Rating Group: West Virginia AFL-CIO

1999 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office Name Party Rating
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 55%
WV State House-5 David Pethtel D 95%
WV State House-8 Bill Anderson, Jr. R 32%
WV State House-10 Tom Azinger R 32%
WV State House-19 Don Perdue D 50%
WV State House-21 Harry White D 86%
WV State House-32 John Pino D 49%
WV State House-34 Brent Boggs D 91%
WV State House-36 Mark Hunt D 55%
WV State House-40 Tim Armstead R 100%
WV State House-50 Mike Caputo D 100%
WV State House-51 Barbara Fleischauer D 86%
WV State House-51 Charlene Marshall D 100%
WV State House-52 Larry Williams D 50%
WV State House-54 Allen Evans R 36%
WV State House-62 John Overington R 14%
WV State Senate-2 Larry Edgell D 100%
WV State Senate-2 Jeffrey Kessler D 100%
WV State Senate-3 Donna Boley R 33%
WV State Senate-4 William Hall R 38%
WV State Senate-5 Evan Jenkins D 36%
WV State Senate-5 Robert Plymale D 40%
WV State Senate-6 H. Truman Chafin D 60%
WV State Senate-10 William Laird IV D 73%
WV State Senate-12 Samuel Cann, Sr. D 43%
WV State Senate-13 Roman Prezioso, Jr. D 69%
WV State Senate-16 Herb Snyder D 86%
WV State Senate-16 John Unger II D 100%
WV State Senate-17 Brooks McCabe, Jr. D 100%
WV Commissioner of Agriculture Walter Helmick D 42%
WV Mayor-At-Large Andy McKenzie R 86%
WV Commissioner-At-Large Timothy Ennis D 41%
WV Commissioner-At-Large Dale Manuel Other 79%
Constantino Amores, Jr. Other 45%
Leonard Anderson Other 6%
Frank Angotti, Jr. Other 100%
Art Ashley Other 100%
Billy Bailey, Jr. Other 56%
Homer Keaton Ball Other 47%
J.D. Beane Other 50%
Larry Border Other 26%
Edwin Bowman Other 43%
Greg Butcher Other 82%
Thomas Campbell Other 64%
Thomas Coleman, Jr. Other 45%
David Collins Other 85%
Mary Pearl Compton Other 90%
Oshel Craigo Other 78%
Sammy Dalton Other 49%
Jerry Michael Damron Other 100%
Jeff Davis Other 64%
Frank Deem Other 39%
Tracy Dempsey Other 89%
Robert Dittmar Other 44%
Vicki Douglas Other 54%
John Doyle Other 53%
Richard Everson Other 42%
Karen Facemyer Other 32%
Larry Faircloth Other 19%
John Fanning Other 60%
Joe Ferrell Other 55%
Richard Flanigan Other 88%
Sheirl Lee Fletcher Other 100%
Eustace Frederick Other 33%
Roy Givens Other 72%
Steve Harrison Other 28%
Bobbie Hatfield Other 70%
F. Oscar Hines Other 100%
Nancy Houston Other 100%
Susan Hubbard Other 86%
Jon Hunter Other 100%
Talmadge Hutchins Other 77%
Lloyd George Jackson II Other 55%
Arley Johnson Other 45%
Jerry Kelley Other 41%
Robert Kiss Other 45%
Kerry Steven Kominar Other 73%
Earnest Kuhn Other 91%
Margarette Leach Other 76%
Otis Leggett Other 25%
Larry Linch Other 96%
William Louisos Other 62%
Shirley Love Other 43%
Virginia Mahan Other 100%
A. James Manchin Other 100%
J.E. Joe Martin Other 44%
Warren Randolph McGraw II Other 96%
Jerry Mezzatesta Other 49%
Harold Michael Other 33%
Joseph Minard Other 50%
Sarah Minear Other 43%
John Mitchell, Jr. Other 100%
Rick Modesitt Other 100%
Mike Oliverio II Other 65%
Tamara Herron Pettit Other 47%
Bill Proudfoot Other 39%
Paul Prunty Other 94%
Marie Redd Other 100%
Dale Riggs Other 35%
C.E. Romine Other 38%
Mike Ross Other 43%
Larry Rowe Other 100%
Robert Schadler Other 25%
William Sharpe, Jr. Other 48%
John Shelton Other 60%
Jody Guthrie Smirl Other 64%
Joe Smith Other 78%
Lisa Smith Other 100%
Joe Sparks Other 100%
Sharon Spencer Other 83%
Victor Sprouse Other 29%
Douglas Stalnaker Other 36%
W. Richard Staton Other 67%
William Stemple Other 64%
Sally Matz Susman Other 100%
Ron Thompson, Jr. Other 55%
Gary Otho Tillis Other 100%
Charles Trump IV Other 28%
Kenneth Tucker Other 73%
Scott Varner Other 76%
Martha Yeager Walker Other 56%
Barbara Warner Other 53%
Charles Russell Webb Other 64%
Randy White Other 73%
L. Gil White Other 47%
Carroll Willis Other 67%
James Willison Other 30%
Mark Wills Other 100%
William Wooton Other 78%
Lacy Wright, Jr. Other 47%
Emily Yeager Other 58%

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