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 26, 2008
Filing Deadline (Third Parties/Independents): April 14, 2008
Primary: May 13, 2008

This page was last updated onApril 26, 2008

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
Joe Manchin III (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Mel Kessler (D) - State Del. & Businessman
Russ Weeks (R) - Ex-State Sen., Pro-Life Activist & Vietnam War Veteran
Butch Paugh (Constitution) - Fundamentalist Pastor
Frank Kula (Independent) - '04 Candidate

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2008.

SECRETARY OF STATE:
[ Betty Ireland (R)* - Retiring in 2008. ]
Charles Minimah (R) - Businessman, Community Activist & '04/'06 State Del. Candidate
Billy Wayne Bailey (D) - State Senate Majority Whip & Ex-Wyoming County Sheriff
Joe DeLong (D) - State House Majority Leader
Natalie Tennant (D) - Ex-TV News Anchorwoman & '04 Candidate
Dave Rao (Mountain) - '00 State Sen. Candidate

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

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

STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER:
Gus Douglass (D)*
Oscar Casto (D)
Lawrence Beckerle (R) - GOP Activist & '02 State Sen. Candidate
J. Michael Teets (R)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Darrell McGraw (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Dan Greear (R) - Ex-State Del. & Attorney
Hiram Lewis (R) - Attorney, Army Veteran & Frequent Candidate

U.S. SENATOR:

Jay Rockefeller (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Sheirl Fletcher (D) - Ex-State Del. & Ex-Republican
Billy Hendricks Jr. (D) - State DMV Worker & '06 Candidate
Jay Wolfe (R) - Ex-State Sen., Insurance Agency Owner & '88/'02 Nominee

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

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
Alan Mollohan (D)*

District 2:
Shelley Moore Capito (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Anne Barth (D) - Ex-State Dir. for US Sen. Byrd
Thornton Cooper (D) - Attorney & Ex-State Public Service Commission Aide
Richie Robb (D) - Ex-South Charleston Mayor, Vietnam Veteran, '06 Candidate & '04 Governor Candidate

District 3:
Nick Rahall (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Marty Gearheart (R) - Sign Company Sales Executive, Ex-Teacher & '04/'06 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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