| The Green Papers: West Virginia 2007 Off Year Election |
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West Virginia
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Robert C. Byrd • First elected: 1958; re-elected: 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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| Class 2 | Democratic | Senator John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller, IV • First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Joe Manchin, III • First elected: 2004 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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| 110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined); 1 Republican (1 Undetermined) | |||||
| CD 1 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Alan B. Mollohan • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 2 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Shelley Moore Capito (as candidate) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 3 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Nick Joe Joe Rahall, II • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Republican | Secretary of State Betty Ireland • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - Retiring in 2008 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Democratic | Attorney General Darrell V. McGraw, Jr. (as candidate) • First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996, 2000, 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Democratic | Treasurer John D. Perdue • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Democratic | Auditor Glen B. Gainer, III • First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996, 2000, 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Commissioner of Agriculture 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Democratic | Agriculture Commissioner Gus R. Douglass • First elected: 1964; re-elected: 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984. Unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate in 1988. Elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996, 2000, 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |