WEST VIRGINIA

Your complete directory of West Virginia candidates for Governor, United State Senator and Congress in the current election cycle ... state political parties ... the official state election office ... and state news sources.

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- Charleston Daily Mail

CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

Filing Deadline (Major Parties): January 30, 2010
Filing Deadline (Third Parties/Independents): July 30, 2010
Filing Deadline (Write-Ins): September 21, 2010
Primary: May 11, 2010

This page was last updated on August 28, 2010

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
Joe Manchin III (D)* - Term-Limited in 2012.

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2012.

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Natalie Tennant (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE AUDITOR:
Glen Gainer (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE TREASURER:
John Perdue (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER:
Gus Douglass (D)* - (Campaign Site)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Darrell McGraw (D)* - (Campaign Site)

U.S. SENATOR:

[ Carte Goodwin (D)* - Not Running in 2010. ] - SPECIAL ELECTION - Primary: August 28, 2010:
Joe Manchin (D) - Governor, Ex-Secretary of State, Ex-State Sen. & Ex-State Del.
John Raese (R) - Ex-State GOP Chair, Industrialist & Frequent Candidate
Jeff Becker (Constitution) - State Party Chair & Teacher
Jesse Johnson (Mountain) - Filmmaker, Actor, Ex-State Party Chair & Frequent Candidate

Jay Rockefeller (D)* - Next Election in 2014.

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
[ Alan Mollohan (D)* - Lost Primary in 2010. ]
Mike Oliverio (D) - State Sen., Ex-State Del., Insurance Agent & '00/'04 Sec. of State Candidate
David McKinley (R) - Ex-State GOP Chair, Ex-State Del., Architect & '96 Gov. Candidate

District 2:
Shelley Moore Capito (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Virginia Lynch Graf (D) - Elementary School Principal, Democratic Activist & Ex-Catholic Nun
Phil Hudok (Constitution) - Teacher & Frequent Candidate

District 3:
Nick Rahall (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Elliott "Spike" Maynard (R) - Ex-State Supreme Court Justice, Ex-Circuit Court Judge, Ex-Mingo County Prosecutor & Ex-Democrat

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Constitution Party of West Virginia
West Virginia Democratic Party
Libertarian Party of West Virginia
Mountain Party of West Virginia (Green Party state affiliate)
West Virginia Republican Party

STATE ELECTION OFFICE:

Secretary of State's Office

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Beckley Register-Herald
Berkeley Springs Morgan Messenger
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Braxton Citizens' News
Change West Virgina Blog
Charleston Daily Mail
Charleston Gazette
Clarksburg Exponent and Telegram
Fairmont Times West Virginian
Hamlin Lincoln Journal
Hampshire Review
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Jackson Herald
Keyser Mineral Daily News-Tribune
Lewisburg Mountain Messenger
Logan Banner
Martinsburg Journal
Morgantown Dominion Post
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Putnam-Cabell Post
The State Journal (Business News)
Weirton Daily Times
West Virginia Metro News
West Virginia News
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Weston Democrat
West Virginia Blue
West Virginia Democratic Legislative Council
West Virginia Metro News
West Virginia Republican Club Blog
WVU Daily Athenaeum
Wheeling News-Register & Intelligencer
Williamson Daily News
YourVoteWV.com

WBOY TV-12 (NBC - Clarksburg)
WDTV TV-5 (CBS - Bridgeport/Weston)
WSAZ TV-3 (NBC - Charleston/Huntington) - (Political News)