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Polls In The State Of West Virginia Leading Upto The November 6, 2012 General Election

West Virginia -  Presidential Election

Barack Obama  
Mitt Romney  
[Latest polls pending]

West Virginia - U.S. Senate Election

Manchin [D] 66%
Raese     [R] 27%
R.L. Repass
[August 22-25, 2012]

West Virginia - Governor's Election

Tomblin [D]    56%
Maloney [R]    55%
R.L. Repass
[August 22-25, 2012]

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United States Senators from the State of West Virginia
Jay Rockefeller (D)
Joe Manchin (D)

United States Representatives from the State of West Virginia
Total number of Representatives: 3
Republican Party: 2
Democratic Party: 1

Governor of the State of West Virginia
Earl Ray Tomblin (D)

State Senate of the State of West Virginia
Total number of Senators: 34
Democratic Party: 28
Republican Party: 6

State House of the State of West Virginia
Total number of Representatives: 100
Democratic Party: 65
Republican Party: 35

PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS AND STATE POLITICS

Presidential Election 2012

The State of West Virginia can by and large be considered a Democratic state, at least a Democratic-Leaning state; but not for the Presidential election 2012 with President Obama running for a second term as the Democratic Party candidate. We would not call it even a Purple state. For the Presidential election only, we will describe West Virginia as a Republican State and place it in the Red Column.
Senator Obama was beaten soundly in the 2008 Presidential election. Senator McCain won West Virginia  easily by receiving 55.60% of the vote to Senator Obama's 42.51%.
West Virginia is allotted 5 electoral votes in the Electoral College. There are 538 members of the Electoral College and a candidate needs 270 votes to win the Presidency.
[References: Wikipedia the free encyclopedia, 2011: U.S. Electoral College, 2012]

U.S. Senate Election in West Virginia, 2012

CANDIDATES

Joe Manchin [D] U.S. Senator
John Raese [R]
Bob Henry Barber [Mountain Party]

Joe Manchin is the incumbent Junior United States Senator from West Virginia.

John Raese has been the GOP Senate nominee three times previously.

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U.S. House of Representatives Election in West Virginia, 2012

The State of West Virginia did not gain or lose congressional seats on account of the 2010 United States census.

The congressional redistricting plan was approved by the state house and the state senate and signed in to law by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin in August 2011.

The primary elections were held on May 8, 2012 and following are the three districts and the candidates who will be running in the fall 2012 generalelection:

DISTRICT 1

David McKinley [R] Incumbent U.S. Rep.
Sue Thorn [D]

DISTRICT 2

Shelley Moore Capito [R] Incumbent U.S. Rep.
Howard Swint [D]

DISTRICT 3

Nick Rahall [D] Incumbent U.S. Rep.
Rich Snuffer [R]

Gubernatorial Election in West Virginia, 2012

CANDIDATES

Earl Ray Tomblin [D] Incumbent
Bill Maloney [R]
David Moran [Libertarian]
Jesse Johnson [Mountain Party]

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POLITICAL NEWS THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE

West Virginia U.S. Senate Race

[Updated: September 5, 2012. June 05, 2012]
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin is running for a full term and has a substantial lead over Republican nominee John Raese. This would be the fourth time Mr. Raese has been the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate.

West Virginia Governor's Race

[June 05, 2012]
Incumbent Democratic Governor Earl Ray Tombin is running for a full four year term and will be challenged by Republican nominee Bill Maloney.

When Democrat Robert Byrd from the State of West Virginia, the longest-serving U.S. Senator (1959 to 2010) and the longest-serving member  in the history of the Unites States Congress died on June 28, 2010 a series of events occurred concerning his Senate Seat and also the Governors office.
At the time of Byrd's  death, Joe Manchin was the Governor of West Virginia and he made a temporary appointment of Carte Goodwin to the vacant seat. A special election for the seat was held along with the 2010 mid-term elections in which Gov. Manchin ran and won the Senate seat for the unfinished term of Senator Byrd that ends in 2012. Accordingly, Manchin is now an incumbent Democratic senator from West Virginia.He has announced that he will be running for re-election to a first full term.

When Gov. Manchin resigned to become the U.S. Senator, the office of the West Virginia Governor became vacant. State Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin who was first in line of succession became the Acting Governor in 2010. A special election was held on October 4, 2011 to fill the unexpired term of former Gov. Manchin that will end in 2012. Acting Gov. Tomblin ran and won in that special election and is now the Incumbent Democratic Governor of the State of West Virginia. Tomblin has said that he will seek re-election in 2012.
On the Republican front, Bill Maloney who lost to Gov. Tomblin in the 2011 special election may run again in 2012.
[Parts of the above information was obtained from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 2011]