The Green Papers: West Virginia 2003 Off Year Election
 
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Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:3(0.69% of 435)
2000 Census:1,813,077 (0.64% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):1,416,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):1,067,822
Capital:Charleston
 

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West Virginia State and Local Government


Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Democrat Governor Robert E. Wise, Jr.
First elected: 2000
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
The current Governor is NOT affected by a term limit.
12 August 2003: Governor Wise announced that he is not a candidate for re-election in 2004 (issue with marital infidelity).

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004

  Democrat Joe Manchin, III
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004

  Democrat Darrell McGraw
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004

  Democrat John D. Perdue
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004

  Democrat Glen B. Gainer, III
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004

  Democrat Gus R. Douglass
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 108th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democrat Senator Robert C. Byrd
First elected: 1958; re-elected: 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Class 2 Democrat Senator John D. "Jay" Rockefeller, IV
First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

108th House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2002, 2004. No Term Limit. 108th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Democrats (2 Undetermined);
1 Republican (1 Undetermined)

CD 1 Democrat Congressman Alan B. Mollohan
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

CD 2 Republican Congressman Shelley Moore Capito
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

CD 3 Democrat Congressman Nick Joe Rahall, II
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

2002-2010 Congressional Districts  2002-2010 CDs

West Virginia has 55 counties and 3 congressional districts: all 55 counties are wholly within a given congressional district and no county is divided among more than one congressional district.

  • CD 1: Barbour, Brooke, Doddridge, Gilmer, Grant, Hancock, Harrison, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Wetzel and Wood.
  • CD 2: Berkeley, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Hampshire, Hardy, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Mason, Morgan, Pendleton, Putnam, Randolph, Roane, Upshur and Wirt.
  • CD 3: Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Greenbrier, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Summers, Wayne, Webster and Wyoming.

 


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