- Early voting in the primary for the special election to fill the seat of Sen. Robert C. Byrd is underway.Turnout could be high.
- UPI provides a good look at the race.
- Ken Hechler's campaign made a stop in Huntington over the weekend.
It's nice to see a candidate actually taking time to travel the state and meet the voters, and not simply coasting on the idea of inevitability or the size of his bank account.
Hechler's red Jeep heads to Morgantown on Tuesday, where he will speak at WVU's Mountainlair at 7 p.m.
- Hechler got the endorsement of the Sierra Club on Monday and his campaign was profiled by ABC News last week.
- The Charleston Gazette endorsed Gov. Joe Manchin for the Democratic nomination.
- 13 of the 14 candidates appeared at a forum in the eastern panhandle. Gov. Manchin had a prior commitment at the W.Va. State Fair and did not attend.
- Wingnut Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), of creepy rightwing D.C. cult, The Family, fame, endorsed Republican John Raese's bid.
- A new poll from MindField shows Manchin trouncing Raese by 22 points, 54 - 32. The Aug. 6 interviews were conducted in the early part of Raese's media blitz, and the full effect of his ads had not been felt yet. But, so far, it's looking like the low-thirties numbers he keeps getting in polls may very well be the ceiling on his support - as was the case when Raese's last campaign was crushed by Senator Byrd in 2006.
-- photo by me |
