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West Virginia history haunts Manchin Senate pick
Gov. Joe Manchin faces a tough path to hold a Senate seat as WV history shows all five prior appointees failed to win the next election or faced weak outcomes. Only Jay Rockefeller succeeded when he moved from governor to the Senate, underscoring the uphill climb ahead for the current appointee.
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Charleston
Joe Manchin
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
U.S. Senate
Senate
Jay Rockefeller
Byrd
Manchin
John D. Hoblitzell Jr
Cecil Underwood
Wood County
Matthew Neely
Hoblitzell
Jennings Randolph
Joseph Rosier
Neely
U.S
Richard Neely
Supreme Court
Homer Holt
Clarence E. Martin Sr
Senate Elections Committee
Rosier
Joe Rosier
Hugh Ike Shott
Herman Kump
Chapman Revercomb
Revercomb
GOP
Shott
FDR
United Mine Workers Union
William Marland
Marland
William R. Laird III
Harvey Kilgore
Laird
Arthur Boreman
Boreman
West
Howard Gore
Gore
Henry Hatfield
Associated Press
Congress
John Morgan