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Huge disparity in West Virginia gubernatorial fundraising

Steve Williams started his campaign for West Virginia governor as a long shot, and the most recent campaign finance reports do nothing to change his status. If anything, Huntington’s Democratic mayor is even farther behind in his effort to upset Republican nominee Attorney General Patrick ...

Candidates for gov. are anti-trans. What else?

Remember the good ol’ days when political attack ads discussed real issues facing potential constituents? Based on the current state of Republican campaigning, those days are long behind us. Three of the top GOP candidates for West Virginia governor have been running almost ...

At gubernatorial debate, no good options presented

If last Thursday’s MetroNews gubernatorial debate is anything to go by, Republican primary voters have no good options. None of the three participating candidates stood out as an overall good choice. On economic policy, Chris Miller proclaimed income taxes need to be cut further and ...

A look at fundraising for gubernatorial candidates

MORGANTOWN — Two Republican gubernatorial candidates issued press releases on Monday touting their campaign fundraising for the quarter, so here we offer a look at the numbers for the whole field. The numbers come from their second quarter reports, covering the period of April 1-June 30. ...