The Green Papers: West Virginia 2007 Off Year Election |
West Virginia
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th 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 |
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Class 2 | Democratic | Senator John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller, IV First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
Democratic | Governor Joe Manchin, III First elected: 2004 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined); 1 Republican (1 Undetermined) | |||||
CD 1 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Alan B. Mollohan Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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CD 2 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Shelley Moore Capito Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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CD 3 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Nick Joe Joe Rahall, II Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
Republican | Secretary of State Betty Ireland First elected: 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Open Seat - Retiring in 2008 |
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Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
Democratic | Attorney General Darrell V. McGraw, Jr. First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996, 2000, 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
Democratic | Treasurer John D. Perdue First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
Democratic | Auditor Glen B. Gainer, III First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996, 2000, 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Commissioner of Agriculture 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
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. Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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. |