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Posted: 5:21 PM Sep 29, 2008
W.Va. Governor Manchin with Big Advantage in Money Game
West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin has nearly two million dollars cash on hand heading into the home stretch of his re-election campaign. Inside: Read how much all the statewide candidates have left to spend in the final weeks.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The first campaign finance reports out for the general election in West Virginia show Governor Joe Manchin with a large advantage in fundraising.
Manchin has $1.9 million cash on hand heading into the final full month of campaigning. Republican opponent Russ Weeks has $10,705 cash on hand and Mountain Party candidate Jesse Johnson has $973.
Incumbent Attorney General Darrell McGraw holds a 3-1 money advantage over his opponent, Republican Dan Greear. McGraw has $99,654 compared to $31,917 for Greear.
Two seats are up for grabs on the West Virginia Supreme Court. Margaret Workman leads in all polling that has been released to the public, but has less cash on hand than one of her opponents in the final weeks. Workman, a Democrat and former Supreme Court Justice, has $109,864 to spend, while opponent Beth Walker, the Republican candidate, has $248,102 cash on hand. The report for Menis Ketchum, another Democratic candidate, was not available as of Monday evening.
In the race for Secretary of State, Democrat Natalie Tennant currently has $18,546 on hand compared to $1,017 for Republican opponent Charles Minimah. Tennant and Minimah are attempting to succeed current Secretary of State Betty Ireland.
The race for Commissioner of Agriculture shows incumbent Gus Douglass has $3840 on hand compared to $3589 for opponent Michael Teets, the Republican. However, Teets has spent more than $171,000 in his bid to unseat Douglass, who has more than four decades of built-in name recognition. Douglass has spent $17,942 so far.
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Anything over $100,000 in campaign funds needs to be donated back to the state. It is ridiculous we have people working 40hr work weeks that can barely afford all the utilities, house/rent payments, food, gas etc...and some of the candidates (mainly Manchin) have hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars at their disposal for anything. That is sickening.
i've not seen any campaigning in west virginia at all, wonder what he's using the money for. why cant someone run against him so we can have a good governor for a change. i'm like you democrat, i'm voting republican this time.
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