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West Virginia State Senate District 5 candidate surveys, 2022
This article shows responses from candidates in the 2022 election for West Virginia State Senate District 5 who completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
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Candidates and election results
General election
General election for West Virginia State Senate District 5
Incumbent Mike Woelfel defeated Melissa Clark in the general election for West Virginia State Senate District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Woelfel (D) | 54.0 | 13,542 |
 | Melissa Clark (R)  | 46.0 | 11,552 | |
| Total votes: 25,094 | |||
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Survey responses from candidates in this race
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Melissa Clark (R)
Why vote for me? I value people more than money. I value all living things more than money. I acknowledge money is essential to bettering situations, but I also acknowledge our government regularly increasing taxes, causing artificial inflations, and honestly, the public simply isn't getting our return on investment (ROI) that our taxes are supposed to be supporting for the PEOPLE, not the government and the rich, to better our lives. Instead, the working-class is supporting the entire lower class while also making the rich richer. Working class members have the shortest end of the stick. I want to rep the working class in our efforts, lower working class costs to meet our true ROI, uplift the lower class, and bridge the class gap.
Why vote for me? I love teaching. Teachers are some of the best leaders. Education is a top priority of mine. Particularly, the expansion of educational styles available to public school students. I'd love to introduce new forms of education styles within the public school system, such as Montessori, STEM, Entrepreneurial education, for all students, not just a small handful who we put test numbers on and decided are more important. I would love to open the teaching market so that caring adults can begin to apply as full time teachers. I would love if students had more of an input in their educational structures. Educational reform is important to me, and I have suggestions unlike any candidate before me. Children come first.
Melissa Clark (R)
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