Main article: State executive official elections, 2011

The West Virginia special gubernatorial election was held on October 4, 2011, following a primary on May 14, 2011.^[1] Democratic incumbent Earl Ray Tomblin defeated Republican Bill Maloney, Mountain Party candidate Bob Henry Baber, Independent candidate Marla Ingels, and American Third Position candidate Harry Bertram.

West Virginia was not scheduled to hold a gubernatorial election until 2012. However, elected Democrat Joe Manchin gave up the seat to join the U.S. Senate in the 2010 midterms. Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin, also a Democrat, took over the office as the Lieutenant Governor of West Virginia is a title accorded to the legislator elected as Senate President, and is next in succession to the office of governor.

Multiple lawsuits sought to force a special election in 2011 for the remainder of Manchin's term rather than allow Tomblin to remain in office as an appointee until 2012, and on January 18, 2011, the West Virginia Supreme Court ordered a 2011 election in Citizen Action v. Tomblin - No. 101494.^[2]

In the May primary, Earl Ray Tomblin and Bill Maloney easily won the respective Democratic and Republican nominations. The Mountain Party nominated Bob Henry Baber at the convention on the May 1st. Harry Bertram ran as an independent candidate.

Background

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Contents

1 Key dates
2 Race background
2.1 Citizen Action v. Tomblin
3 Race tracking

Key dates

As this was a special election for one specific office, these dates may not apply to other races in West Virginia.
Administrative deadlines were at close of business (5:00) unless otherwise noted.

Deadline	Event
Feb. 12	Declaration of candidacy
Mar. 1	Withdrawal of candidacy
Apr. 25	Voter registration for the Primary election
Apr. 29-May 11	Early voting period for the primary
May 14	Primary election
Sept. 13	Voter registration for the General election
Sept. 21-Oct. 1	Early voting period for the general election
Oct. 4	General election

Race background

On June 28, 2010, West Virginia's senior Senator Robert Carlyle Byrd passed away. Despite an early opinion from West Virginia's Secretary of State that no special election would be held, the state's attorney general later held that the state could legally hold a special election in 2010. The legislature passed a law setting the election dates and on November 2, 2010, Governor Joe Manchin won the seat.

With the governorship newly vacant, Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin ascended to the office while maintaining his elected state Senate seat and his role as President pro tem of the West Virginia State Senate. Tomblin had hoped to remain as the sitting interim Governor until the scheduled general election in 2012. However, some citizens took issues with his dual role in the executive and legislative branches and sought to force an earlier election.

Citizen Action v. Tomblin

In Citizen Action v. Tomblin, January 2011, the West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously agreed with the petitioners and ordered a 2011 election. Governor Tomblin stated he would abide by the ruling and indicated his preference for a May 14, 2011 primary and an August 6, 2011 general election. On January 19, 2011, 11 delegates introduced HB 2552, which addressed electoral matters for future situations when the governor's seat is vacant.^[3] The bill was first referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and later to the Finance Committee.

In the meantime, Governor Tomblin reconsidered election dates. On January 21, 2011, he announced the primary and general election dates.^[4] June 20 was chosen in light of "West Virginia Day," a holiday memorializing the day West Virginia entered the Union in 1863.^[5]

Within days, both the Democratic and Republican parties had put forth several candidates, some of whom also announced plans to run in the 2012 regular elections. Governor Tomblin was among those seeking the seat in the special election.

Race tracking

2011 Race Rankings for Governor of West Virginia
Race Tracker		Race Rating
Ballotpedia		Leans Democrat
Governing Politics		Toss-up
The Cook Political Report		Leans Democrat
The Rothenberg Political Report		Leans Democrat
Overall Call		Leans Democrat

Footnotes

October 4 general election

Contents

1 Results
2 Polls

Results

Governor of West Virginia, 2011
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Earl Ray Tomblin Incumbent	49.6%	149,202
	Republican	Bill Maloney	47%	141,656
	Mountain Party	Bob Henry Baber	2%	6,083
	Independent	Marla Ingels	1%	2,875
	American Third Position	Harry Bertram	0.4%	1,111
	Write-In	Phil Hudok	0%	76
	Write-In	Donald Lee Underwood	0%	54
	Write-In	John R. "Rick" Bartlett	0%	27
Total Votes				301,084
Election results via West Virginia Secretary of State

