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VIRGINIA
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CANDIDATE
DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
(Incumbent Party Listed First)
Filing
Deadline (Major Parties): January 28, 2012
Filing Deadline (Third Parties/Independents): August 1, 2012
Filing Deadline (Write-Ins): September 25, 2012
Primary: May 8, 2012
This
page was last updated on February 1, 2012
STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:
GOVERNOR:
Earl Ray Tomblin (D)*
- (Campaign
Site)
Arnie Moltis (D) -
Musician & '11 Candidate
Ralph William Clark
(R) - College Professor & '11 Candidate
Bill Maloney (R) -
Businessman, Mining Engineer & '11 Nominee
Phil Hudok (Constitution)
- Teacher & Frequent Candidate
Next
State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2012.

SECRETARY
OF STATE:
Natalie
Tennant (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Brian
Savilla (R) - State Del., Teacher & Tea Party Activist
STATE
AUDITOR:
Glen
Gainer (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Larry Faircloth (R)
- Ex-State Del., Real Estate Developer & '04/'11 Gov. Candidate
STATE
TREASURER:
John Perdue (D)* -
(Campaign Site)
Steve Connolly
(R) - Attorney & Volunteer Firefighter
Mike
Hall (R) - State Senate Minority Leader, Ex-State Del. &
Financial Advisor

STATE
AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER:
[ Gus
Douglass (D)* - Retiring in 2012. ]
Walt
Helmick (D) - State Sen., Ex-State Del. & Ex-Pocohontas County
Commissioner
Joe Messineo (D)
- Retired USDA State Plant Health Director, Farmer & Army
Veteran
Steve Miller (D)
- Asst. State Agriculture Commissioner & Farmer
Sally Shepherd (D)
Bob Tabb (D) - Deputy State Agriculture Commissioner, Ex-State
Del. & Farmer
Mike Teets (R) -
Ex-Hardy County Commissioner, Farmer & '08 Nominee
ATTORNEY
GENERAL:
Darrell McGraw (D)* -
(Campaign Site)
Patrick Morrisey (R) - Attorney & Ex-Congressional Aide
STATE LEGISLATURE:
State
House
State Senate
U.S.
SENATOR:
Joe
Manchin (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Sheirl Fletcher (D) - Ex-State Del., Ex-Republican & '08 Candidate
John Raese (R) -
Ex-State GOP Chair, Industrialist & Frequent Candidate

Jay
Rockefeller (D)* - Next Election in 2014.
U.S.
CONGRESS:
District
1:
David
McKinley (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
Sue Thorn (D) - Community
Organizer & Democratic Activist

District
2:
Shelley Moore Capito (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Michael Davis (R)
- Textile Artist & Campground Owner
Jonathan Miller (R)
- State Del. & Mortgage Broker
Dugald Brown (D) - Political
Consultant
William McCann (D)
Howard Swint (D) - Commercial Realtor, Ex-Economic Development
Consultant & Ex-State Planner
District
3:
Nick Rahall (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
Lee Bias (R) - Nurse Anesthetist,
Ex-Volunteer Firefighter & '10 Candidate
Bill Lester (R)
- Attorney & Tea Party Activist
Rick Snuffer (R) - State Del., Building Contractor, Ex-Minister,
'06 US Sen. Candidate & '04 Nominee

STATE
POLITICAL PARTIES:
Constitution Party of West Virginia
West Virginia Democratic
Party
Libertarian Party of West Virginia
Mountain Party of West Virginia
(Green Party state affiliate)
West Virginia Republican Party
STATE
ELECTION OFFICE:
Secretary
of State's Office

STATE
NEWS SOURCES:
Beckley
Register-Herald
Berkeley Springs Morgan
Messenger
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Braxton Citizens' News
Change West Virgina Blog
Charleston Daily Mail
Charleston Gazette
Clarksburg Exponent and Telegram
Fairmont Times West Virginian
Hamlin Lincoln Journal
Hampshire Review
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Jackson Herald
Keyser Mineral Daily News-Tribune
Lewisburg Mountain
Messenger
Logan Banner
Martinsburg
Journal
Morgantown Dominion Post
Parkersburg News & Sentinel
Putnam-Cabell Post
The State Journal (Business
News)
Weirton Daily Times
West Virginia Metro News
West Virginia News
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Weston Democrat
West Virginia Blue
West Virginia Democratic Legislative
Council
West Virginia Metro News
West Virginia
Republican Club Blog
WVU Daily Athenaeum
Wheeling News-Register
& Intelligencer
Williamson Daily
News
YourVoteWV.com
WBOY TV-12 (NBC - Clarksburg)
WDTV TV-5 (CBS - Bridgeport/Weston)
WSAZ TV-3 (NBC - Charleston/Huntington)
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