Congressional Candidate Cathy Kunkel meets Calhoun supporters
Cathy Kunkel (D) a candidate for Congress in WV's second Congressional District, met with a number supporters in Grantsville Tuesday evening at the law office of Loren Howley.
Energy policy expert and public advocate Kunkel is challenging Congressman Alex Mooney (R-West Virginia) in November 2020.
"For those that follow politics, this is not exactly a surprise. that Mooney since his election in November 2014 - shortly after moving to the Eastern Panhandle from Maryland in order to run for office in West Virginia - has so rarely been seen in his district that his absence has become a running joke," Kunkel said.
 "I am running because the second Congressional district deserves better."
She released a platform emphasizing the need for economic transition and strengthening our rural economies in the face of climate change and the financial weakness of the coal and natural gas industries.
"We must end the decades-old pattern of out-of-state corporations coming to West Virginia to extract wealth from our state and exploit our people. We must build up local businesses that will reinvest in the local economy. We must bring in federal investment in the infrastructure needed to grow diverse sectors of our economy, including tourism, farming, forestry and manufacturing. We can build a strong economy that works for all West Virginians."
Kunkel has signed the WV Can't Wait candidate pledge launched by gubernatorial candidate Stephen Smith to not take corporate money.
Like Smith, Kunkel's campaign emphasizes the need to build lasting political power, independent of either party apparatus, to affect real change.
"I've made a career out of standing up to powerful special interests and supporting social movements" said Kunkel. "This is what the campaign will be about â giving the second district a real advocate in the halls of power, and building a movement that brings people together to create lasting change in West Virginia."
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