“West Virginia” on The Daily Caller

Republicans are making some big promises to try to lure West Virginia Senator-elect Joe Manchin to cross the aisle. (more)

Meet Melissa Lee Williams. The West Virginia woman, 41, is facing assault and weapons charges after allegedly waving a knife at two men who declined her demands to engage in sexual conduct at a West Virginia motor inn. (more)

Democrats who feared that they might lose the Senate breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday, as Gov. Joe Manchin appeared set to retain Sen. Robert Byrd’s seat in West Virginia for the party. (more)

Democrats are pulling out all stops to help Democratic Governor Joe Manchin beat Republican John Raese in the special election. But if the West Virginia Democrat does successfully win the election, Democrats may not be too pleased to have him as the deciding vote. (more)

The conventional wisdom is that the Republicans have little chance of picking up the 10 seats in the Senate that they need to take control of the chamber. (more)

Aqua Buddha sunk Jack Conway, Joe Manchin came from behind after shooting (literally) the cap and trade bill with a rifle, and the witch ad put cement around Christine O’Donnell’s ankles (not literally) on her way down. (more)

Americans living in the most industrialized regions of the country have a special stake in the outcome of a California ballot initiative that would suspend implementation of that state’s global warming law until after unemployment drops, according to policy experts who favor a free market response to energy needs. (more)

Democratic West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is looking for voters — but not for his U.S. Senate race against Republican John Raese. (more)

In one of the tightest Senate races of the cycle, West Virginia’s Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin is once again ahead, according to the latest poll. (more)

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee launched a new ad attacking GOP senate candidate John Raese for being “out of touch” with West Virginians and being more involved in Florida. (more)

West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin’s senatorial campaign released a new ad in which the Democrat is calling his Republican opponent John Raese’s policy ideas “crazy.” (more)

In the final days before the midterm elections, Democratic Senate candidate and West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin doubled down on his opposition to parts of the health care law, legislation he supported when it was being debated in Congress last spring. (more)

Sarah Palin has endorsed 56 candidates this election season and had an impact on GOP primaries, but a new poll suggests that campaign visits from the former Alaska governor ahead of the general election could hurt Republicans. (more)

The National Republican Senatorial Committee is putting West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin in its crosshairs, mocking the Democrat for an ad in which he appeared to shoot a copy of cap and trade legislation. (more)

This is the fifth in a series of articles looking at the races most likely to determine whether Republicans capture or Democrats hold the majority in the U.S. Senate after Election Day. (more)

Gov. Joe Manchin and Republican businessman John Raese met in the only debate of the West Virginia senate race Monday night. The low-key hour, which also included two third-party candidates, produced few fireworks, but it did offer one of the clearest examples of this election year’s most fascinating phenomenon— the Democrat who looks, sounds, talks, and sometimes even shoots just like a Republican. Thought to be a veritably extinct species after 2008, it has made a comeback all over the country. (more)

Monday night’s West Virginia U.S. Senate debate told audiences little that they didn’t already know as Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin and Republican John Raese stuck to talking points. Speaking in sound bytes, Manchin called for the need to transcend party politics while Raese extolled the virtues of capitalism. (more)

Democrats can’t seem to wait for Sarah Palin to be back on a ballot. (more)

Of the midterm races with interesting Tea Party components, here’s the latest: (more)

The National Republican Senatorial Campaign has pulled an ad targeting the Democratic candidate for Senate in West Virginia, Gov. Joe Manchin, after it was made public that the casting call for the ad had effectively asked actors to behave and dress like hicks. (more)