Polls

Date of Poll	Pollster	Bill Maloney (R)	Earl Ray Tomblin (D)	Undecided	Number polled
May 11-12	Public Policy Polling	35%	45%	25%	723
Sept 1-4	Public Policy Polling	40%	46%	14%	708

May 14 special primary election

Contents

1 Results
2 Candidates
2.1 Democratic primary candidates
2.2 Republican primary candidates
2.3 Other
2.3.1 Mountain candidates
2.3.2 Independent candidates
3 Polls

Results

Eight Republicans and six Democrats filed by the 5:00 p.m. deadline on February 12, 2011, to appear on the primary ballot on May 14, 2011.^[1]

The primary saw far higher turnout for Democratic voters, in a race that Tomblin won easily.^[2] Political neophyte Bill Maloney scored an even larger electoral win on the GOP side.

Gubernatorial Democratic Primary election
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Democratic Party	aEarl Ray Tomblin	40.37%
	Democratic Party	Jeffrey Kessler	5.30%
	Democratic Party	Arnie Moltis	0.38%
	Democratic Party	John D. Perdue	12.54%
	Democratic Party	Natalie Tennant	17.30%
	Democratic Party	Richard Thompson	24.11%
Total Votes			126,888

Gubernatorial Republican Primary election
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Republican Party	aBill Maloney	45.11%
	Republican Party	Clark Barnes	9.58%
	Republican Party	Mitch Carmichael	3.35%
	Republican Party	Ralph William Clark	1.88%
	Republican Party	Cliff Ellis	0.45%
	Republican Party	Larry V. Faircloth	3.89%
	Republican Party	Betty Ireland	30.91%
	Republican Party	Mark Sorsaia	4.84%
Total Votes			61,134

Candidates

Democratic primary candidates

Earl Ray Tomblin, state Senator for District 7 since 1980, President of the Senate, and, since December 2010, Acting Governor of West Virginia
Jeffrey V. "Jeff" Kessler, a state Senator representing District 2, in office since 1997
Arnie Moltis
State Treasurer John D. Perdue
Natalie E. Tennant, West Virginia's Secretary of State
Richard "Rick" Thompson, a state Delegate for District 17 and the Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates since 2000

Republican primary candidates

Bill Maloney
Clark S. Barnes, Minority Whip of the Senate, representing District 15 since 2004
Michael B. Carmichael, a member of the House of Delegates
Ralph William Clark
Cliff Ellis
Larry V. Faircloth
Betty Ireland, a former West Virginia Secretary of State, announced as a candidate for both the 2011 special election and the 2012 regular election
Member of the House of Delegates Patrick Lane
Mark Sorsaia, the Prosecuting Attorney of Putnam County and an announced 2012 gubernatorial candidate since January 2010

Other

Mountain candidates

West Virginia's Mountain Party is the state affiliate of the Green Party.

Bob Henry Baber received the Mountain Party's nomination at their convention on May 1, 2011
Jesse Johnson withdrew his nomination to allow a unanimous vote for Baber.^[3]

Independent candidates

Harry Bertram, running with the American Third Position Party

Polls

An exhaustive January 2011 poll by Public Policy Polling found, after comparing the numerous possible combinations, that the GOP's only solid chance to pick up West Virginia in 2011 was in nominating Capito. That avenue, however, closed when she declined to run.^[4]

An April 2011 poll by Public Policy Polling, taken after the period to announce a candidacy was closed, still showed the Democrats likely to retain the seat, with any likely Democratic nominee besting any likely Republican primary winner. That poll showed high numbers of undecided voters, meaning both parties have the potential to gain much more ground ahead of the general election.^[5]

Democratic

Date of Poll	Pollster	Kessler	Moltis	Perdue	Tennant	Thompson	Tomblin	Undecided	Number polled
May 11-12	Public Policy Polling	4%	1%	11%	17%	20%	33%	12%	742

Republican

Date of Poll	Pollster	Barnes	Carmichael	Clark	Ellis	Faircloth	Ireland	Maloney	Sorsaia	Undecided	Number polled
May 11-12	Public Policy Polling	8%	14%	1%	0%	6%	31%	32%	4%	14%	314

Campaign finance

The secretary of state administers campaign finance law and maintains all records.

