Renate Pore
Renate Pore (Democratic Party) ran for election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 35. Pore lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Douglas Skaff, Jr. (D) | 14.9 | 13,202 |
✔ | ![]() | Andrew Byrd (D) | 14.7 | 13,038 |
✔ | ![]() | Moore Capito (R) | 14.4 | 12,729 |
✔ | ![]() | Eric Nelson (R) | 13.3 | 11,765 |
Charlotte Lane (R) | 11.7 | 10,309 | ||
![]() | Renate Pore (D) | 11.5 | 10,165 | |
James Robinette (D) | 10.7 | 9,444 | ||
Edward Burgess (R) | 8.8 | 7,767 |
Total votes: 88,419 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 (4 seats)
Incumbent Andrew Byrd, Douglas Skaff, Jr., Renate Pore, and James Robinette advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Andrew Byrd | 29.1 | 5,191 |
✔ | ![]() | Douglas Skaff, Jr. | 28.0 | 4,996 |
✔ | ![]() | Renate Pore | 22.5 | 4,021 |
✔ | James Robinette | 20.4 | 3,645 |
Total votes: 17,853 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 (4 seats)
Incumbent Moore Capito, incumbent Eric Nelson, incumbent Charlotte Lane, and Edward Burgess defeated Bill Johnson in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 35 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Moore Capito | 27.5 | 3,952 |
✔ | ![]() | Eric Nelson | 24.1 | 3,469 |
✔ | Charlotte Lane | 20.2 | 2,902 | |
✔ | Edward Burgess | 15.2 | 2,186 | |
Bill Johnson | 13.1 | 1,879 |
Total votes: 14,388 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Renate Pore participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on March 27, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Renate Pore's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
“ | 1) Education |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
“ | Health care, child health -- because I worked more than 30 years advocating for health coverage for all children and all West Virginians. Worked on CHIP, Medicaid expansion, defended the Affordable Care Act. Medicaid expansion has been very good for WV - helping more than 175, 000 and bringing new federal dollars and jobs to the state.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Renate Pore answered the following:
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
“ | Honesty Hard work Sincerity Intelligence Real life experience Compassion[3] | ” |
“ | Experience in public policy Passion to improve lives of all West Virginians No other agenda besides serving the people of my district[3] | ” |
“ | Represent the interests of district Intelligence Hard work[3] | ” |
“ | I want all West Virginians to have quality, affordable health coverage. I want our children to have the health care, good education and nurture they need to be good students and productive citizens. I want to overcome the legacy of being a backward state run by the coal industry.[3] | ” |
“ | The Korean War. I was 10.[3] | ” |
“ | My first job was as a car hop at the Dairy Queen in Pierre, South Dakota.[3] | ” |
“ | My date showed me that he kept a gun in his glove department.[3] | ” |
“ | Christmas. Recalls magic childhood memories.[3] | ” |
“ | Members of the Senate are wealthier and more privileged than members of the House.[3] | ” |
“ | Yes[3] | ” |
“ | Becoming a forward-looking progressive state where people want to live and raise a family.[3] | ” |
“ | Yes. Legislators should always be open to talk to each other and share points of view.[3] | ” |
“ | A non-political process[3] | ” |
“ | Education, Health and Finance[3] | ” |
“ | Chair of the Health Committee[3] | ” |
“ | George Farley[3] | ” |
“ | No[3] | ” |
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2018
- West Virginia House of Delegates
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Renate Pore's responses," March 27, 2018
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.