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Michael Wendell

Democrat · West Virginia · 2026

Running for West Virginia House District 78, West Virginia

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Opposes the Hope Scholarship program's effect on public school funding and supports reasonable teacher and staff compensation
  • Supports investment in schools, roads and infrastructure to attract businesses
  • Supports worker safety legislation and balanced labor-management relations
Biography

Wendell works from home as a software developer for a member association in Arlington, Virginia that supports U.S. Air Force and Space Force service members, per the campaign site. He graduated from Rutgers University in 1988 with a degree in landscape architecture before moving into computer graphics and software design, and his parents ran an appliance repair business and laundromat, per the campaign site.

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West Virginia House District 78West Virginia · 2026Monongalia County sample ballot

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