Due dates for reports

Due dates for the 2011 primary season were as follows:

Primary-first report due April 1, 2011

Pre-primary report due May 3, 2011

Independent expenditure reports due April 29 - May 13, 2011

Post-primary report due June 28, 2011

Due dates for the 2011 general season were as follows:

General-first report due August 26, 2011

Pre-general report due September 23, 2011

Independent expenditure reports due September 19 - October 3, 2011

Post-general report due November 15, 2011

Independent expenditure reports were required for large donations made close to the election. They were also included in the post-elections reports.

Individual reports for candidates were identified by the date the report the filed, not automatically by the due date.

Contributions included all fundraising, donations, amounts rolled over from previous funds, and loans.

Candidates

Earl Ray Tomblin

Earl Ray Tomblin Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Cash Contributions	In-kind Contributions	(Expenditures)	Cash on Hand
Pre-Primary^[6]	May 3, 2011	$901,970.95	$776,604.37	$104.45	$(1,217,769.36)	$460,805.96
Primary First (amended)^[7]	May 3, 2011	$0.00	$1,031,153.76	$1,427.44	$(129,182.81)	$901,970.95
Primary First^[8]	April 1, 2011	$0.00	$1,031,153.76	$1,408.47	$(109,210.74)	$921,943.02
First General^[9]	August 27, 2011	$31,895.37	$1,250,964.74	$5,719.82	$(2,246,820.98)	$994,524.81
Pre-General^[10]	September 23, 2011	$987,781.79	$563,250.00	$2,686.81	$(3,520,034.35)	$281,849.10

Bill Maloney

Bill Maloney Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Cash Contributions	In-kind Contributions	(Expenditures)	Cash on Hand
Pre-Primary^[11]	May 3, 2011	$330,376.42	$346,970.31	$2,120.23	$(367,801.25)	$309,545.48
Primary First^[12]	April 1, 2011	$0.00	$389,170.00	$875.00	$(58,793.58)	$330,376.42
First General^[13]	August 26, 2011	$87,868.75	$316,382.50	$9,238.74	$(1,517,153.66)	$576,703.15
Pre-General^[14]	September 23, 2011	$579,402.24	$126,875.00	$200.00	$(2,291,739.47)	$331,406.84

Bob Henry Baber

Bob Henry Baber Campaign Finance Reports
Report		Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Cash Contributions	In-kind Contributions	(Expenditures)	Cash on Hand
First General^[15]		August 26, 2011	$0.00	$3,097.76	$750.00	$(224.75)	$2,873.01

Harry Bertram

Harry Bertram Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Cash Contributions	In-kind Contributions	(Expenditures)	Cash on Hand
First General^[16]	August 24, 2011	$0.00	$3,852.00	$0.00	$(2,514.92)	$1,837.08
Pre-General^[17]	September 20, 2011	$1,837.08	$420.00	$0.00	$(4,584.17)	$187.83

Marla Ingels

Marla Ingels Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Cash Contributions	In-kind Contributions	(Expenditures)	Cash on Hand
First General^[18]	August 24, 2011	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$(87.27)	$0.00
Pre-General^[19]	September 22, 2011	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$(87.27)	$0.00

Former candidates

Jeffrey Kessler

Jeffrey Kessler Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Cash Contributions	In-kind Contributions	(Expenditures)	Cash on Hand
Pre-Primary^[20]	May 3, 2011	$62,856.48	$70,615.00	$1,585.95	$(121,820.14)	$11,651.34
Primary First (amended)^[21]	April 1, 2011	$0.00	$93,580.00	$1,323.72	$(30,723.52)	$54,271.47
Primary First^[22]	March 29, 2011	$0.00	$59,620.00	$0.00	$(5,348.53)	$62,856.48

Arnie Moltis

Arnie Moltis Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Cash Contributions	In-kind Contributions	(Expenditures)	Cash on Hand
Pre-Primary^[23]	May 3, 2011	$0.00	$1,160.00	$0.00	$(1,160.00)	$0.00
Primary First^[24]	March 29, 2011	$0.00	$4,150.00	$0.00	$(4,150.00)	$0.00

