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« Reply #125 on: January 08, 2014, 11:43:31 AM »
Some group called the  American Energy Alliance has a new ad out on Rahall accusing him of, surprise, being anti-coal.
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« Reply #126 on: January 08, 2014, 12:17:11 PM »
Quote from: MilesC56 on January 08, 2014, 11:43:31 AM
Some group called the  American Energy Alliance has a new ad out on Rahall accusing him of, surprise, being anti-coal.

AEA= Koch brothers front.
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« Reply #127 on: January 09, 2014, 08:01:21 PM »
The PAC for the Family Research Council (Tony Perkins' group) is endorsing Alex Mooney for CD2.

Despite the carpetbagging, Mooney is doing better than I expected him to.
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« Reply #128 on: January 09, 2014, 09:56:09 PM »
Quote from: MilesC56 on January 09, 2014, 08:01:21 PM
The PAC for the Family Research Council (Tony Perkins' group) is endorsing Alex Mooney for CD2.

Despite the carpetbagging, Mooney is doing better than I expected him to.


I don't think he'll do well in the general; any halfway decent opponent will smash him on the carpetbagging.
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« Reply #129 on: January 10, 2014, 02:08:27 AM »
It's heavily rumored that Mooney STILL doesn't live in West Virginia. If he does, he at least spends most of his time in Maryland.


Mooney might be doing better than expected, but so is Nick Casey.
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« Reply #130 on: January 11, 2014, 06:20:44 PM »
Will the Democrats try to use the recent chemical spill against the Republicans? ("A vote for [GOP candidate] is a vote to make it even easier for companies like Freedom Industries to get away with incidents like these") And if they do, how successful will it be?
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« Reply #131 on: January 18, 2014, 02:55:40 AM »
Rahall is finally starting to get his rear in gear with a $425K haul. The filing in WV ends next week, so if he were to retire, it would have likely been announced by now.
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« Reply #132 on: January 18, 2014, 12:04:43 PM »
Quote from: IndyTexas on January 11, 2014, 06:20:44 PM
Will the Democrats try to use the recent chemical spill against the Republicans? ("A vote for [GOP candidate] is a vote to make it even easier for companies like Freedom Industries to get away with incidents like these") And if they do, how successful will it be?

Sure.  But the whole thing is illustrative of how virtually impossible it is to move West Virginia forward.  How can you attract anything other then chemical/industrial development to a place that is as toxic as WV?  There's been long-term degradation of water and soil in this region.    Sure it looks scenic but most of the mining occurred before any real environmental regulation and obviously modern day mining hasn't done them any favors. 
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« Reply #133 on: January 19, 2014, 04:32:22 PM »
Rahall gets a primary challenger:

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« Reply #134 on: January 23, 2014, 07:22:53 PM »
National Journal on Capito. She cites Murkowski as a Senate role model and is running as a pragmatic problem solver.

I've said before, I'll be endorsing Tennant, but if WV is gonna elect an R, Capito is a good one.
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« Reply #135 on: January 23, 2014, 07:28:45 PM »
I agree. Capito is tolerable - even by my liberal friend's standards.
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« Reply #136 on: January 23, 2014, 07:31:20 PM »
Which is what she is: pragmatic moderate. That seat will be hers as long as she wants it.
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« Reply #137 on: January 23, 2014, 08:46:17 PM »
Is McGeehan not a threat to Capito?
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« Reply #138 on: January 24, 2014, 03:46:21 AM »
Quote from: MilesC56 on January 23, 2014, 07:22:53 PM
National Journal on Capito. She cites Murkowski as a Senate role model and is running as a pragmatic problem solver.

I've said before, I'll be endorsing Tennant, but if WV is gonna elect an R, Capito is a good one.

What problems has she solved to be looked up to? Tongue


Anyway, I don't plan on holding this against Capito.
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« Reply #139 on: January 25, 2014, 02:21:51 AM »
Rothenberg moves WV-03 to Lean D from Likely D.
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« Reply #140 on: January 25, 2014, 02:28:41 AM »
Filing Deadline is tomorrow.
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« Reply #141 on: January 25, 2014, 02:38:31 AM »

RRH has been doing a good job of keeping track of filings, but here's the exhaustive list of candidates.
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« Reply #142 on: January 25, 2014, 03:45:01 AM »

That's nice. Although once they get down to the state legislative level and below, I don't really bother. Anything below statewide offices for me is too much info and too specific for me to follow besides partisan control.
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« Reply #143 on: January 25, 2014, 03:56:23 AM »
The House of Delegates is liable to flip, but the Senate is Safe D.
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« Reply #144 on: January 25, 2014, 08:31:18 PM »
McGeehan has dropped to a legislative race per RRH. Not that he was noticeable before.
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« Reply #145 on: January 26, 2014, 04:30:25 PM »
Nice! Democrats start out with an unexpected automatic pickup. Delegate Josh Nelson (R-Boone) never filed.
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« Reply #146 on: January 26, 2014, 04:31:37 PM »
Quote from: RogueBeaver on January 25, 2014, 08:31:18 PM
McGeehan has dropped to a legislative race per RRH. Not that he was noticeable before.
So Capito is unopposed now? Great.
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« Reply #147 on: January 26, 2014, 04:37:21 PM »
« Edited: January 26, 2014, 04:40:44 PM by Hifly »
This really confuses me:
http://www.wboy.com/story/24539759/mike-queen-resigns-as

This could mean that Republicans actually do have a candidate in Senate District 12.....
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« Reply #148 on: January 26, 2014, 04:45:29 PM »
Queen's name isn't listed on the SoS site.
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« Reply #149 on: January 26, 2014, 04:48:23 PM »
Quote from: RogueBeaver on January 25, 2014, 08:31:18 PM
McGeehan has dropped to a legislative race per RRH. Not that he was noticeable before.

Damn. Looks like this is one race the GOP won't be throwing away.

Hopefully Tennant can make this competitive. SD is already ceded to the GOP, it would suck to have to give away another.
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