Blog News 9.29.12
This is PhillipsBillBoard first Blog News posting. This has been a busy week for political news. Thanks for sending me your ideas. Below is a collection from around the State. You can read the full story of those you find of interest. Just click on the headline. Feel free to forward the newsletter to your friends or they may sign up by clicking on Join Our Mailing List.
General elections are grueling
By Nanya Friend [Editor & publisher, Charleston Daily Mail]
You may be sick of campaign ads and speechifying, but it’s about to get worse.
Secretary of state to critics: ‘I did my job’
By Kate White [The Charleston Gazette]
Secretary of State Natalie Tennant said voter identification laws are a hot topic, but hopes the issue won’t overshadow the strides her office has made.
Captio, Swint a student in contrasts
By Jared Hut [Daily Mail Capitol Reporter]
Voters in the middle slice of West Virginia can’t say they don’t have a choice for Congress.
‘Trackers’ now part of political arsenal
By Ry Rivard [Daily Mail Capitol Reporter]
A weekend run-in between Democrat Attorney General Darrell McGraw and a Republican campaign staffer who was following him illustrates the seemingly omnipresent beings modern politicians have to deal with: trackers.
Democrats target Maloney in robocalls
By Ry Rivard [Daily Mail Capitol Reporter]
The West Virginia Democratic Party made automated phone calls Sunday to accuse Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Maloney and national Republican Governors Association of throwing state Republican lawmakers “under the bus”.
Raese has experience needed to improve nation
By Thomas W. Newcomer, Charles Town [Letter to Editor, The Journal, Martinsburg]
I had the opportunity to meet U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin for the first time just recently. I found him very likable and an excellent politician.
GOP Files Complaint over Robocalls
By Joselyn King [Political Writer, The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register]
The West Virginia Republican Party filed a complaint with the Secretary of State’s Office Tuesday alleging state Democratic leaders violated election laws with a recent automated call effort.
GOP challenger criticizes Tennant over election-fraud cases
By Eric Eye [Staff writer, The Charleston Gazette]
The Republican candidate for West Virginia secretary of state said Monday that incumbent Natalie Tennant is taking too much credit for the spate of election-fraud convictions in Southern West Virginia in recent years.
The Herald-Dispatch, Huntington
CABELL COUNTY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ENDORSEMENTS: The Political Action Committee of the Cabell County Education Association has endorsed the following candidates for the Nov. 6 general election:
State Dems make robocalls to Republican voters
By Paul J. Nyden [Staff writer, The Charleston Gazette]
On Sunday, the state Democratic Party began making several thousand robocalls to registered Republican voters in several West Virginia legislative districts that elected Republicans to the state Legislature
Twitter shuts 5 political accounts
By Lawrence Messina [The Associated Press]
Twitter has shut down accounts set up in the names of West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw and state Senator Walt Helmick after Democratic Party officials complained they were fakes.
Election-related deadline is Oct. 24 for letter to the editor
Editor’s Log [News and Sentinel, Parkersburg
General Election is fast approaching, judging by the seemingly non-stop television attack ads that say little about anything other than sling mud at an opponent.
Candidates square off in first meeting
By Ry Rivard [Daily Mail Capitol Reporter]
To hear incumbent Attorney General Darrell McGraw tell it, his Republican opponent is a front man for the companies McGraw’s office prides itself for suing.
Dems, GOP at odds over ‘robocalls’
By Paul J. Nyden [Staff writer, The Charleston Gazette]
Republican candidate Bill Maloney’s campaign filed a formal complaint with Secretary of State Natalie Tennant’s office on Tuesday over automated “robocalls” that the state Democratic Party made to Republican voters.
Election commission won’t appeal ruling on campaign spending
By Phil Kabler [Staff writer, The Charleston Gazette]
As expected, the state Elections Commission voted Tuesday not to appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court a state Supreme Court decision blocking payment of matching funds in a public campaign financing pilot project.
By Dave Gossett [For The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register]
The son of Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday a Mitt Romney victory would mean immediate budget cuts for military veterans.
Candidates see ways to grow agribusiness
By Phil Kabler [Staff writer, The Charleston Gazette]
Both candidates on the November ballot for state agriculture commissioner believe it is important to expand agriculture as a state industry, but propose different ways to do it.
By Zack Harold & Ry Rivard [Daily Mail Staff]
Voters will get a few opportunities to see West Virginia candidates’ debate this year – but not enough, said some of the challengers hoping to unseat incumbents.
By Ry Rivard [Daily Mail Capitol Reporter]
Republicans are crying foul over a series of weekend phone calls by the West Virginia Democratic Party.
By Jared Hunt [Daily Mail Capitol Reporter]
Candidates running to represent Kanawha County’s 36th House of Delegates district clashed over whether the state should enact voter identification laws during a meeting with the Daily Mail editorial board.
By Rep. Shelley Moore Capito
On Friday the U. S. House of Representatives wrapped up the last week of session before members returned home.
Manchin’s hair and the Flowbee? It’s not a joke
By Zack Harold [Daily Mail staff]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s latest ad claims his wife, Gayle, has cut his hair for more than 20 years.
Auditor candidates promise efficient, public awareness
By Phil Kabler [Staff writer, The Charleston Daily Mail]
Seeking his sixth fur-year term as state auditor, Glen Gainer stressed improvements in efficiency and transparency in the office since he first arrived in 1933.
Posts at center of Senate race
By Jared Hunt [Daily Mail Capitol Reporter]
The 8th District state Senate race has devolved into a debate.
Dem-funded TV ad targeted in governor’s race
By The Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — At least some West Virginia television stations are balking at airing an ad attacking the Republican candidate for governor.