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West Virginians for Life PAC Endorsed
GOP Candidates
Following is a list of GOP candidates endorsed by West Virginians for Life.President
John McCain (R)
U.S. Senate
Jay Wolfe (R)
U.S. House
Dist. 2 - Shelley Capito (R)
Secretary of State
Charles Minimah (R)
Attorney General
Dan Greear (R)
Commissioner of Agricultrue
Mike Teets (R)
State Supreme Court
Beth Walker (R)
State Senate
Dist. 1 - Chris Wakim (R)
Dist. 3 - Donna Boley (R)
Dist. 4 - Karen Facemyer (R)
Dist. 8 - Bob Ore (R)
Dist. 10 - Don Caruth (R)
Dist. 14 - Gary Howell (R)
Dist. 15 - Clark Barnes (R)
Dist. 16 - Bob Adams (R)
Dist. 17 - Alan Long (R)
House of Delegates
Pat McGeehan (R)
Ronald Morris (R)
Dist. 6 - Roger Romine (R)
Dist. 7 - Woody Ireland (R)
Dist. 8 - Bill Anderson (R)
Dist. 9 - Larry Border (R)
Dist. 10 - Tom Azinger (R)
John Ellem (R)
Fred Gillespie (R)
Dist. 11 - Bob Ashley (R)
Dist. 12 - Mitch Carmichael (R)
James McCormick (R)
Dist. 14 - Troy Andes (R)
Patti Schoen (R)
Jim Carden (R)
Carol Miller (R)
Kelli Sobonya (R)
Lisa Peana (R)
Dist. 24 - John Shott (R)
Dist. 25 - Mike Porter (R)
Dereck Severt (R)
Philip Stevens (R)
Linda Sumner (R)
Dist. 28 - Ray Canterbury (R)
Marshall Clay (R)
Dist. 30 - “Bud” Anderson (R)
Todd Carden (R)
Fred Joseph (R)
John Miller (R)
Lance Byron Vaughan (R)
Dist. 32 - Tim Armstead (R)
Patrick Lane (R)
Ron Walters (R)
Dist. 38 - Derick Love (R)
Dist. 39 - Bill Hamilton (R)
Dist. 40 - Lonnie Moore (R)
Danny Hamrick (R)
Dist. 43 - Rick Starn (R)
Cindy Frich (R)
Dist. 48 - Allen Evans (R)
Dist. 49 - Robert Schadler (R)
Dist. 50 - Ruth Rowan (R)
Dist. 51 - Daryl Cowles (R)
Dist. 52 - Craig Blair (R)
Dist. 53 - Jonathan Miller (R)
Dist. 54 - Walter Duke (R)
Dist. 55 - John Overington (R)
Dist. 57 - Betsy Dungan (R)
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Russ Weeks: 'It's enough to make you scream'
On Monday: Weeks v. Manchin
RUSS WEEKS IN THE NEWS
Howell honored for exporting
Gary Howell, left, candidate for the state Senate in the 14th District, was in Charleston Wednesday to receive an award from the governor's office for being a leading exporter of products to foreign markets through his business, Howell Automotive. Howell is seen chatting at the Capitol Building with Terri Funk, county assessor in Preston County, who was in town for a gathering of assessors from around the state.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Russ Weeks will face off against Gov. Joe Manchin at the Clay Center on Monday evening in the first of four debates scheduled over the course of the next week or so.The field was cleared for a one-on-one matchup after a court ruled this morning against Mountain Party candidate Jesse Johnson's bid to force himself into the event being held by the West Virginia Broadcasters Association. Johnson is scheduled to participate in a future debate being held by West Virginia Public Broadcasting.After Monday, Weeks and Manchin will square off Thursday, October 16, in Martinsburg, October 19 in Charleston (with Jesse Johnson) and October 21 in Morgantown (Dominion Post).Manchin has declined to agree to a debate in the southern part of the state. Weeks originally challenged Manchin to a series of seven debates around the state.Young Reps plan radio campaign
The West Virginia Federation of Young Republicans is preparing to launch a radio ad campaign with the theme "throw the bums out."Ashley Stennett, chairman of the group, says the ad will cover primarly a southern region of the state.In the ad, an announcer says, “Democrats have controlled the WV Legislature since 1932. That is 76 years of a one party rule. This isn’t Cuba! Don’t you think it’s time we stop being last?" Will America elect the least known candidate in history?
