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83% of WV AFL-CIO & AFSCME Endorsed Candidates Win November 4, 2008 General Election RACES WON ARE IN BLUE U.S. President House of Delegate Districts Barack Obama 1st …. Randy Swartzmiller 28th…. Thomas Campbell, 2nd.… Roy Givens Ray Canterbury U.S. Senate 3rd….. Tal Hutchins, 29th…. Tom Louisos, John D. Rockefeller IV Orphy Klempa David Perry, 4th……Michael Ferro Margaret Staggers U.S. House of Representatives 5th…… Dave Pethtel 30th…. Bonnie Brown, 1st…. Alan Mollohan 7th…… Ron Nichols Nancy Guthrie, 2nd…. Anne Barth 8th…… Charley Webb Bobbie Hatfield, 3rd…. Nick Rahall ll 9th……Jim Marion Mark Hunt, 10th….Dan Poling, Sharon Spencer, Governor Brenda Brum, Danny Wells Joe Manchin lll John Ellem 31st…. Carrie Webster 12th… Jo Boggess Phillips 32nd…. Jon Cain Sr., Supreme Court of Appeals 13th…. Dale Martin, Carmela Thompson Menis E. Ketchum Brady Paxton 33rd…. David Walker Margaret Workman 14th…. Karen Coria, 34th…. Brent Boggs Jeff Martin 35th…. Sam Argento Attorney General 15th…. Carl Eastham, 36th…. Joe Talbott Darrell McGraw Jim Morgan 37th…. Bill Proudfoot 16th…. Doug Reynolds, 39th…. Bill Hamilton Auditor Dale Stephens, 40th…. Mary Poling Glen Gainer lll Amy Herrenkohl 41st…. Ron Fragale, 17th…. Don Perdue, Richard Iaquinta, Secretary of State Richard Thompson Tim Miley Natalie Tennant 18th…. Larry Barker 42nd…. Mike Manypenny 19th…. Greg Butcher, 43rd…. Mike Caputo, Treasurer Jeff Eldridge, Linda Longstreth, John Perdue Ralph Rodighiero, Timothy Manchin Josh Stowers 44th…. Barbara Fleischauer, State Senate Districts 21st…. Harry Keith White Charlene Marshall, 1st.... Jack Yost 22nd…. Daniel Hall, Alex Shook 2nd…. Jeffrey Kessler Linda Goode Phillips 46th…. Stan Shaver 4th.... Rocky D. Holmes 23rd…. Clif Moore 48th…. Donna Kuhn 5th.... Robert Plymale 24th…. Mike Vinciguerra, Jr. 50th…. Ruth Rowan 6th….. John Pat Fanning 25th…. John Frazier 52nd…. Mike Roberts 10th….James McNeely 27th…. Louis Gall, 54th…. Walter Duke 11th…. William R. Laird IV Virginia Mahan, 58th…. Tiffany Lawrence 12th…. Douglas E. Facemire Ricky Moye, 16th…. Herb Snyder Sally Susman, 17th…. Dan Foster Bill Wooton * Greenbrier County Referendum on Table Gaming passes by a 2% margin thanks to the efforts of Union members in Greenbrier County. .

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Listed the Senate and House Education Committees Below Because That’S the Two We Most Often Deal With
Here is a link to the House roster where you will find contact information for House members: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/house/roster.cfm Here is a link to the Senate roster where you will find contact information for Senate members: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/senate1/roster.cfm Please make sure you are familiar with your local legislators as well as those in leadership positions. The new directory is available on the legislative site. I listed the Senate and House Education Committees below because that’s the two we most often deal with. WEST VIRGINIA STATE SENATE LEADERSHIP SENATE PRESIDENT— CRAIG P. BLAIR PREIDENT PRO TEMPORE – DONNA BOLEY MAJORITY LEADER – TOM TAKUBO MAJORITY WHIP – RYAN W. WELD MINORITY LEADER – STEPHEN BALDWIN MINORITY WHIP – MICHAEL WOELFEL SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE Patricia Rucker - Chair Robert Karnes - Vice Chair Azinger, Beach, Boley, Clements, Grady, Plymale, Roberts, Romano, Stollings, Tarr, Trump, Unger SENATE FINANCE Eric Tarr - Chair Dave Sypolt - Vice Chair Baldwin, Boley, Clements, Hamilton, Ihlenfeld, Jeffries, Maroney, Martin, Nelson, Plymale, Roberts, Stollings, Swope, Takubo, Unger SENATE DISTRICT - 01 William Ihlenfeld (D - Ohio) Ryan Weld (R - Brooke) SENATE DISTRICT - 02 Michael Maroney (R - Marshall) Charles Clements (R - Wetzel) SENATE DISTRICT - 03 Donna Boley (R - Pleasants) Michael Azinger (R - Wood) SENATE DISTRICT - 04 Amy Grady (R - Mason) Eric Tarr (R - Putnam) SENATE DISTRICT - 05 Robert Plymale (D - Wayne) Michael Woelfel (D - Cabell) SENATE DISTRICT - 06 Chandler Swope (R - Mercer)
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