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Member, House of Delegates, District 97

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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: One of the 100 members of the House of Delegates, the lower chamber of the West Virginia Legislature, which writes state laws and passes the state budget.

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Lucia Valentine

Democratic

Shenandoah Junction

The gist

  • Supports locality pay for Eastern Panhandle workers
  • Proposes tax reform returning surplus dollars to the region
  • Supports public schools and teacher pay raises
  • Supports development that protects water and farmland
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  1. Supports locality pay for Eastern Panhandle workers

    Issues — Lucia Valentine

    Campaign website · Lucia Valentine campaign · valentineforwv.com

    “I am committed to working with my Eastern Panhandle colleagues to deliver locality pay”

  2. Proposes tax reform returning surplus dollars to the region

    Issues — Lucia Valentine

    Campaign website · Lucia Valentine campaign · valentineforwv.com

    “We must reform our tax system to return more of those dollars to the Eastern Panhandle”

  3. Supports public schools and teacher pay raises

    Issues — Lucia Valentine

    Campaign website · Lucia Valentine campaign · valentineforwv.com

    “That means investing in public education, delivering teacher pay raises”

  4. Supports development that protects water and farmland

    Issues — Lucia Valentine

    Campaign website · Lucia Valentine campaign · valentineforwv.com

    “We need responsible development that balances creating jobs and protecting our regions water quality and quantity, agriculture land, and rural landscape.”
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S. Chris AndersWest Virginia Legislature

S. Chris Anders

RepublicanIncumbent

Political consultant · Martinsburg

The gist

  • Pledges to ban Flock cameras and warrantless surveillance
  • Sponsored resolution repealing property taxesIn office
  • Sponsored bill barring local lobbyists paid with tax dollarsIn office
  • Sponsored bill ending the open fields doctrineIn office
  • Sponsored bill opposing eminent domain for private benefitIn office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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  1. Pledges to ban Flock cameras and warrantless surveillance

    Anders for West Virginia

    Campaign website · S. Chris Anders campaign · anders4wv.com

    “Ban FLOCK Cameras and Mass Warrantless Surveillance”

  2. Sponsored resolution repealing property taxes

    S. Chris Anders, House of Delegates member page

    Government record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HJR 30 · wvlegislature.gov

    “Repeal of Property Taxes”

  3. Sponsored bill barring local lobbyists paid with tax dollars

    S. Chris Anders, House of Delegates member page

    Government record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HB 4679 · wvlegislature.gov

    “To prohibit counties, towns and municipalities from using taxpayer dollars to hire lobbyists to represent them at the State level”

  4. Sponsored bill ending the open fields doctrine

    S. Chris Anders, House of Delegates member page

    Government record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HB 4676 · wvlegislature.gov

    “End open fields doctrine”

  5. Sponsored bill opposing eminent domain for private benefit

    S. Chris Anders, House of Delegates member page

    Government record · West Virginia Legislature · Sponsored Legislation, 2026: HB 4910 · wvlegislature.gov

    “To oppose the use of eminent domain in West Virginia for private corporation benefit”

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