If the polls are to be believed (and there are legitimate questions about whether they should be), the United States may be on the verge of electing as president the least known candidate in modern history.There are serious and legitimate questions about Barack Obama's life and associations. It is not right-wing mudslinging or "swift-boating" to demand serious investigations into his friendship with terrorist William Ayres, his 20-year closeness to a pastor who believed in a a concept of "God damn America," the gaps in his personal biography, his ties to a "community organizing" group at the center of voter registration fraud across the country, and many other issues. More attention and scrutiny has been devoted by the national media to Sarah Palin's life, career and actions in two short months than have been spent dissecting Obama's life in the last two long years. If a Republican candidate had the associations of Obama, there would be nightly breaking updates on the evening news, and news magazines like "60 Minutes," "Dateline" and "20/20" would devote their time to nothing else.That the media is totally in the tank for Obama is not only cause for complaints about fairness. It is in fact a criminal disservice to the nation for which the press should be held accountable. If he becomes president, the nation will learn too late that it was not through ignorance or accident that Obama's past associations define who he is and what he believes. Sarah Palin in Wheeling area on Sunday
Gov. Sarah Palin will be visiting St. Clairsville, Ohio, just outside of Wheeling on Sunday, the McCain campaign announced today through state director Ben Beakes.There will be 1,500 tickets to distribute to West Virginia supporters, which will be handled from Wheeling. The event will be Sunday, and doors open at 3 p.m. for the 5 p.m. event. The appearance will be at Brush Run Park at Alderman Airport in St. Clairsville. Ticket distribution will take place Friday, Oct. 10th, 5:30-7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 11th, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the Sheehan & Nugent Law Office, 41 15th Street, Wheeling (across from McCoy Funeral Home). For more information, call 304-541-1314.. There is a limit of five tickets per person.Palin has proven to be a huge draw in her appearances, attracting giant crowds across the country numbering in the tens of thousands. SARAH PALIN
Sarah Palin rally short on ceremony, long on energy
UPDATED FRIDAY: My wife Lora traveled with some friends to attend Sarah Palin's rally in Wilmington, Ohio, Thursday evening, and I asked her to share a recap of the experience for The Republican Gazette.By LORA ABERNATHY
I went to see Sarah Palin Thursday night in Wilmington, Ohio, with about 15 friends. I was excited to see the governor, but, honestly, I was not looking forward to the ho-hum programming and long, drawn-out speeches that can accompany these kinds of events. I was about to be pleasantly surprised.Just before her arrival on stage, the campaign showed a video of her bus driving on the road and into the parking lot. We were expecting to see footage of her getting off the bus, walking into the building and then going “live” by her walking into the room.Instead of this scenario playing out, they continued to show footage of her bus getting closer and closer to the building, puzzling everyone in the audience. And then the bus drove right into the arena. The crowd was already pumped about seeing our vice presidential candidate, but watching that campaign bus pull right in front of us sent the crowd into a frenzy.So, she stepped off of her bus and right onto the stage with two of her daughters and her baby. She spoke to a standing room only crowd about the importance of having a man of John McCain’s character leading our country, especially during this time of war. She discussed how hurtful tax increases can be to businesses and families alike and how Senator Obama’s proposals do indeed include them. The crowd responded with great applause and loud boos (for Obama), respectively.Sarah Palin addresses a rally in Wilmington, Ohio Thursday.
As someone who more than appreciates the phrase, “The mind can only absorb as much as the seat can endure,” I was very pleased when she ended her remarks after 35 minutes.Sarah was a very big hit with the crowd, as expected, and she sure has generated quite a bit of excitement on the Republican ticket. I expected her speech to be inspiring. It was. I expected her speech to be long. It wasn’t. I expected a high-profile elected official to introduce her. One didn’t.Nothing about tonight’s political event ended-up being ho-hum for me and that was, in more ways than one, a breath of fresh air.