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BRUCE ASHWORTH
FOR WORKING FAMILIES
West Virginia Senate District 4
BRUCE ASHWORTH
FOR WORKING FAMILIES
West Virginia Senate District 4
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Focus on Working Families
Once elected, my focus will remain on West Virginia's hard-working families.
What are you voting for?
A vote for Bruce is a vote for...
A vote for Bruce is NOT a vote for...
A vote for Bruce is NOT a vote for...
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- Unions
- Prevailing wages & collective bargaining
- Funding PEIA
- Improving public education system
- Improving roads & infrastructure
- Statewide broadband
- Legalization of Cannabis
- Lowering healthcare costs
A vote for Bruce is NOT a vote for...
A vote for Bruce is NOT a vote for...
A vote for Bruce is NOT a vote for...
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- Right-to-Work
- Charter schools
- ALEC
- Political corruption
- Out-of-state influence
A Message from Bruce
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So, why have I chosen to run for Senate? For the last eight to ten years, working families have been under attack by corporations, out-of-state interests and the Good ‘Ole Boys in Charleston.
Our law makers have turned their backs on us and have passed legislation that has hurt the people of West Virginia who put them in office. It’s time to change this. The last two years, teachers of West Virginia have stood up and inspired a movement, not only in West Virginia, but nationwide. They have inspired me, too. It’s time to fight and take our government back for the working family, the backbone of our beautiful state.
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Are you better off now versus four years ago? How about eight years ago? Right now, West Virginia has more wealth than any time in our history. Do you feel it? Did you get any of it? Have you seen it? If your answer is no to these questions, here’s why:
This wealth doesn’t stay in our state. Just like in the past, out of state interests come in, obliterate our land, minerals and resources while making billions of dollars. This leaves our forests bare, mountains stripped, water polluted and infrastructure in shambles. Let’s stop this together.
There are other problems I will be facing alongside working families, including the following:
- Improving the education system
- Fighting the drug epidemic
- Improving the tax system
- Legalization of cannabis
- Lowering healthcare costs
- Boosting tourism
- Business creation, small and large
My son moved out of state several years ago and currently lives in Florida. My middle daughter will soon be completing her master’s degree but struggles to find quality job opportunities here in West Virginia. If she finds that her career cannot grow here, she will be leaving like my son did.
My youngest daughter recently told me that she too will be leaving West Virginia after completing her associate degree. In addition to all of the previous issues I discussed, I am running to make West Virginia a place where our kids want to stay and a place where they can prosper.
West Virginia’s beauty and potential draws out of state people to come here, not only to visit but to have opportunities of good paying jobs with benefits. They want to afford houses and make their homes in West Virginia. Much like our youth, we need them here. It starts with doing what is right for the hard working families already here. It will evolve into a future with abundant opportunities for our children, grandchildren and neighbors who realize how wonderful West Virginia can be if we work together.