Mike Allers Jr.
Mike Allers (Republican Party) ran for election to the West Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 99. He lost in the Republican primary on May 14, 2024.
Allers completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Allers was born in Smithtown, New York. He earned an associate degree from Piedmont Virginia Community College in 2012, a bachelor's degree from James Madison University in 2014, and a graduate degre from Mary Baldwin University in 2017. His career experience includes working as a fifth-grade teacher, as the host of a Podcast called "Grand New Podcast," press secretary for Winsome Earle-Sears and Mariela Roca, and as a senior contributor with Bearing Drift, a center-right Conservative blog in Virginia.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2024
General election
General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 99
Incumbent Wayne Clark defeated Osmund Anderson in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 99 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Wayne Clark (R) | 58.0 | 5,199 | |
| Osmund Anderson (D) | 42.0 | 3,770 | ||
| Total votes: 8,969 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 99
Osmund Anderson advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 99 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Osmund Anderson | 100.0 | 655 | |
| Total votes: 655 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 99
Incumbent Wayne Clark defeated Daphne Andrews and Mike Allers in the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 99 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Wayne Clark | 45.6 | 696 | |
| Daphne Andrews | 37.8 | 576 | ||
| Mike Allers | 16.6 | 253 | ||
| Total votes: 1,525 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2021
See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2021
General election
General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 50
Michelle Maldonado defeated Steve Pleickhardt in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 50 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michelle Maldonado (D) | 54.7 | 14,426 | |
| Steve Pleickhardt (R) | 45.1 | 11,893 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 52 | ||
| Total votes: 26,371 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 50
Michelle Maldonado defeated incumbent Lee Carter and Helen Zurita in the Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 50 on June 8, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michelle Maldonado | 44.1 | 1,558 | |
| Lee Carter | 38.4 | 1,355 | ||
| Helen Zurita | 17.5 | 617 | ||
| Total votes: 3,530 | ||||
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Republican convention
Republican convention for Virginia House of Delegates District 50
Steve Pleickhardt defeated Mike Allers in the Republican convention for Virginia House of Delegates District 50 on May 1, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Steve Pleickhardt (R) | 61.1 | 266 | |
| Mike Allers (R) | 38.9 | 169 | ||
| Total votes: 435 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mike Allers completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Allers' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Mike went into a career of service as a teacher-where he saw first hand the struggles of our kids and parents. Mike as a teacher made sure students had the right tools to succeed in class. He proudly pushed back against woke ideology in curricula pushed by activist Central Offices. Mike always made students feel like they can achieve anything-regardless of skin color or background- fighting back against CRT directly. But Mike knew that he had to go beyond the classroom to do more- getting involved in Republican politics to help elect strong Conservatives across several states, serving candidates as an education advisor, as well as in the field of Communications and Media relations.
In 2022, Mike became the first Conservative Columnist for the Spirit of Jefferson newspaper, in Charles Town,WV-the town Mike and his wife have settled in to raise his son, to make sure that he is surrounded by real American, small town values. Mike is excited to fight for the people of the 99th district in a way they haven’t seen.- As a teacher, no one knows how to fix our broken education system better than Mike. This starts with rescuing our education system from the bigotry of low expectations, CRT, and funding from the Chinese government. This starts with giving parents more say in the matter of their child's education by directly electing Superintendents. This starts with the refusal to accept the status quo. As a father, Mike will stand proudly for Parents and full transparency. Mike wants to make sure that ALL West Virginia’s schools are competitive and held to high standards-giving parents and students the BEST options to make their choice. Mike wants to make sure that schools are ready to hire and give actual competitive salaries to teachers.
- Mike is a devout Catholic. Mike knows that being Pro-Life doesn’t just end when the baby is born-it is so much more than that. Mike believes that West Virginia must define what being Pro-Life and Pro-Family truly mean in this great State- and that starts with establishing a proud culture of Life. This means always protecting the rights unborn from conception. This means getting West Virginian families access to more affordable Child Care. Motherhood should be supported; starting a family should be rewarded.
- Due to the Eastern Panhandle’s unique location, Mike believes that the 99th District should be the number one place for small businesses to thrive-working with localities to slash red tape. Mike also knows that our area is home to many commuters- due to higher paying jobs outside of the district. Mike wants to change that-pushing for and finally getting locality pay for our cops, first responders, and teachers. Mike believes West Virginia has to directly compete with Maryland and Virginia, and our people should be able to work where they live. Charleston will no longer bully what Charles Town can do on Mike’s watch.
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Note: Allers submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on March 9, 2024.
2021
Mike Allers completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Allers' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am adamantly opposed to Common Core, which hurts at-risk children and reduces the role of teachers by requiring them to teach to a test. I believe that SOLs need to be reevaluated and replaced with an alternative that measures growth instead of just reflecting results from a particular day.
- Virginia’s childcare costs now rank among the highest in the country. As the wealth gap continues to grow, many in Northern Virginia are considered below the poverty line even while working a regular 9 to 5 job. Parents should not have to choose between putting food on the table and caring for their children. I support Universal Pre-K funded by the Virginia Lottery, not by your tax dollars. This has been done with a bipartisan effort in Georgia, and it can be done right here in the Commonwealth as we work to ensure security and a better life for our children.
- As the son of a former police officer, I believe in better pay for our law enforcement, fire fighters, and first responders. They should be able to live in the communities they serve, and Virginia should want to attract the best people for these jobs.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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