The Green Papers: West Virginia 2002 Midterm Election
 
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Primary: Tuesday 14 May 2002
Midterm Election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2000 Representatives:3(0.69% of 435)
2002 Representatives:3(0.69% of 435)
1990 Census:1,793,477 (0.72% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census:1,813,077 (0.64% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98):951,581
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98):1,406,000
Capital:Charleston
Tuesday 14 May 2002 polls close 7:30p EDT (2330 UTC)
Tuesday 5 November 2002 polls close 7:30p EST (0030 UTC)
 

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West Virginia State and Local Government

preview re: General Election in WEST VIRGINIA-
Tuesday 5 November 2002

Polls close: 7:30 PM Eastern Standard Time
(0030 UTC, Wed 6 Nov)

  • WEST VIRGINIA is NOT electing its Governor in 2002.
  • WEST VIRGINIA is electing its U.S. Senator in the "Class 2" seat in 2002; incumbent Democrat John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV is a candidate for re-election to the Senate in the General Election.
  • WEST VIRGINIA is electing 3 Members of Congress (U.S. House of Representatives) in 2002; the State did not gain nor lose a House seat as a result of the 2000 Census.
  • There are no House seats which will have incumbents running against one another in the General Election.

Members of Congress currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, 107th Congress from the State of WEST VIRGINIA not seeking re-election in the 5 November 2002 General Election:

None.

Open Seats [those in which an incumbent is not running for re-election] in the U.S. House from WEST VIRGINIA in the 5 November 2002 General Election:

None.

Uncontested Major Races [for Governor, U.S. Senate or U.S. House] in the 5 November 2002 General Election in WEST VIRGINIA:

U.S. House

  • CD 1: incumbent Democrat Congressman Alan B. Mollohan is unopposed
 
Governor  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, 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 this state's term limit.
Senate  6-year term, 107th 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
Seat up for election		 Democrat Senator John D. "Jay" Rockefeller, IV
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 14 May 2002 Primary
  Elected Democrat Senator John D. "Jay" Rockefeller, IV
  Candidate Republican Jay Wolfe
107th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2001-2002)
1992-2000 Congressional Districts for the election of the 107th Congress
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Democrats (2 Renominated);
1 Republican (1 Renominated)
CD 1 Democrat Congressman Alan B. Mollohan
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 14 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Mollohan is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 1
CD 2 Republican Congressman Shelley Moore Capito
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 14 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Capito is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 2
CD 3 Democrat Congressman Nick Joe Rahall, II
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 14 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Rahall is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 3
108th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2003-2004)
2002-2010 Congressional Districts for the election of the 108th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
 ** Uncontested Race **
  Elected Democrat Congressman Alan B. Mollohan
CD 2
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Jim Humphreys
  Elected Republican Congressman Shelley Moore Capito
CD 3
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Nick Joe Rahall, II
  Candidate Republican Paul E. Chapman
 

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