By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — Republican businessman Bill Maloney filed candidacy papers today for another run for Governor of West Virginia, hoping to close the three-point gap that saw him fall to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.
Maloney was joined by his wife Sharon and several supporters at the Secretary of State’s office; [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — Needless to say, our number one most read story of 2011 was about how close the race between now-Democratic Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Republican Bill Maloney was.
The day before the Oct. 4 election, Public Policy Polling conducted a survey showed a 1 point difference between [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — In our third most read story of 2011, we wrote about the political background of now-Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.
While the Tomblin, formerly a Senate President and acting governor until November, name is a staple in southern West Virginia politics, he was largely unknown to the rest [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — After a hard-fought campaign, West Virginia’s voters decided to stick with the man who has acted as governor for the last 11 months.
Democrat Earl Ray Tomblin, the Senate President since 1995 and acting governor since November 2010, was election to finish the term of former governor [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — Senate President and Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, the Democratic nominee in the Oct. 4 special election for West Virginia’s next governor, leads Republican businessman Bill Maloney 47 percent to 46 percent, with 7 percent. Both candidates were in Charleston, WV, for Get Out The Vote [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — More voters are taking advantage of early voting during this year’s special election for West Virginia’s next governor, with Democrats leading the way.
This year’s 11-day early voting period, which ended Saturday, Oct. 1, saw 56,638 registered voters show up at county courthouses across the state; a [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — The latest polling data released one day before the Oct. 4 special election for West Virginia’s next governor shows a race that is extremely close.
According to Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-leaning polling firm headquarted in North Carolina, Senate President and Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, the [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — The final countdown begins today, which marks one week until voters go to the polls one final time to vote for their favorite candidate in the Oct. 4 special election for West Virginia’s next governor.
If you haven’t participated in early voting yet, you have until the [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — Today the Tomblin campaign released a series of TV ads showing both bipartisan and business-labor support for Senate President and Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, the Democratic nominee in the Oct. 4 special election for West Virginia’s next governor.
The first video shows Charleston Mayor Danny Jones, [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — The Democratic frontrunner continues to outraise his Republican opponent, but the Republican has more cash on hand.
The West Virginia Secretary of State‘s office released the pre-general campaign finance reports for the campaigns of Democratic Senate President and Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, and Republican businessman Bill [...]