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W. Matthew Harris
| W. Matthew Harris | ||
| Candidate for | ||
| West Virginia House of Delegates, District 67 | ||
| Party | Republican | |
| Education | ||
| Bachelor's | SUNY at Oneonta, 1995 | |
| Master's | n/a (deleted by author as further education being received is not accredited) | |
| Military service | ||
| Service/branch | United States Army | |
| Personal | ||
| Profession | Mechanical Engineer | |
| Websites | ||
| Campaign website | ||
Contents |
Bio-Harris resides in Harpers Ferry, WV.
Memberships-Mr. Harris has been a member of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (Union) since 2005.
Experiences-Harris is a successful business owner in Jefferson County. Harris has in the past refused many memberships and associations due to future business and personal expectation. (Side note-Maybe its time to have someone in office with no affiliations or memberships to any organizations)
Interests & hobbies-Harris spends his spare time reviewing past and new Legislative House Bills being introduced each year both Federal and West Virginia.
Issues
Campaign themes
In a submitted bio, Harris highlighted the following campaign themes:
- Eliminated Personal Property Tax
- Increasing salaries and benefits to all State Employees
- Eliminating the grocery tax-completed by end of 2012
- Elimination of the $100 million dollar payday give to West Virginia Casinos.
- Providing salaring and benefit for our Hero's, Volunteer Fire Departments and EMS
- Promoting power of the vote by the people.
- Eliminating income tax for Senior Citizens, Veteran and the Disabled
- Empowering State ran agencies to promote respect and dignity to West Virginians
- Promoting business and employment to West Virginians without Government control.
- Dramatically reducing the need for Human Services and Unemployment and/or State benefits
- Goverment has way to much control over our lives. We need the right representation to control State spending and promote less Government control
Elections
2012
Harris ran in the 2012 election for West Virginia House of Delegates, District 67. Harris was defeated by Elliot Simon in the May 8 primary election.[1][2]
Personal
Harris resides in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
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External links
- Official campaign website
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
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