to their State House of Delegates.
Posted on 11/06/2014 6:45:41 AM PST by 11th_VA
The state with the smallest share of Latinos in the nation has elected its first Latino congressional representative, Alex Mooney.
Mooney, a conservative Republican, ran against Nick Casey, a former chairman of the West Virginia Democratic Party. Mooney beat Casey with 46.7 to 44.2 percent of the vote, with 96 percent of precincts reporting.
After his victory, Mooney tweeted: "I cannot thank you enough for this humbling opportunity to serve the people of West Virginia."
Latinos make up just 1.2 percent – or slightly more than 22,268 – of the Eastern Panhandle state's population.
Mooney, 43, ruffled feathers with his candidacy for West Virginia’s 2nd congressional district, which leans Republican.
Many accused the Cuban-American of having made the state his home solely to run for office.
For most of his life, until recently, Mooney lived in Maryland, where he was Republican Party chairman. Before that his political career included serving as a Maryland state senator for 12 years, being a congressional aide and a delegate to the Republican National Convention.
Several news outlets frowned upon Mooney’s brief West Virginian presence, in effect depicting him as opportunistic.
"He has the background to run for Congress. Except all of that [political experience] happened in other states,” said the West Virginia Gazette before the election.
Mooney and Casey, who is 61, were vying to succeed U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican who won election to the U.S. Senate.
Casey’s campaign did not mince words about Mooney, hammering away at his not-too-long-ago Maryland address.
“It’s long past time that Alex Mooney tells the truth about himself to the voters of the second district,” said Casey campaign m
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Another Democrat meme blown up.
Already blown up by Martinez, Sandoval, Cruz, Rubio...
Didn’t Rockefeller move there decades ago to run for office? Seems to be a tradition. My great grand father was born there before it succeeded from Virginia. Does that count?
True, but it is sorta like beavers and their dams. They keep being and have to be own up again.
The Rats didn’t care about carpetbagger Hillary Clinton moving to New York, just for the Senate seat. Liberals are such stinking hypocrites.
Why not”? Just a few years after a bunch of muslims did 9/11 this stupid nation voted in a muslim.
Bill Richardson got his start carpet bagging to New Mexico’s 3rd district.
Way to go kid! Mega dittos!
Based upon my personal observations, many of Maryland’s best and brightest are fleeing Maryland, many for neighboring states such as Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Escaping from tyranny is in Cuban-American Alex Mooney’s blood whether that tyranny stands in Cuba or Maryland.
By the way, Alex Mooney is the REAL DEAL of a constitutional conservative.
He doesn’t count, he’s Cuban.
Cubans aren’t “Hispanic” for political purposes.
Really, only Mexicans count, because “Hispanic” is a euphemism.
Is there a single black/minority democrat that is not from a gerrymandered black district?
I told you all that those folks in West Virginia were racist. This time they really iced the cake by sending a Latino into the cesspool that is the capital. /sarc/
He’s not the only Republican to have given up on Maryland.
In places the Potomac River dividing the two states is only 100 ft. wide.
I would have supported Mooney in his bid, but when I looked at his web site, he did not mention WHERE he was a state Senator. It just said he was a state Senator. I’m not going to put up with such deception.
The media, usually our enemy, actually served a good purpose by pointing out his carpetbag-y move.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
Needs more river!
Alex Mooney’s mother is an immigrant from Cuba. I didn’t know that.
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