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Marylee White

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Marylee White was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 22 of the Wyoming House of Representatives.

Campaign themes

2016

White's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Keep Public Lands in Public Hands

  • After the Wyoming economy recovers from the current downturn, I would favor legislation like a bi-partisan bill recently passed in Colorado. The new law offers local governments technical and financial support so they can address concerns about management of federal lands without taking control of them.
  • America’s national forests, wildlife refuges, parks, and public lands are part of our national identity. Our public lands were created so all Americans, regardless of wealth or social status, would be able to enjoy access to the outdoors in perpetuity. That our public lands should be open to everyone to experience is one of our nation’s proudest and most sacred traditions.

The Economy

  • The familiar Wyoming bust economy is once again upon us. The outlook for Wyoming's fossil fuel economy continues to worsen. In this downward spiral the challenge facing legislators will be figure out how to retain Wyoming's core values in the face of deep budget cuts. The current downturn demonstrates once again the urgency that we fulfill decades of promises to diversify Wyoming’s economy and invest in the future. A 2015 a Pew Charitable Trust study found the Wyoming has the second most volatile revenue in the nation. Despite decades of talk about the need to diversify our economy we continue to rely on revenue from the energy industry. Wyoming must continue to create a favorable business environment for innovative start-ups, new technologies and sources of sustainable energy. We must create policies that discourage intolerance and discrimination to make our state welcoming to new businesses and their employees.
  • Rainy Day Fund - Wyoming has a $1.8 billion Rainy Day Fund but no one quite seems to know what to do with it. We need to define the fund's purpose, settle on a savings goal and figure out when and what it should be used for.

​Education

  • Cutting education does not save money. Diversification of our economy starts with a state university that produces innovative thinkers working in an environment that provides incentives to start-up businesses. Strong K-12 education will attract businesses and families to Wyoming. Early education programs for needy kids pay for themselves several times over because less money is spent later on juvenile courts, prisons, health care and social services. James Heckman, a Nobel-winning economist at the University of Chicago has found that early education for disadvantaged children is the highest return public investment in the world today.

Health Care

  • I support Governor Matt Mead's request to expand Medicaid to 18,000 Wyomingites. When uninsured people show up in Wyoming emergency rooms and hospitals, some one pays for the care they receive even if they can't. If the state doesn't do it, our struggling hospitals must, which means everyone else pays more for health care to cover the hospitals uncompensated costs.
  • Medicaid expansion would increase state revenue by $10-$15 million a year and we need it. A recent survey found that a majority of Wyomingites would support Medicaid expansion to avoid education cuts. That makes sense.[1]
 ”
—Marylee White, [2]

Elections

2016

See also: Wyoming House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Wyoming House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 16, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 27, 2016.

Incumbent Marti Halverson defeated Marylee White in the Wyoming House of Representatives District 22 general election.[3]

Wyoming House of Representatives, District 22 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Marti Halverson Incumbent 57.70% 2,942
     Democratic Marylee White 42.30% 2,157
Total Votes 5,099
Source: Wyoming Secretary of State


Marylee White defeated Chris Christian in the Wyoming House of Representatives District 22 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Wyoming House of Representatives, District 22 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Marylee White 82.16% 410
     Democratic Chris Christian 17.84% 89
Total Votes 499


Incumbent Marti Halverson defeated Bill Winney in the Wyoming House of Representatives District 22 Republican primary.[4][5]

Wyoming House of Representatives, District 22 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Marti Halverson Incumbent 66.08% 787
     Republican Bill Winney 33.92% 404
Total Votes 1,191

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  2. ↑ White for WY, "Issues," accessed July 27, 2016
  3. ↑ Wyoming Secretary of State, "2016 Official General Election Results," accessed November 29, 2016
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wyoming Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Candidate Roster," accessed May 31, 2016
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wyoming Secretary of State, "2016 Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 12, 2016


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