West Virginia
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West Virginia, known as The Mountain State, was became a state on June 20, 1863. In its early history from 1609 until 1863, West Virginia was a part of Virginia until that state's leaders unwisely seceded from the Union in 1861. The delegates of the 40 western Virginia counties who opposed secession formed their own government, which was granted statehood in 1863. The state capitol and the state's largest city is Charleston.
West Virginia is a poor, rural, Appalaccian state that has leaned Democratic but is trending red. Coal mining is one of the industries which West Virigina is known for, but that industry is in decline.
To date, 18 West Virginians To date 278 Californians have been killed in the War in Iraq.
Demographically, according to the 2000 census, the state ranks 37th in population size at 1,808,344. Racially, according to 2000 census:
- White: 1,718,777 (95.0%)
- Black: 57,232 (3.2%)
- American Indian: 3,606 (0.2%)
- Asian: 9,434 (0.5%)
- Other race: 3,107 (0.2%)
- Two or more races: 15,788 (0.9%)
- Hispanic/Latino: 12,279 (0.7%).
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U.S. Congressional delegation
- Senators
- Senior Senator Jay Rockefeller, (D)
- Junior Senator Joe Manchin, (D)
- Representatives
- (2 Republicans - 1 Democrat)
- WV-01 Rep.: David McKinley, (R)
- WV-02 Rep.: Shelley Moore Capito, (R)
- WV-03 Rep.: Nick J. Rahall II, (D)
- US Congressional Delegations from West Virginia (Wikipedia)
West Virginia State Government
- Executive Branch
- Governor: Joe Manchin III (D)
- Lieutenant Governor/Senate President: Earl Ray Tomblin (D)
- Treasurer: John D. Perdue (D)
- Secretary of State: Betty Ireland (R)
- Auditor: Glen Gainer (D)
- Attorney General: Darrell V. McGraw, Jr. (D)
- Agriculture Commissioner: Gus Douglass (D)
- Legislative Branch
- Judicial Branch
- Constitution
West Virginia County Governments
- West Virginia interactive map of counties (West Virginia Association of Counties)
- West Virginia County Selection Map (U.S. Census Bureau)
- West Virginia Counties (Home Town Locator)
- West Virginia Counties (National Association of Counties)
West Virginia Elections
- Elections (West Virginia Secretary of State)
- Historical Election Results (West Virginia Secretary of State)
- 2008 Elections
- 2006 Elections
- West Virginia election results
- see U.S. elections
Towns
Blogs
- Black Sky Theory
- Carnacki at DailyKos
- Health Care Law Blog
- Stephanie Heck's Blog from Huntington West Virginia
- Mercer United Democrats
- Modern America
- MurrayeWV at DailyKos
- Panhandle Grassroots for Democracy
- ParkersburgWV
- Progressive Society Blog
- Raging Red
- Shelley Moore Capito's Sorority
- The Goat Rope
- The Surbinator
- WeLoveMountains
See also
West Virginia
Congress: WV-Sen, WV-01, WV-02, WV-03
State: WV-Gov, West Virginia Senate, West Virginia House, West Virginia elections, 2008, West Virginia election results
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