The Green Papers: West Virginia 2009 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Electoral Votes:5(0.93% of 538)
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

           
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th 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
Class 2 Democratic Senator John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller, IV
• First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002, 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors
  Democratic Governor  Joe Manchin, III
• First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
• The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
• Open Chair - At term limit
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Jeffrey V. Kessler
111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Democratic (2 Undetermined);
1 Republican (1 Undetermined)
CD 1
{map}		 Democratic Congressman Alan Bowlby Mollohan
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Alan Bowlby Mollohan
• FEC H2WV01029: $207,900
  Candidate Republican     sate Senator Clark S. Barnes
  Candidate Republican     Cindy Hall
• FEC H0WV01049: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     R. Scott "Scott" Smith
• aka Randy Smith (?)
  Candidate Republican     Thomas Fredrick "Tom" Stark
• FEC H0WV01056: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Daniel Scott Swisher
• FEC H0WV01031: $5,131
CD 2
{map}		 Republican Congressman  Shelley Moore Capito
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     David Stefan Harless
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Shelley Moore Capito
• FEC H0WV02138: $365,320
CD 3
{map}		 Democratic Congressman Nick Joe Joe Rahall, II
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Nick Joe Joe Rahall, II
• FEC H6WV04057: $349,495
  Candidate Republican     Lee Allen Bias
• FEC H0WV03102: $3,320
  Candidate Republican     Gary Martin "Marty" Gearheart
• FEC H4WV03062: Financial report not available
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012
  Democratic Secretary of State  Natalie E. Tennant
• First elected: 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012
  Democratic Attorney General  Darrell V. McGraw, Jr.
• First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012
  Democratic Treasurer  John D. Perdue
• First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004, 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012
  Democratic Auditor Glen B. Gainer, III
• First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012
  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, 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
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.
Major Parties
 • Democratic (affiliates): 10 incumbents, 4 candidates
 • Republican: 1 incumbent, 8 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates)
 • Libertarian
Other Third Parties
 • Mountain (affiliate of Green)
 • Right to Life
 • Unity
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.
Notes
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • http://www.state.wv.us/const/default.htm
Election Authority
 • West Virginia Secretary of State
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • West Virginia Legislature
Democratic
 • West Virginia Democratic Legislative Council
 • West Virginia Democratic Party
Republican
 • West Virginia Republican Party
Third Party
 • Constitution Party of West Virginia
 • Constitution Party of West Virginia
 • Libertarian Party of West Virginia
 • The Unity Party of West Virginia
 • West Virginia Mountain Party
 • West Virginians for Life
Media & others
 • Bluefield Daily Telegraph
 • Braxton Citizens' News - Sutton
 • Change West Virginia - Vic Sprouse
 • Charleston Daily Mail
 • Charleston Newspapers
 • Clarksburg Exponent Telegram
 • DC's Political Report - West Virginia
 • Hampshire Review - Romney
 • Hinton News
 • Jefferson City News Tribute
 • Keyser Mineral Daily News-Tribune
 • Mountain Messenger - Lewisburg
 • Politics1.com - West Virginia
 • Rainelle Today
 • The Charleston Gazette
 • The Dominion Post - Morgantown
 • The Herald-Dispatch - Huntington
 • The Inter-Mountain - Elkins
 • The Lincoln Journal - Hamlin
 • The Logan Banner
 • The Morgan Messenger - Berkeley Springs
 • The Parkersburg News & Sentinel
 • The Register Herald - Beckley
 • The State Journal - Charleston
 • The Times - Fairmont
 • The Wayne County News
 • The Weston Democrat
 • WBOY TV - NBC - Clarksburg, Fairmont, Morgantown
 • WDTV TV - CBS - Bridgeport
 • Weirton Daily Times
 • West Virginia Metro News - Charleston
 • Wheeling News-Register & Intelligencer
 • WSAZ TV - NBC - Charleston, Huntington
 

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