March 15, 2008

West Virginia AFL-CIO
announces Primary election endorsements

          The West Virginia AFL-CIO State COPE (Committee on Political Education) met Saturday, March 15, 2008 at the Charleston Marriott to finalize endorsements for the primary election.  The West Virginia AFL-CIO State COPE committee is comprised of representatives from every affiliated international union in West Virginia, as well as representatives from the trade and industrial councils, the Central Labor Councils and the West Virginia AFL-CIO Executive Board.

            An endorsement by the West Virginia AFL-CIO is based on recommendations from Central Labor Councils who conduct candidate interviews following a review of the candidate’s completed questionnaire concerning issues of vital importance to West Virginia’s working women and men.

            The endorsements made for the May 13, 2008 primary election are as follows:

U. S. President
Hillary Clinton (*AFSCME only action)

U. S. Senate
Jay Rockefeller, IV

U. S. House of Representatives
Alan B. Mollohan 1st District
Anne Barth 2nd District
Nick Rahall, II 3rd District

Governor
Joe Manchin III

Attorney General
Darrell Mcgraw

Auditor
Glen B. Gainer III

Secretary of State
No Endorsement (*AFSCME only action)

Treasurer
John D. Perdue

Supreme Court of Appeals
Menis E. Ketchum
Margaret L. Workman
 

State Senate

1st …..  Jack Yost
2nd ….. Jeffrey Kessler
4th …..  Rocky D. Holmes
5th…..   Robert Plymale
6th…..  John Pat Fanning
8th…..   Paul Gunnoe
10th…..James McNeely
11th….  William R. Laird IV
12th….. Douglas E. Facemire
14th….. David H. Webb
17th….. Dan Foster

House of Delegates

1st  ……Benton Manypenny,
              Pat McGeehan,
             Randy Swartzmiller   
2nd .…. Calvin Heck
3rd…… Tal Hutchins,
              Orphy Klempa
4th……  Kenneth Tucker
5th……  Dave Pethtel
7th …..  Ron Nichols
8th …..  Charley Webb
9th…… Sterling Ball
10th….. Brenda Brum,
              Dan Poling,
              John Ellem
13th……Dale Martin,
               Brady Paxton
14th……Karen Cora
15th……Carl Eastham,                    
               Jim Morgan
16th……Doug Reynolds,
               Dale Stephens
17th……Don Perdue,
              Richard Thompson
18th……Larry Barker
19th……Jeff Eldridge,
               Ted Ellis,
               Lidella Wilson Hrutkay,
               Ralph Rodighiero
21st……Harry Keith White
22nd……Mike Burdiss
23rd……Clif Moore
24th……Mike Vinciguerra, Jr.
25th……John Frazier
27th……Virginia Mahan,
               Al Martine,
               Ricky Moye,           
               Sally Susman,
               Bill Wooten
28th……Thomas Campbell,
               Ray Canterbury
29th…… Tom Louisos,
                David Perry,
                Margaret Staggers
30th…… Bonnie Brown,
               Roger Decanio,
               Nancy Guthrie,
               Bobbie Hatfield,
              Mark Hunt,
               Sharon Spencer,
               Danny Wells
31st……Carrie Webster
32nd……Jon Cain Sr.,
               Carmela Thompson
33rd……David Walker
34th……Brent Boggs
35th……Sam Argento
36th……Joe Talbott
37th……Thomas Ditty,
               Bill Proudfoot
38th……Bob Stultz
39th……Bill Hamilton
40th……Mary Poling
41st……Ron Fragale,
              Richard Iaquinta,
              Tim Miley
42nd……Leroy Stanley
43rd……Mike Caputo,
               Linda Longstreth,
              Timothy Manchin
44th……Barbara Fleischauer,
              Charlene Marshall,
               Alex Shook
46th……Stan Shaver
47th ……Isaac Sponaugle
48th……Donna Kuhn
50th……Ruth Rowan
52nd……Mike Roberts
54th……Walter Duke
58th……Tiffany Lawrence

One Voice, One Agenda, One Movement!
www.WVAFLCIO.org

Calendar of Events for Election ‘08

April 22, 2008 – Last Day to Register to VOTE in the Primary Election

April 23, 2008 – Early VOTING Begins

May 13, 2008 - PRIMARY ELECTION

October 14, 2008 – Last Day to Register to VOTE in the General Election

October 15, 2008 – Early VOTING Begins

November 4, 2008 – GENERAL ELECTION