GOVERNOR
Chris Miller – Republican
Tell us about your professional background and how it would help you serve as governor of West Virginia .
When I was 10 years old , I told my dad I wanted a pair of Air Jordans . When he found out they cost $ 125 , he told me to get a job . I ’ ve been working ever since . Eventually , I got involved in our business . We had two businesses when I started . Through a lot of hard work , blood , sweat and tears , I grew it to 26 different enterprises . We employ 700 people , 500 of whom live in West Virginia . We ’ re in the automotive , real estate and insurance industries . We also have a bison farm and a data company .
I ’ ve lived my life in the private sector . I know what it means to create a job . I know how to attract talent and capital , and I ’ ll do it for West Virginia as governor .
Tell us about your four-year plan .
The number one problem West Virginia faces is that our greatest export is not our coal , our natural gas or our timber . Our greatest export is our educated kids .
To fix that , we need a thriving economy . We need to make our state more appealing as an investment because capital flows like water to places it ’ s most welcome . We need to run state government more like a business and audit every dime . We need to become the state with the cheapest power . We also need to break up the good old boy system that has run our state for far too long .
Why did you choose to run for governor ?
I ’ m not a politician . I like problem-solving . I ’ m a conservative businessman who has never run for office .
I ’ m tired of watching our state fail to meet its potential . Meanwhile , we face serious financial challenges because of demographics and declining population . These problems are not made for politicians to solve . They are made for entrepreneurs to solve , and I ’ ve never shied away from a challenge .
Patrick Morrisey – Republican
Tell us about your professional background and how it would help you serve as governor of West Virginia .
I ’ ve proudly served as West Virginia ’ s attorney general ( AG ) since 2012 . From spearheading the nation ’ s largest win against the deep administrative state in decades with WV v . EPA , protecting jobs , growing our workforce and tackling the fentanyl and opioid epidemic with $ 1 billion in settlements to defending our diverse energy portfolio and protecting pro-family policies as the state ’ s first pro-life AG in state history , I ’ m the only proven conservative in the race who has taken on the biggest challenges facing West Virginia and won . With my unmatched record of accomplishment , I ’ ll be able to hit the ground running on day one as governor .
Tell us about your four-year plan .
I have a vision for West Virginia to be that shining state in the mountains . As governor , I will work to erase the state income tax , create jobs , protect our natural resources and energy industry and reform our educational system to be nationally competitive . A central effort of my administration will be to grow our population and workforce . By demonstrating through incentives to families , businesses and recent graduates that opportunity lies in West Virginia , I will work to maintain continued investment in our state without losing talent and investment to our neighbors .
Why did you choose to run for governor ?
The people of West Virginia have shown me great kindness and have believed in me so much that they put their faith in me three times over as AG over the last decade . I would like to repay that kindness by continuing to serve . That ’ s why I ’ m running for governor . The stakes are too high for the state ’ s highest executive seat to be filled with someone who is inexperienced , whose convictions fall short and who lacks the will to fight tooth and nail for West Virginia . My principled foundations and tenure as an extremely active and successful AG make me the best choice .
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