John D. Perdue

John D. Perdue Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Cash Contributions	In-kind Contributions	(Expenditures)	Cash on Hand
Pre-Primary^[25]	May 3, 2011	$331,431.08	$202,013.09	$9,057.94	$(361,733.93)	$171,710.24
Primary First^[26]	April 1, 2011	$0.00	$591,852.46	$3,488.31	$(260,421.38)	$331,431.08

Natalie E. Tennant

Natalie E. Tennant Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Cash Contributions	In-kind Contributions	(Expenditures)	Cash on Hand
Pre-Primary^[27]	May 3, 2011	$186,798.31	$126,650.64	$5,211.49	$(258,649.16)	$54,799.79
Primary First (amended)^[28]	May 3, 2011	$0.00	$215,068.44	$1,456.91	$(28,270.13)	$186,798.31
Primary First^[29]	April 1, 2011	$0.00	$215,068.44	$1,456.91	$(31,478.95)	$183,589.49

Rick Thompson

Rick Thompson Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Cash Contributions	In-kind Contributions	(Expenditures)	Cash on Hand
Pre-Primary^[30]	May 3, 2011	$692,764.12	$226,982.77	$87.32	$(500,149.97)	$419,596.92
Primary First (amended)^[31]	May 3, 2011	$0.00	$771,005.33	$2,899.86	$(78,241.21)	$692,764.12
Primary First (amended)^[32]	May 2, 2011	$0.00	$771,005.33	$2,899.86	$(78,240.71)	$692,764.62
Primary First^[33]	April 1, 2011	$0.00	$771,005.33	$1,586.67	$(72,331.21)	$698,674.12

Clark Barnes

Clark Barnes Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Cash Contributions	In-kind Contributions	(Expenditures)	Cash on Hand
Pre-Primary^[34]	May 4, 2011	$94,313.19	$1,000.00	$0.00	$(40,350.47)	$54,962.72
Primary First^[35]	March 30, 2011	$0.00	$103,700.00	$0.00	$(9,386.81)	$94,313.19

Mitch B. Carmichael

Mitch B. Carmichael Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Cash Contributions	In-kind Contributions	(Expenditures)	Cash on Hand
Pre-Primary^[36]	May 2, 2011	$4,175.99	$3,446.50	$0.00	$(4,571.47)	$3,051.02
Primary First^[37]	March 31, 2011	$0.00	$4,175.99	$0.00	$(0.00)	$4,175.99

Ralph William Clark

Ralph William Clark Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Cash Contributions	In-kind Contributions	(Expenditures)	Cash on Hand
Pre-Primary^[38]	May 3, 2011	$395.30	$2,000.00	$0.00	$(2,046.41)	$348.89
Primary First^[39]	March 31, 2011	$0.00	$4,000.00	$0.00	$(3,604.70)	$395.30

Cliff Ellis

Cliff Ellis Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Cash Contributions	In-kind Contributions	(Expenditures)	Cash on Hand
Pre-Primary^[40]	April 29, 2011	$149.39	$412.40	$0.00	$(109.65)	$452.14
Primary First^[41]	April 1, 2011	$0.00	$1,500.00	$0.00	$(1,350.61)	$149.39

Larry V. Faircloth

Larry V. Faircloth Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Cash Contributions	In-kind Contributions	(Expenditures)	Cash on Hand
Pre-Primary^[42]	May 2, 2011	$20,274.49	$29,050.00	$2,700.00	$(29,567.96)	$19,756.53
Primary First^[43]	March 28, 2011	$0.00	$27,725.00	$0.00	$(7,450.51)	$20,274.49

Betty Ireland

Betty Ireland Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Cash Contributions	In-kind Contributions	(Expenditures)	Cash on Hand
Pre-Primary^[44]	May 3, 2011	$166,282.81	$57,781.19	$2,855.00	$(74,307.97)	$149,756.03
Primary First (amended)^[45]	April 16, 2011	$0.00	$208,587.56	$3,183.01	$(42,304.75)	$166,282.81
Primary First^[46]	April 1, 2011	$0.00	$204,391.00	$3,183.01	$(42,295.75)	$162,095.25

