Joseph Golden
Joseph Golden (Democratic Party) ran for election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 45. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 10, 2022.
Golden completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Joseph Golden was born in Norwalk, Connecticut. He earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1970 and an M.D. from the University of Connecticut in 1975. Golden's career experience includes working as a family physician. He has been affiliated with the West Virginia Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation and the Raleigh County Commission on Aging.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2022
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 45
Eric Brooks defeated Christian Martine in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 45 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Eric Brooks (R)  | 65.1 | 2,516 |
 | Christian Martine (D) | 34.9 | 1,349 | |
| Total votes: 3,865 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 45
Christian Martine defeated Joseph Golden and Kevin Walker in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 45 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christian Martine | 48.1 | 367 |
 | Joseph Golden | 34.9 | 266 | |
| Kevin Walker | 17.0 | 130 | ||
| Total votes: 763 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 45
Eric Brooks defeated Ron Hedrick in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 45 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eric Brooks | 51.9 | 594 |
 | Ron Hedrick | 48.1 | 551 | |
| Total votes: 1,145 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Joseph Golden completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Golden's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- If we are to improve West Virginia economically as well as dealing with long term problems in our society, we need to develop and expand programs that help all the people.
- We need to recruit and retain essential professionals, such as public school teachers, nurses, social workers, emergency first responders, by providing state funded reduction in student loans, as long as they commit to at least 5 years of work in WV.
- Improve job creation, partly by raising the minimum wage from $8.75/ hour to $ 12.00/hour, by getting West Virginia workers hired to work in Infrastructure jobs.
West Virginia is hurting due to vacancies of over 1000 certified public school teachers, of vacancy rate of 30% of social service workers in the Department of Health and Human Services. During the Pandemic, some hospitals had to close nursing units because they had insufficient staffing. Ambulance crews do not have adequate Paramedic staffing.
Through individual commitment, and collective effort, they led a nascent country, from being a collection of states, into a nation with a democratic structure, with the means to eventually evolve into a country of laws that recognizes the dignity and worth of all people. Albeit with much struggle and tragedies casing harm to many.
Continued life long learning
Lifelong habits of hard work, and seeing projects to fruition.
2. To provide constructive legislative ideas and acts that will positively impact the people and the institutions of the state.
3. To uphold the principles of democracy, the practice of open and fair elections, and the rules and principles of the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, and the Constitution of the United States.
2. After college I was a Volunteer in Service to America (VISTA), in South Carolina helping families get FHA loans to put in deep water wells, and get bathrooms added to their homes. After 1 year working there I went to medical school.
The current governor has demonstrated poor fiscal responsibility and transparency in the allocation of some of the funds of government.
For example, he has awarded a $1.1million "sponsorship" to a minor league stock car racer.
Fire Departments and EMS
Senior, Children, and Family Issues
Education
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 3, 2022
