SPRING 2014
Hillary Clinton (D)
West Virginia Democrats are also offering their secretary of state as a Senate candidate in 2014. Natalie Tennant
(D) is looking to fill the seat left vacant
by the six-term Senator Jay Rockefeller (D), who is retiring. Rockefeller is
a legend in West Virginia politics and
enjoyed a formidable incumbency advantage while the state became increasingly more conservative. Tennant, on the
other hand, has a tough race ahead in the
state that voted for Mitt Romney by a
twenty-seven point margin in 2012. This
election is special in that U.S. Congresswomen Shelley Capito Moore (R) is the
front-runner in the GOP primary. Therefore, any advantage that Tennant would
have solely from her gender is negated
if she faces Moore in the general election. Regardless of the outcome, however, the Mountain State will likely elect
its first female T