Mark A. Sorsaia

Mark A. Sorsaia Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Cash Contributions	In-kind Contributions	(Expenditures)	Cash on Hand
Pre-Primary^[47]	May 3, 2011	$8,984.35	$18,971.19	$1,605.22	$(26,041.67)	$1,913.87
Primary First^[48]	April 1, 2011	$0.00	$41,395.96	$1,853.42	$(32,411.61)	$8,984.35

News

External links

Suggest a link

West Virginia Secretary of State

Campaign sites

Democrats

Kessler 4 Governor of West Virginia

Natalie Tennant Governor

Rick Thompson for West Virginia

Office of the Governor, Earl Ray Tomblin

Republicans

Footnotes

[1] West Virginia Secretary of State, 2011 Gubernatorial Election Calendar

[2] Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, "STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA EX REL. WEST VIRGINIA CITIZEN ACTION GROUP, Petitioner v. EARL RAY TOMBLIN," filed January 18, 2011

[3] West Virginia State Legislature, "House Bill No. 2552," introduced January 19, 2011," accessed January 22, 2011

[4] Office of the West Virginia Secretary of State, "Proclamation by the Governor," January 21, 2011," accessed January 23, 2011

[5] History.com, West Virginia enters the Union, accessed 2/8/2011

[6] West Virginia Watchdog, "Eight Republicans, Six Democrats File for Governor," February 13, 2011

[7] West Virginia Secretary of State, "Special Gubernatorial Primary Election May 14th, 2011," accessed May 16, 2011

[8] Independent Political Report, "West Virginia Mountain Party Nominates Bob Henry Baber For Governor," May 3, 2011

[9] Public Policy Polling, “Dems strong for WV gov. unless GOP nominates Capito”, January 26, 2011

[10] Public Policy Polling, “Tomblin and Democrats have edge to retain WV governorship”, April 27, 2011

[11] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Earl Ray Tomblin," May 3, 2011, 16:35

[12] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Earl Ray Tomblin," May 3, 2011, 731

[13] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Earl Ray Tomblin," April 1, 2011

[14] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Earl Ray Tomblin," August 27 2011

[15] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Earl Ray Tomblin," September 23, 2011

[16] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Bill Maloney," May 3, 2011

[17] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Bill Maloney," April 1, 2011

[18] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Bill Maloney," August 26, 2011

[19] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Bill Maloney," September 23, 2011

[20] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Bob Henry Baber," August 26, 2011

[21] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Harry Bertram," August 24, 2011

[22] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Harry Bertram," September 20, 2011

[23] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Marla Ingels," August 24, 2011

[24] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Marla Ingels," September 22, 2011

[25] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Jeffrey V. Kessler," May 3, 2011

[26] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Jeffrey V. Kessler," April 1, 2011

[27] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Jeffrey V. Kessler," March 29, 2011

[28] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Arnie Moltis," May 3, 2011

[29] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Arnie Moltis," March 29, 2011

[30] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, John D. Perdue," May 3, 2011

[31] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, John D. Perdue," April 1, 2011

[32] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Natalie E. Tennant," May 3, 2011

[33] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Natalie E. Tennant," May 3, 2011

[34] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Natalie E. Tennant," April 1, 2011

[35] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Rick Thompson," May 3, 2011, 16:08

[36] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Rick Thompson," May 3, 2011, 16:02

[37] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Rick Thompson," May 2, 2011

[38] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Rick Thompson," April 1, 2011

[39] West Virginia Secretary of State, "State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Clark Barnes," May 4, 2011

[40] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Clark Barnes," March 30, 2011

[41] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Mitch B. Carmichael," May 2, 2011

[42] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Mitch B. Carmichael," March 31, 2011

[43] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Ralph William Clark," May 3, 2011

[44] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Ralph William Clark," March 31, 2011

[45] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Cliff Ellis," April 29, 2011

[46] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Cliff Ellis," April 1, 2011

[47] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Larry V. Faircloth," May 2, 2011

[48] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Larry V. Faircloth," March 28, 2011

[49] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Betty Ireland," May 3, 2011

[50] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Betty Ireland," April 16, 2011

[51] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Betty Ireland," April 1, 2011

[52] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Mark A. Sorsaia," May 3, 2011

[53] West Virginia Secretary of State, “State of West Virginia Campaign Financial Statement (Long Form) in Relation to the 2011 Election Year, Mark A. Sorsaia," April 1, 2011

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