The Mountain Party, West Virginia’s only ballot-qualified minor party, expects to nominate Jesse Johnson as its U.S. Senate nominee, in the special election for that office to be held November 2, 2010.
Earlier this week, Republicans in the West Virginia legislature refused to vote for the bill setting up the special election, unless it was amended to say that candidates in that special election could also be running for another office simultaneously. Therefore, the bill was amended to permit that. Republicans in the legislature hoped that their party’s only member of Congress from West Virginia, Shelley Capito, would run for re-election to the U.S. House and also run in the special U.S. Senate election.
Ironically, on July 21, news sources say that Capito has decided not to run for U.S. Senate. But because the bill permits candidates in the special election to be running for another office simultaneously, that characteristic of the bill will help Jesse Johnson. He had already been running a vigorous campaign for a seat in the state legislature, and now he can run for both. His candidacy for the U.S. Senate is dependent on his raising money for the filing fee for U.S. Senate. Donations to his campaign can be made by sending a check to Jesse Johnson 2010, PO Box 446, Pinch WV 25156.
The Mountain Party is the West Virginia state affiliate of the Green Party.
Great! Let me know when campaign donations are in order.
Regards.
Elie Yarden
Green-Rainbow Party
Cambridge
On its way!
How much is the filing fee?
$1,740
The filing fee is $1740 and its due friday.
Donations should be sent overnight mail to:
Jesse Johnson for US Senate 2010
PO Box 446
Pinch, WV 25156-0446
PayPal account would make donating so much easier.
Jesse has a paypal account where you can make donations:
jesse4ussenate@aim.com
His official campaign address is:
jesse4ussenate@gmail.com
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Ten (10) Republicans and counting filed for the primary. At $1,740 each, plus the two Democrats, that’s a lot of filing fees already paid.
Still, it doesn’t even begin to defray the costs of the special primary and general elections. There are close to 2000 precincts in West Virginia, each requiring five (5) workers: 2 precinct Commissioners, and 3 Clerks. Each receives $125 in training and $150 for the day’s work. So 2000 X 5 X $275 = $2,750,000 paid out just in wages FOR EACH ELECTION ($5.5 MILLION TOTAL!!), not counting the costs to reprogram and maintain all of the bogus electronic voting equipment.
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This is great. Go Mountain Party. Manchin doesn’t act like a true democrat. All for giveaways to big coal owners, CEO’s etc. He was just awful to state workers and teachers, while geting himself a big $55,000 raise that could raise his pension by about 1 million. Wanted to give Consol energy $200 million in tax abatements and roads etc. and then do it about 4 more times = that’s a billion dollars.Manchin has previously had a large amounts donated from coal interests. Guess they got their money’s worth.It’s unfair to other businesses that a few wealthy coal companies (owners, CEO’s, brokers) would benefit from preferntial tax treatment over other businesses. Won’t other businesses and taxpayers have to pay more, if rich coal companies pay less. Then there was Manchin having the taxpayers buy a 3rd plane so he could personally fly it, and also taking state plane to fly down to pick up yacht, not to mention WVU football game plane trips with family and buddies, his daughter’s retroactive MBA (years after she attended) from WVU after he appointed a friend as WVU president over faculty objections. – It cheapened everyone else’s degree. Manchin was a coal broker, so there you have it. Wikipedia has a nice summary of the Mountain Party’s platform which is quite comprehensive in many areas. They are better democrats than Manchin, and seem to want to help the average worker and businesses. They are more conservative than the Republicans where it counts. They are for “Elimination of the sales tax on food and clothing; tax relief for small businesses; elimination of corporate welfare” and for FAIR TRADE as opposed to supposedly free trade. They want campaign reform.
The shortened time frame between the special primary and general election appears to be a ploy to eliminate primary challenges by other democrats and republicans (as opposed to Manchin and Capito) and to give them and third parties and independents less time to campaign.
The original 2010 primary had a filing period of Jan. 11, 2010 to Jan. 30, 2010 – 20 days, and the primary was over 3 months later on May 11, with the general election about 6 months later Nov. 2. ALMOST 6 MONTHS LATER!!! (note third party/independent deadline was July 30 over 3 months before general election). So how can they have a 4 day filing period now for Byrd’s seat, with a primary in only 5 more weeks, August 28, and then only 2 months until general. They should have put the primary for Byrd’s seat in Nov. followed by a special general election in the spring.
Manchin appears to want to rush a primary so they can add national senate seat election to Nov. ballot. But there is not adequate time for 3rd party candidates, independents, and other republicans and democrats, other than Capito (who choose not to run) and Manchin, to put together a campaign. Don’t they all have to form committees, collect donations, develop adds, get name recognition, get their platforms out. The primary will be in just 5 weeks and the final election in 2 months. Manchin appears afraid to allow time for people to get the word out about all his negatives – not giving any primary challenger time to mount a real campaign. He already has the advantage of an incumbent. Most letters sent out by the state have his name on it, as does most informational literature often with his picture. He gets a lot of free PR in the paper by being governor. Now he wants to shorten the campaign time!!!
Normally there is about 6 months between primary and election, but he wants to make it 2 months. Plus only 5 weeks to get ready for the primary, compared to the usual many months. Unions and numerous others should complain about changing the law, and also mention a possible constitutional challenge, for truncating the campaign times. Manchin seems to want to truncate the time in which there will be less time for a public discussion of caol contribution to him, his treatment of state employees, teachers, and retirees, and mountain top removal and other issues in relation to this primary and then election. If he becomes senator will all retirees be forced onto Medicare Advantage? What will happen to Medicare. Will they invest Social Security in the stock market (i.e. in coal companies which is really just helps big coal owners and brokers). Wikipedia says,”
Since 1996, coal interests have contributed more than $4 million to candidates for governor, the state Supreme Court and the West Virginia Legislature. The 2004 election was a record-setter for the coal industry. Gov. Joe Manchin received $571,214 from coal interests for his campaign and $174,500 for his inaugural. West Virginians for Coal, the West Virginia Coal Association’s political action committee, contributed more money than any other coal industry donor.[58 . . . 58. ^ Wvoter-owned.org ”
WV not open for business (Manchin’s slogan), but open for monkey busines as usual (Manchin’s actions). You’d think he’d have been afraid to use that slogan, and seen the monkey business allusion coming.