West Virginia
MyOC Group for people in West Virginia. Join WV constituents in tracking bills, votes, issues, and their members of Congress.
RaceTracker for West Virginia's U.S. Senate seats. See all candidates running for federal office in WV in 2012.
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Representatives
1st District David McKinley MyOC Group Republican 1 year in office
2nd District Shelley Capito MyOC Group Republican 11 years in office
3rd District Nick Rahall MyOC Group Democrat 35 years in office
West Virginia (/ˌwɛstvɚˈdʒɪnjə/) is a state in the Appalachian, Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia on the southeast, Kentucky on the southwest, Ohio on the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland on the northeast. The capital and largest city is Charleston. Historically the area now occupying West Virginia had a separate identity from the early days of pioneering settlement. The early British American settlers called the area Vandalia. After the American Revolution the settlers of the area sought the status of an individual state of the union under the name Westsylvania, but their attempts were blocked by Virginia which claimed most of the area, and Pennsylvania which claimed a small part of the area. After the... (More from Freebase)
Top representatives among West Virginia users
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Rep. Shelley Capito R-WV
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Alan Mollohan D-
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Sen. Joe Manchin D-WV
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Carte Goodwin D-
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Rep. Barney Frank D-MA

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