Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Governor Manchin Claims Senate Victory
WEST VIRGINIA....
Governor Joe Manchin claimed a victory Tuesday over Republican John Raese, keeping the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Robert Byrd for a half-century in the hands of the Democratic party. Raese, who conceded less than two hours after the polls closed, had tried to make a referendum on President Barack Obama. Initial numbers gave Manchin a 54-percent to 43-percent lead over Raese, and that percentage never wavered. It has been over a half century since a Republican represented West Virginia in the U.S. Senate, going back to 1959 when Republican W. Chapman Revercomb left the Senate. Revercomb gave way to Senator Robert C. Byrd, a Democrat who held the post for the next 51 years, longer than any Senator in U.S. history. There have been just three Senators who have represented West Virginia in the last 51 years – Jennings Randolph (1958-85), Robert C. Byrd (1959-2010) and Jay Rockefeller (1985-present) – and all three were Democrats. Carte Goodwin, a Democrat, was appointed by Governor Manchin to temporarily fill the Senate seat after Byrd’s death. Earl Ray Tomblin, president of the W.Va. State Senate, will take over as Governor until a new election for that post can be held.
Governor Joe Manchin claimed a victory Tuesday over Republican John Raese, keeping the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Robert Byrd for a half-century in the hands of the Democratic party. Raese, who conceded less than two hours after the polls closed, had tried to make a referendum on President Barack Obama. Initial numbers gave Manchin a 54-percent to 43-percent lead over Raese, and that percentage never wavered. It has been over a half century since a Republican represented West Virginia in the U.S. Senate, going back to 1959 when Republican W. Chapman Revercomb left the Senate. Revercomb gave way to Senator Robert C. Byrd, a Democrat who held the post for the next 51 years, longer than any Senator in U.S. history. There have been just three Senators who have represented West Virginia in the last 51 years – Jennings Randolph (1958-85), Robert C. Byrd (1959-2010) and Jay Rockefeller (1985-present) – and all three were Democrats. Carte Goodwin, a Democrat, was appointed by Governor Manchin to temporarily fill the Senate seat after Byrd’s death. Earl Ray Tomblin, president of the W.Va. State Senate, will take over as Governor until a new election for that post can be held.
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