Summer Hartley
Summer Hartley (Republican Party) ran for election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 80. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Hartley completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Summer Hartley was born in Morgantown, West Virginia. Hartley earned a bachelor's degree from West Virginia University in 2004, a graduate degree from Johns Hopkins University in 2010, and a Ph.D. from the University of Miami in 2018. Her career experience includes working in healthcare.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2024
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80
Incumbent John Williams defeated Summer Hartley in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Williams (D) | 58.8 | 3,283 | |
| Summer Hartley (R) | 41.2 | 2,304 | ||
| Total votes: 5,587 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80
Incumbent John Williams advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Williams | 100.0 | 1,257 | |
| Total votes: 1,257 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80
Summer Hartley advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Summer Hartley | 100.0 | 876 | |
| Total votes: 876 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hartley in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Summer Hartley completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hartley's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Summer is well-versed in the children's mental health needs impacting West Virginia families and is ready to work hard to improve these conditions in West Virginia.
Dr. Summer Hartley participated in the Appalachian Regional Commission’s Appalachian Leadership Institute, an economic development training opportunity for Appalachian community leaders. Summer will use this experience to bring fresh ideas for economic growth to the Westover, Star City, Granville, and Suncrest communities which she represents.
To create a thriving economy we need a healthy, able-bodied workforce. Summer is passionate about improving the health of West Virginians and increasing health access by advocating for more quality job opportunities that offer insurance benefits and a living wage.- As a Westover resident and Monongalia County taxpayer, Dr. Summer Hartley is committed to strengthening District 80's tax base, attracting new businesses, and encouraging the growth and sustainability of existing businesses. Dr. Hartley wants to achieve this by increasing skills training, lowering business taxes and implementing regulatory reform, restoring the West Virginia research and development rebate, and expanding the number or opportunity zones in Monongalia County.
- Dr. Summer Hartley is committed to ensuring that West Virginia road funding targets high-growth areas like the greater Morgantown area, ensuring the Federal Highway Administration and the WV Department of Transportation are continuing to move forward with the Harmony Grove exit project that will greatly assist the growth of our Industrial Park while adding to the quality of life of our district residents by removing the excess of truck traffic from our local roads. More private-public partnerships are needed to fill the gaps in our Department of Highways service, so extensive delays on road improvements are mitigated and training incentives and higher pay to Department of Highways employees is also needed to fill resource gaps.
- As a nurse and West Virginia native, Dr. Hartley has seen firsthand the devastating impacts of the Opioid Epidemic on our communities, schools, foster care system, and almost every aspect of life. She has relatives, who were hardworking coal miners, who she has seen suffer through opioid addiction while dealing with chronic pain that was the result of mining accidents. Dr. Hartley will advocate for innovative solutions that address the full continuum of addiction from prevention to long-term recovery. Dr. Hartley is committed to enacting the toughest laws against those who sell fentanyl in WV and ensuring that our law enforcement professionals are both protected from fentanyl and equipped with every resource necessary to combat it.
I have always had a lifelong dedication to service that cultivated in me being awarded the United Way's Presidential Service award for having over 100 volunteer hours during my senior year of college. I was a consistent volunteer with Monongalia Emergency Medical Systems and with the Monongalia Rape and Domestic Violence Center.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 14, 2024
