Democratic pollster PPP reports that Republican Bill Maloney is now trailing acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin by only six points (46/40, poll data here). Compare that to the May (45/30) and April (56/23) polls from the same pollster and suddenly we apparently have a race on our hands.
Yes, I know. It’s early days yet to justify the title, but let’s see how the next couple of months go month goes.
Bill Maloney’s site is here.
(Via @streiffredstate)
The RGA has a website (West Virginia Pays) and an ad up to get people… acquainted… with acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin (D):
To refresh people’s memories: West Virginia – a coal-producing state that is almost stubbornly Democratic on the local level, despite the fact that the national Democratic party elite dreams of dismantling the coal industry – last year saw Democratic governor Joe Manchin transfer over to the US Senate. This made state Senate President Tomblin – a man who has been a professional politician for almost my entire life; heck, he went directly from school to the legislature – acting Governor; there will be a special election in October of this year; his Republican opponent is businessman and engineer Bill Maloney.
Continue reading RGA Ad: Earl Ray Tomblin and West Virginia Pays.
