West Virginia 2003 Off Year Election

The Green Papers: West Virginia 2003 Off Year Election

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West Virginia

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. 108^th 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

108^th House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2002, 2004. No Term Limit. 108^th 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.