Release from the West Virginia Directors of Senior and Community Services Senior Power PAC:
CHARLESTON, W.Va. The West Virginia Directors of Senior and Community Services Senior Power Political Action Committee announced its candidate endorsements for the 2018 general election today.
The West Virginia Directors of Senior and Community Services is the association that represents senior centers across the state and its 3,740 employees. The association’s members provide services in all 55 counties, including preparing and delivering nearly 2.5 million meals each year. They transport seniors on more than 250,000 trips, which include doctor and medical appointments, transportation to the pharmacy, and to the grocery store. In addition, they operate centers that serve as a resource for seniors and enriches their lives through social interaction and fellowship
“Our members are deeply passionate about taking care of the state’s seniors,” said William Carpenter, president of the PAC. “It’s a task that gets more and more difficult with low reimbursement rates, rising costs and federal mandates.”
“Some of our senior centers are in dire straits, because the very agencies that were created to assist our seniors are now in jeopardy, which will lead to cutting services. Our seniors deserve better. We need elected officials in office who understand the needs of the state’s largest population segment, and we believe the candidates endorsed by the Senior Power PAC understand our issues,” Carpenter said.
Candidates endorsed by the Senior Power PAC include:
United States Senate
Joe Manchin
Congress
David McKinley
Alex Mooney
Carol Miller
State Senate
3rd Mike Azinger
4th Brian Prim
5th Mike Woelfel
6th Mark Maynard
7th Dr. Ron Stollings
8th Ed Gaunch
9th William “Bill” Wooton
10th Stephen Baldwin
11th Bill Hamilton
12th Mike Romano
14th Dave Sypolt
15th Charles Trump
17th Dr. Tom Takubo
House of Delegates:
2nd Phillip Diserio
5th Dave Pethtel
7th Jason Harshbarger
9th Ray Hollen
11th Martin “Rick” Atkinson
13th Scott Brewer
14th Jim Butler
16th Sean Hornbuckle
17th Chad Lovejoy, Dr. Matthew Rhorbach
19th Ken Hicks, Robert Thompson
22nd Zack Maynard, Jeff Eldridge
23rd Rodney Miller
25th Andy Vance
26th Ed Evans
27th Joe Ellington, John Shott
29th Ricky Moye
32nd Margaret Ann Staggers
33rd Roger Hanshaw
34th Brent Boggs
35th Andrew Byrd, Charlotte Lane, Eric Nelson
37th Mike Pushkin
43rd Bill Hartman
44th Dana Lynch
48th Robert “Rob” Garcia, Richard Iaquinta, Tim Miley, Ben Queen
50th Linda Longstreth
52nd Terry Funk-Sypolt
53rd D.R. Buck Jennings
54th John Paul Hott II
55th Issac Sponaugle
56th Gary Howell
57th Ruth Rowan
63rd John Hardy
During the 2016 General Election in West Virginia, more than 45 percent of voters were over the age 45.
