{"id":210961,"date":"2026-10-06T13:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=210961"},"modified":"2026-10-06T13:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:24:13","slug":"house-candidate-launches-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/10\/06\/house-candidate-launches-program\/","title":{"rendered":"House candidate launches program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>To the Editor,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe the residents of Ohio House District 82 deserve to be heard. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve launched Voice of the Voter, a program that gives residents a direct way to share their concerns, experiences, and questions with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you live in our district in Van Wert, Defiance, Paulding, or Putnam County, I want to hear what\u2019s affecting you and your family, what issues you feel are being overlooked, and what you want your representative to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone is welcome to participate, regardless of political affiliation. We don\u2019t have to agree on every issue for me to listen and take your concerns seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can email me at <a href=\"mailto:madduxmccrayforohio.votv@gmail.com\">madduxmccrayforohio.votv@gmail.com<\/a>. I won\u2019t publish your full name or use it in campaign commentary. If I discuss something you\u2019ve shared publicly, I\u2019ll use only your first name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hearing from you will help me better understand our communities and the priorities you want addressed at the Statehouse. Listening and being accessible should be an ongoing responsibility that extends beyond election season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maddux McCray<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Van Wert<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Candidate for Ohio House District 82<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the Editor, I believe the residents of Ohio House District 82 deserve to be heard. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve launched Voice of the Voter, a program that gives residents a direct way to share their concerns, experiences, and questions with me. If you live in our district in Van Wert, Defiance, Paulding, or Putnam County, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-21 04:38:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210962,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210961\/revisions\/210962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}