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Senator Rockefeller Challenged Save Email Print
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP)
Posted: 6:00 AM May 1, 2008
Last Updated: 4:10 PM Apr 30, 2008

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The last time Senator Jay Rockefeller lost an election in West Virginia, Richard Nixon was still in his first term as president.

The longtime political power, now running for a fifth term in the U.S. Senate, not only has name recognition, but more than $3.8 million in his campaign treasury.

So why would anyone want to challenge him? One challenger says it's because he's vulnerable.

Sheirl Fletcher is one of two challengers to Rockefeller in the May 13 Democratic primary. The former state lawmaker from Monongalia County says Rockefeller is out of touch with average West Virginians. She
believes she can score a major upset.

Rockefeller says he's proud to run on his record of service in West Virginia.

The third Democratic candidate is Boone County resident Billy Hendricks, Jr., who challenged Senator Robert C. Byrd in the 2006 primary. Hendricks says he doesn't expect to win. He wants to draw attention to the federal deficit and what he says is a need for term limits on officeholders.

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Posted by: Rusty Location: Shenandoah, VA on May 1, 2008 at 07:55 AM
Im glad to see this. Politicians and Diapers need to be changed often and for the same reason.

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