We are going to win a Senate seat in WV finally. We have a real chance also of picking off Nick Rahall which would leave only one Senate seat in Joe Manchin left at the federal level in control of Democrats. Then I expect the state to slowly but surely shift at a local level into the Republican column.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/evan-jenkins-party-switch-2014-election-94972.html
West Virginia has been going more Republican as time goes on.
A minor upset in the 2000 election was when Bush carried West Virginia. That state had been reliably Democrat in presidential elections. Now it’s very red. Too bad it only has a handful of electoral votes.
never understood as to why WV votes Dem.
Now if only VA can stop it going blue
How likely are we to get rid of Rahall? When was he seated? Isn’t he one of those rat zits that’s impossible to pop, like John Barrow and Jim Matheson?
I’ll make two points
A) We are likely to get this seat, but dont’ get too excited. Capito is not a conservative
B) Don’t get too cocky. Remember Rick Berg was creaming the opposition in North Dakota before going down in flames. Similar moderate squishy Republican.