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PARKERSBURG -- Things aren't as great in West Virginia as the governor says they are, a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor said Friday.
Gov. Jim Justice needs to get up and walk around and look for himself, Rashida Yost of Martinsburg said.
"He might see something," she said.
Yost announced her intention to run for governor in October 2022. Other Republicans listed as precandidates for governor are Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, Secretary of State Mac Warner, Delegate Moore Capito, Terri Bradshaw, Alexander Gaaserud, Christopher Miller and Edward Vanover.
Precandidacy does not commit the person to run for the office, but allows campaign activities including raising contributions. The filing period for office is in January.
Yost, 51, owns and operates a day-care center in Martinsburg, Yost Child Development Center.
Yost said she would make a better governor than the other candidates because she has proposals to help residents and make West Virginia safer and more attractive for people and companies to come to the state.
"I have the solutions for the problems West Virginians are facing," Yost said.
Among her solutions are state support for day-care services for first responders and essential workers, armed and uniformed police officers in schools for safety and crime prevention, mandatory reading programs in daycares and preschools, programs to encourage home ownership and grants for students to participate in extracurricular opportunities such as ballet, karate and music. The latter would discourage bullying and help children to succeed, she said.
Yost was born in Manassas, Va., and was raised in Singapore. She and her husband, Jeff, have four children, the oldest is 29 and the youngest is 11.