The Mountain Party of West Virginia is that state’s affiliate of the Green Party. This year it has chosen to nominate by primary rather than by convention. Therefore, anyone who wanted to run as a Mountain Party candidate was required to file for the primary by January 30.
Five individuals filed, either for the state legislature, or for partisan county office. The best-known candidate is Jesse Johnson, who is running for State House.
The party has no candidates for any of the three U.S. House seats. West Virginia has no statewide races in 2010.
There is not enough difference between the Democrats and Republicans. Because, I live in very blue voting district, for the first time in my life I had the luxury of “voting my conscience,” instead of voting for “the lesser of two evils.” I voted for the Green Party candidate, not because I thought she would make a great president, but because I really agree with the Green Party agenda, and I wanted to send a message to the Democrats. I agree that Obama was a better choice than McCain, but only by a small margin. Both Democrats and Republicans have been ripping off the taxpayers, since way before I was born. The thing that worried me about Obama right from the beginning was his warlike and hawkish attitudes. We need to stop giving money to the military, and Obama never talked about that. I invite you to my website devoted to raising awareness on this puritan attack on freedom: http://pltcldscsn.blogspot.com/
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I found four of the candidates listed on the West Virginia Secretary of State Site:
David Hall for State Senate District 17
Jesse Johnson for House of Delegates District 32
Robin Mills for House of Delegates District 51
Mark Myers for House of Delegates District 11
Who is the fifth?
The fifth is someone running for partisan county office.
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Frank Wedig is the fifth candidate. He is running for McHenry County Board District 5.