West Virginia 2009 General Election

The Green Papers: West Virginia 2009 General Election

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West Virginia
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. 111^th 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

111^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111^th 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

CD 2 {map}	Republican	Congressman Shelley Moore Capito • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Nick Joe Joe Rahall, II • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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
	• Republican: 1 incumbent
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.