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Lasher

(28,369 posts)
Tue May 13, 2014, 08:28 AM May 2014

West Virginia primary election: 5 things to know

1. TIGHT GOP RACE FOR CONGRESS

Seven Republicans are vying for the seat filled by GOP U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, who is leaving the post to run for Senate. Alex Mooney, Ken Reed, Charlotte Lane and Ron Walters have each spent more than $125,000 before Tuesday's election. Democrat Nick Casey is expected to win his party primary against state House Delegate Meshea Poore.

2. FEW STATEHOUSE CONTESTS

All 100 seats in the state House of Delegates and 17 of the 34 in the Senate are on the midterm ballot. Only four Senate districts feature contested primaries, however. In the House, where Republicans seek control for the first time in 85 years, fewer than half of the 67 districts include primary contests.

3. PRESUMED WINS IN U.S. SENATE, HOUSE

Capito and her likely opponent, Democratic Secretary of State Natalie Tennant, are expected to win their party primaries for the U.S. Senate easily Tuesday. The outcome of their presumed November election for retiring Democrat Jay Rockefeller's seat could influence control in the Democratic U.S. Senate. U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall is expected to win his re-election primary contest and face Republican Evan Jenkins in a high-profile November race.

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West Virginia primary election: 5 things to know (Original Post) Lasher May 2014 OP
I was surprised to see a healthy turnout this morning theHandpuppet May 2014 #1
Pretty good turnout here, but about 1/4 what it usually is on a good general election turnout. Lasher May 2014 #2
Listing to NPR this morning... crystal dawn May 2014 #3
Capito makes me sick theHandpuppet May 2014 #4
I bet Manchin supports Capito Champion Jack May 2014 #5

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
1. I was surprised to see a healthy turnout this morning
Tue May 13, 2014, 06:59 PM
May 2014

Our local polling place (Berkeley County) resembled a mausoleum during the mid-terms.

Lasher

(28,369 posts)
2. Pretty good turnout here, but about 1/4 what it usually is on a good general election turnout.
Tue May 13, 2014, 07:20 PM
May 2014

I'm really worried that the GOP might get control of the legislature this year. Most people have no idea how bad that would be.

crystal dawn

(85 posts)
3. Listing to NPR this morning...
Wed May 14, 2014, 09:25 AM
May 2014

and they were discussing how a lot of out of state republican and libertarian candidates are being influxed into our state, which is truly going to turn us Red for a long time. Mooney, for example. So we have kids leaving our state in droves to find jobs, while Republicans that hardly ever live here are taking over the legislator. Big money is spent on these candidates from the likes of the Koch braws .. because they can no longer win national elections... they must infiltrate state, local, and judicial positions.. and honestly, the folks in WV don't educate themselves.

Capito is probably a shoe-in. The days of supporting our unions and Robert C. Byrd are long gone.

Guys like Mooney run on the tea party ticket but, like the libertarians, are just Republicans. Lots of folks are fooled by this, thinking they are getting an "out side of the box" candidate, or someone that isn't "part of Washington" when they are funded by the same outfits and are simply ensuring right wing policy.

Champion Jack

(5,378 posts)
5. I bet Manchin supports Capito
Fri May 23, 2014, 10:58 AM
May 2014

the alliance between the Moore crime family and the Manchin thugs goes way back

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