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Natalie Cline (West Virginia)
Natalie Cline (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent West Virginia's 1st Congressional District. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Cline completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2020
See also: West Virginia's 1st Congressional District election, 2020
West Virginia's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (June 9 Democratic primary)
West Virginia's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (June 9 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House West Virginia District 1
Incumbent David McKinley defeated Natalie Cline and Shawn Cosner in the general election for U.S. House West Virginia District 1 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | David McKinley (R) | 69.0 | 180,488 |
 | Natalie Cline (D)  | 31.0 | 81,177 | |
 | Shawn Cosner (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Total votes: 261,665 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 1
Natalie Cline defeated Tom Payne in the Democratic primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 1 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Natalie Cline | 74.7 | 46,052 |
 | Tom Payne | 25.3 | 15,559 | |
| Total votes: 61,611 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 1
Incumbent David McKinley advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 1 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David McKinley | 100.0 | 64,511 |
| Total votes: 64,511 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House West Virginia District 1
David Moran advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House West Virginia District 1 on April 8, 2020.
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| ✔ |  | David Moran (L) |
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Natalie Cline completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cline's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Natalie grew up in Williamstown, West Virginia. She graduated from Williamstown High School in 1999. Natalie is a graduate of West Liberty University, Salem International University and West Virginia University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in International Studies in 2005, Master of Business Administration in International Business in 2009, and a Master of Arts in Linguistics in 2013 respectively.
She currently telecommutes as a Computational Linguist for a software company based in Herndon, Virginia. She also has taught at both West Virginia University and George Mason University, and has worked as a Computational Linguist since 2015 where she primarily works with government agencies, government contractors and law enforcement agencies to provide entity and relationship extraction services.- We are proposing the Family Reinvestment Act which will act similarly to FEMA, by providing disaster relief to communities affected by medical and social crises, such as the opioid crisis. It will open medical facilities, including rehabilitation and mental health centers, and establish additional food banks. It will also implement mental health programs in our public schools, as well as, establish student food banks and employ additional nurses and social workers.
- Right now is the wealthiest time in WV's history, but all of our profits, people and resources are being extracted out-of-state. Every day we see 45 people move out-of-state. That is 45 people that are giving up on us because we cannot provide jobs, education or a quality lifestyle. We have an aging population that is being forced to continue to work well past the average age of retirement, and we have a population addicted to opioids. We must work to put our people's interests above those of out-of-state corporations and pass campaign finance reform that keeps corporate interests our of our elections.
- West Virginia has taught our nation that our teachers are one of our most valuable assets. These souls are many times the first line of defense for our children, their source of nutrition and their shoulder to lean on. We must prioritize our teachers by increasing their pay, protecting their benefits, and ensuring that they have the materials that they need to succeed.
She believes that healthcare is a basic human right, and that it is our government's responsibility to ensure that everyone can afford it. Natalie wants to propose legislation that will help bring rehabilitation centers and mental health centers back into our communities, establish mental health programs in our public schools, hire additional school nurses and open school-based food banks.
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has shown that technology can bring us together. It has also highlighted the fact that many of our rural communities do not have access to broadband. We need to consider broadband a utility, provide broadband vouchers to both students and teachers, as well as equipment vouchers for either laptops or notebooks. We also need to focus on improving our tele-health industry and work to bridge the gap in healthcare that many in rural communities face.
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See also
2020 Elections
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