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RANDOLPH COUNTY WV DEMOCRATS

2026 Candidates

West Virginia State Legislature

candidate for

State Senate - District 11

Kevin Carpenter

Kevin Carpenter

About: Kevin Carpenter isn’t a career politician — Retired after serving the state 28 + years at the WV Department of Tax and Revenue, small business owner, and various community projects. He’s a West Virginian who believes our communities deserve honest leadership, real accountability, and solutions that actually help people.

For too long, politics has ignored rural voices and everyday struggles. Kevin is running to change that by listening, showing up, and fighting for policies that put people before party insiders.

Email: kevincarpenter4wv@gmail.com

Candidate for

House of Delegates - District 67

Mandy Weirich

Mandy Weirich

About: Mandy Weirich is social work educator with nearly two decades of experience serving the people of West Virginia. Prior to her social work career, she was a police officer in Chesapeake VA. She has worked her entire life and put herself through college; she has a Bachelors degree from St. Leo University in Criminal Justice and a Masters of Social Work degree at WVU with a focus on Gerontology. Mandy and her husband, Ryan, have been married for over thirty years and both of their children are graduates of Elkins High School.

Email: MandyforWV@gmail.com

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 142 Elkins, WV 26241

Candidate for

House of Delegates - District 66

Danielle Dougherty

Danielle Dougherty

About: Danielle Dougherty is a Family Nurse practitioner, a mom of 2, and proud 9th generation West Virginian raised in the Appalachian hills. She served 4 years in the United States Army before attending college at West Virginia Wesleyan College, attaining a Bachelor and Master Degree of Science in Nursing. She is running for affordable utilities, strong public schools, dignity and respect for workers, and real solutions to generational poverty. Her campaign is rooted in lived-experience because West Virginia deserves leaders who understand what it means to survive here.

Email: DanielleDforWV@gmail.com

Mailing Address: 123 Poplar Rd. Beverly, WV 26253

United States Congress

Candidates For

U.S. Senate

Rachel Fetty Anderson

Rachel Fetty Anderson

About: Rachel Fetty Anderson is a public interest attorney and former Morgantown City Council member running for U.S. Senate in West Virginia. She has over 25 years of experience working in public service as a pro bono attorney, public servant, and advocate. While running, she continues to serve on the 211 list in her community, doing food deliveries, transportation, child care, elder care, and housing services. She is also still volunteering her legal services to some of the most vulnerable members of the community: families in the foster system, immigrants, victims of domestic violence, people appealing or applying for benefits, and people with disabilities.

Email: fettyandersonforwv@gmail.com

Mailing Address:

Candidates for

U.S. House - 2nd District

Ace Parsi

Ace Parsi

About: Ace Parsi is an advocate who fled authoritarianism in Iran at age eight and a half, a dad of a 10-year-old daughter who he's committed to ensuring doesn't live in authoritarianism, and an organizer and activist who connects and supports local resistance efforts in support of democracy, public education, and basic rights to healthcare, clean drinking water, and infrastructure. He's running a proactive campaign to give people their voices back in decisions that affect them. 

Email: aceforcongress@gmail.com

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 4064, Morgantown, WV 26504

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