Michael Wendell
Democrat · West Virginia · 2026Top priorities
- Opposes the Hope Scholarship program's effect on public school funding and supports reasonable teacher and staff compensation
- Supports investment in schools, roads and infrastructure to attract businesses
- Supports worker safety legislation and balanced labor-management relations
Per the campaign site.
Biography
Wendell works from home as a software developer for a member association in Arlington, Virginia that supports U.S. Air Force and Space Force service members, per the campaign site. He graduated from Rutgers University in 1988 with a degree in landscape architecture before moving into computer graphics and software design, and his parents ran an appliance repair business and laundromat, per the campaign site.
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