The WV-GOV Special Election Open Thread.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  October 4th at 07:25 PM  | 

Polls close at 7:30 PM Eastern Time: I have absolutely no idea how long it’ll take for results to come in.  Or, for that matter, who’s going to win.  If we had another month, Bill Maloney would be a shoo-in.  As it is… it’s going to be a close-run thing, ladies and gentlemen: a close-run thing.  Just remember, though: if Maloney wins, well, special election | Read More »

WV-GOV going down to the wire.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  October 3rd at 03:32 PM  | 

It’s honestly the best way to describe it. PPP is doing its best to put a positive spin on the way that their own polling is showing Democratic Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin going from a 46/40 lead over Republican businessman Bill Maloney to a 47/46 lead now, but the trend is fairly clear.  September’s polling showed 14% undecided; today it’s 7%, and those numbers | Read More »

RGA Ad: Earl Ray Tomblin and West Virginia Pays.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  August 31st at 09:00 AM  | 

The RGA has a website (West Virginia Pays) and an ad up to get people… acquainted… with acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin (D):   To refresh people’s memories: West Virginia – a coal-producing state that is almost stubbornly Democratic on the local level, despite the fact that the national Democratic party elite dreams of dismantling the coal industry – last year saw Democratic governor Joe | Read More »