WEST VIRGINIA

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

Filing Deadline (Major Parties): January 2010
Filing Deadline (Third Parties/Independents): April 2010
Primary: May 2010

This page was last updated on October 1, 2009

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:

Robert C. Byrd (D)* - Next Election in 2012.

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

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
Alan Mollohan (D)*
Clark Barnes (R) - State Senate Minority Whip, Non-Profit Group Executive & Ex-Public Relations Executive
Cindy Hall (R) - Realtor & Businesswoman
R. Scott Smith (R) - Coal Mine Contracting Company Executive
Daniel Swisher (R) - Financial Executive

District 2:
Shelley Moore Capito (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Carte Goodwin (D) - Ex-General Counsel to Gov. Manchin

District 3:
Nick Rahall (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Lee Bias (R) - Nurse Anesthetist
Marty Gearheart (R) - Sign Company Sales Executive, Ex-Teacher & Frequent Candidate

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 - WVVotes.com

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)

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