Saturday, July 24, 2010
Candidate Filing Period Ends
WEST VIRGINIA....
The filing period for West Virginia's candidates for the U.S. Senate seat ended on Friday with eleven Republicans, three Democrats and one Mountain Party candidate looking to win their parties nomination. Governor Joe Manchin was the first candidate to file on July 20th, less than 24 hours after signing a succession bill setting the August 28th primary and the November 2nd special election. His announcement ended weeks of speculation whether he would make an attempt to run.
Here are the candidates:
Democrats:
Joe Manchin III of Charleston
Ken Hechler of Charleston
Sheirl Fletcher of Dellslow, W.Va.
Republicans:
Charles G. "Bud" Railey of Bridgeport, W.Va.
Albert Howard of San Pedro, Calif.
Thomas Ressler of Falling Waters, W.Va.
John R. Raese of Morgantown.
Lynette Kennedy McQuain of Rivesville, W.Va.
Scott H Williams of Buckhannon, W.Va.
Kenneth A. Culp of Summersville, W.Va.
Daniel Scott Rebich of Buckhannon, W.Va.
Mac Warner of Morgantown.
Harry C. Bruner Jr. of Charleston.
Frank T. Kubic of Charles Town, W.Va.
Mountain Party:
Jesse Johnson of Pinch, W.Va.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 6:21 PM 
