (D)	34.4	84,278
		Susan Buchser-Lochocki (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	115

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 244,886
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 2

Barry Wendell defeated Angela Dwyer in the Democratic primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 2 on May 10, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Barry Wendell	57.1	22,139
		Angela Dwyer	42.9	16,653

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,792
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 2

Incumbent Alexander Mooney defeated incumbent David McKinley, Susan Buchser-Lochocki, Mike Seckman, and Rhonda Hercules in the Republican primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 2 on May 10, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alexander Mooney	54.2	45,164
		David McKinley	35.6	29,619
		Susan Buchser-Lochocki	4.0	3,329
	Submit photo	Mike Seckman	3.7	3,076
		Rhonda Hercules	2.5	2,083

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 83,271
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Michael Sisco (R)
Carly Braun (R)

Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Carly Braun completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Braun's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I earned a Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice while working two full time jobs. Then I began the journey to earn a Master’s degree in psychology. During that time, I was honored to become a federal law enforcement officer with the FBI.

I proudly served the FBI since 2015, first as an FBI police officer, where I was trained at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia and I then underwent training at Quantico, VA. During my time as a police officer, I put myself in harm’s way to protect the men and women who are employed with the FBI.

In 2019, I left the police unit and went to work in the Facial Recognition Unit and trained in biometric imaging and comparison, which allowed me to increase my knowledge to better serve the FBI.

In August of 2021, I was forced to resign my position at the FBI when Biden implemented his COVID mandates on all federal employees. After that, I decided to run for congress.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

The border crisis must be stopped and the border must be secured once and for all.
Stop federal level COVID mandates and eviction moratoriums.
Stand up for America by impeaching Biden and Harris for dereliction of duty.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

We must continue President Trump's vision of reducing the federal government footprint. We MUST stop the border crisis and seal up the border, and restore the "Stay In Mexico" policy. To be sure, I will not shirk from my constitutional duties as a Congresswoman. You can count on it.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Honesty, availability, principled leadership skills and having a backbone.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

You must be dedicated to the Constitution of the United States of America.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

National security.

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

No, I believe 3 or 4 years would be better so they can spend more time legislating and less time campaigning.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

Every candidate seems to support term limits when they first run for office. Then, once elected, it never happens.

I do not support term limits because our founding fathers (most who were politicians until their dying days) did not see it fit to include it in the constitution. I believe that is because they did not see reason to restrict the ability of voters to choose who they want for their representatives. It is up to voters to vote out those politicians who are no longer effective.

Furthermore, when there are term limits, it does not help your average Joe to get elected, it only enable the parties to perfectly plan the trajectory of those seats since they will know exactly when those seats will be available - and they will already have someone lined up and funded - as politicians who are well funded simply move from one office to another, just like they do in California.

And finally, with term limits, you will assuredly create a "lame duck" situation at the end of every election.

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Candidate

U.S. House West Virginia District 2

Footnotes

↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 21, 2021

West Virginia's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Shelley Capito (R)

Jim Justice (R)

Representatives

District 1

Carol Miller (R)

District 2

Riley Moore (R)

Republican Party (4)

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