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REPUBLICAN OF THE YEAR
U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign on Tuesday announced the West Virginia Statewide Leadership Team. This team of West Virginia leaders and grassroots activists will help organize and coordinate the campaign's grassroots efforts across the state and will communicate John McCain's message of greater national security, a stronger economy and meaningful government reform.Each of West Virginia's 55 counties will have designated chairmen at the local level to serve as the points of contact for volunteers and supporters in each region and organize turnout efforts for Election Day. John McCain's West Virginia campaign chairman and former Minority Leader Larry Swann said, "John McCain is a leader West Virginians can believe in. He will lead our nation forward with new policies to solve our nation's most pressing problems while preserving the rights and principles that are important to West Virginia. John McCain believes in lower taxes, more and better jobs, greater national security, and an energy policy that will move us away from our dependence on foreign oil." "John McCain has the experience to be commander in chief on Day One. He doesn't need any on-the-job training. He has always put country first above his own self-interest. We are proud to support John McCain and we look forward to helping him to victory in November," Swann concluded. WEST VIRGINIA STATEWIDE LEADERSHIP TEAM
Honorary Chair
Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito
Chairman
Larry Swann, Former House Minority Leader
Congressional District Chairs
Mayor Andy McKenzie, 1st Congressional District Co-Chair
Sarah Minear, 1st Congressional District Co-Chair
John Ellem, 1st Congressional District Co-Chair
Charles Trump, 2nd Congressional District Co-Chair
Senator Mike Hall, 2nd Congressional District Co-Chair
Tim Armstead, 2nd Congressional District Co-Chair
Joe Long, 3rd Congressional District Co-Chair
David Tyson, 3rd Congressional District Co-Chair
Delegate Mike Porter, 3rd Congressional District Co-Chair
COUNTY CHAIRS
John Heiss, Barbour County
Lynn Staton, Berkeley County
Donna Gosney, Boone County
Herbert White, Braxton County
Marilyn McCord, Brooke County
John Morris, Cabell County
Nicole Kirby, Calhoun County
Mike Boggs, Clay County
Jack Adams, Doddridge County
Gary Lilly, Fayette County
Delbert Shackleford, Gilmer County
Phylis Cole, Grant County
Denny Canterberry, Greenbrier County
Charles Price, Hampshire County
Jeff Wargo, Hancock Count y
Marcia Miller-Markley, Hardy County
Sue McKinney, Harrison County
Tommy Phillips, Harrison County
Bryan Thompson, Jackson County
Greg Corlis, Jefferson County
Mike Stuart, Kanawha County
Claude Riffle, Lewis County
Troy McClung, Linco ln County
Roger Porter, Logan County
Andrew Sabak, Marion County
Tiffany Turner, Marshall County
Randy Filkins, Mason County
Mike Lushbaugh, McDowell County
Marty Gearheart, Mercer County
Bob Harman, Mineral County
Russell Deskins, Mingo County
Pam Krushansky, Monongalia County
Duane Miller, Monroe County
Daryl Cowles, Morgan County
Benjean Rapp, Nicholas County
Brian Gaus, Ohio County
Gene McConnell, Pendleton County
Donna Boley, Pleasants County
Cheryl McCullough, Pocahontas County
Buddy Turner, Preston County
Ronald Stone, Putnam County
Dereck Severt, Raleigh County
Mark Scott, Randolph County
Woody Ireland, Richie County
Larry Harpold, Roane County
Karen Johnson, Summers County
Sherman Davidson, Taylor County
Debbie Stevens, Tucker County
Roger Romine, Tyler County
Patty Nesbitt, Upshur County
Mark Maynard, Wayne County
Robert Waybright, Webster County
Wayne Weber, Wetzel County
Angie Adams, Wirt County
Greg Smith, Wood County
Jack Fincham, Wyoming County
McCain names WV team, stops in Huntington today
GOP nominee meeting with Marshall grid team
John McCain is set to visit West Virginia for the third time during the presidential campaign when he comes to Huntington to drop in on the Marshall football team.By contrast, Democrat candidate Barack Obama has not been in the state since the primary election, and was here only once before that.Meanwhile, McCain's presidential campaign today announced the endorsement of longtime Ohio labor leader Martin J. "Jack" O'Connell. "The rising price of gas and troubling economic times facing working families in Northeast Ohio call for true leadership to get our economy moving again," O'Connell said. "John McCain's record of putting his country before any special interest or political party proves that he is the right person to take on this challenge. You always know where John McCain stands, and I support him because I know he will always stand on the side of America's workers."O'Connell was the first non-steelworker to serve as president of the local AFL-CIO in the Mahoning Valley. Throughout his labor career, O'Connell served as Business Manager for the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 87 (now Local 396) for 17 years, and also worked as a regional representative for former Ohio Attorney General Lee Fisher, a Democrat. O'Connell has served on numerous boards and committees, including the Mahoning Valley Economic Development Corporation Member and the Western Reserve Building Trades Council. 
Adams, 'moon bounce' at fair
Bob Adams, candidate for state Senate in the 16th District, has a "moon bounce" (right) attraction at the Berkeley County Youth Fair this week, and has unveiled a new radio ad (click below).