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Barry Wendell
Barry Wendell (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Wendell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Wendell was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 51 of the West Virginia House of Delegates.[1]
Biography
Barry Wendell was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He earned a bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1971. His career experience includes working as a teacher, employee for Social Security, and Jewish clergy. Wendell has been affiliated with the League of Women Voters, Sierra Club, and ACLU.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House West Virginia District 2
Incumbent Alexander Mooney defeated Barry Wendell and Susan Buchser-Lochocki in the general election for U.S. House West Virginia District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alexander Mooney (R) | 65.5 | 160,493 |
 | Barry Wendell (D)  | 34.4 | 84,278 | |
 | Susan Buchser-Lochocki (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 115 | |
| Total votes: 244,886 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 2
Barry Wendell defeated Angela Dwyer in the Democratic primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 2 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Barry Wendell | 57.1 | 22,139 |
 | Angela Dwyer | 42.9 | 16,653 | |
| Total votes: 38,792 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 2
Incumbent Alexander Mooney defeated incumbent David McKinley, Susan Buchser-Lochocki, Mike Seckman, and Rhonda Hercules in the Republican primary for U.S. House West Virginia District 2 on May 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alexander Mooney | 54.2 | 45,164 |
 | David McKinley | 35.6 | 29,619 | |
| Susan Buchser-Lochocki | 4.0 | 3,329 | |
| Mike Seckman | 3.7 | 3,076 | ||
 | Rhonda Hercules | 2.5 | 2,083 | |
| Total votes: 83,271 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Sisco (R)
- Carly Braun (R)
2016
Elections for the West Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 10, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was January 30, 2016. Incumbent William Flanigan (R) did not seek re-election.
The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 general election.[3][4]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 51, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Barbara Fleischauer Incumbent |
11.84% | 16,269 | |
| Democratic | John Williams |
10.47% | 14,386 | |
| Democratic | Rodney Pyles |
9.48% | 13,025 | |
| Republican | Cindy Frich Incumbent |
11.78% | 16,182 | |
| Republican | Joe Statler Incumbent |
11.15% | 15,318 | |
| Democratic | Evan Hansen | 9.45% | 12,988 | |
| Democratic | Nancy Jamison | 9.04% | 12,426 | |
| Republican | Michael Acevedo | 7.09% | 9,742 | |
| Republican | Eric Finch | 7.16% | 9,832 | |
| Republican | Roger Shuttlesworth | 9.03% | 12,407 | |
| Libertarian | Eddie Wagoner | 3.51% | 4,824 | |
| Total Votes | 137,399 | |||
| Source: West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 51, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Barbara Fleischauer Incumbent |
20.12% | 9,702 | |
| Democratic | Evan Hansen |
13.30% | 6,414 | |
| Democratic | John Williams |
13.35% | 6,438 | |
| Democratic | Nancy Jamison |
12.73% | 6,136 | |
| Democratic | Rodney Pyles |
12.12% | 5,842 | |
| Democratic | John G. Lucas | 8.51% | 4,105 | |
| Democratic | Billy Smerka, Jr. | 11.62% | 5,603 | |
| Democratic | Barry L. Wendell | 8.24% | 3,971 | |
| Total Votes | 48,211 | |||
Michael Acevedo, Eric Finch, incumbent Cindy Frich, incumbent Brian Kurcaba and incumbent Joe Statler were unopposed in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 Republican primary.[5][6]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 51, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Michael Acevedo | |
| Republican | Eric Finch | |
| Republican | Cindy Frich Incumbent | |
| Republican | Brian Kurcaba Incumbent | |
| Republican | Joe Statler Incumbent | |
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Barry Wendell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wendell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I'm a native of Baltimore, Maryland where I attended Baltimore County Public schools and graduated from Johns Hopkins University. I completed a year of graduate study at The Urban Studies Institute at Tulane University. I worked as a bilingual Spanish SSI claims rep in Miami, Florida, and I was a substitute teacher for more than 18 years in Los Angeles Unified School district. I studied acting and voice and worked for seven years as a soloist in the Jewish community, I also tutored bar and bat mitzvah kids for 12 years.
Joe and I were legally married in California in 2008.- There are things we can get through President Biden's agenda here in West Virginia, starting with the now-expired Extended Child Care Tax Credit, which brought 40,000 children out of poverty. We could also cap the price of insulin and other life-saving drugs. We could tax coal to keep the Black Lung Fund for disabled miners solvent.
- Most advanced countries provide healthcare for all citizens. Our country can afford this if we tax the extremely wealthy and the big corporations at a reasonable rate. This is important to prevent the spread of epidemics and to make sure our schools are safe from disease.
- The latest Supreme Court decisions suggest there is no "right-to privacy" overturning precedent. This is where the "radical judges live now. We should have a right to privacy, including medical decisions like abortion, the right to use contraception and marry whomever we choose . The government should not interfere in these issues.
We also need to work to slow climate change. West Virginia needs a representative who is not beholden to the fossil fuel industry.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing By Office," accessed February 1, 2016
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 17, 2022
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate search," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed May 3, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," accessed January 30, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results - Primary Election - May 10, 2016," accessed August 2, 2016
