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Wisconsin Governor to Campaign With Cole

Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who briefly ran for president last year, is scheduled to make three campaign stops Friday across West Virginia with GOP gubernatorial candidate and state Sen. President Bill Cole.

Walker is vice chair of the Republican Governor’s Association.

They are scheduled to hold a rally in the morning in Bluefield, the hometown of Cole, an auto dealer who has led the state Senate’s recent Republican majority for two years.

Later rallies are scheduled at noon in Charleston and late Friday afternoon in Morgantown.

Cole faces Democrat Jim Justice in the Nov. 8 election.

Fiorina to Headline State GOP Annual Dinner

Former presidential candidate Carly Fiorina will headline the West Virginia Republican Party’s annual dinner.

The state GOP says Fiorina will speak at its Victory Dinner at the Charleston Marriott Town Center on Thursday evening.

Fiorina dropped out of a crowded Republican presidential primary in February. Fellow GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz named Fiorina his vice-presidential running mate briefly before he exited the race in May.

Fiorina also was the 2010 Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in California, but lost to Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.

Fiorina was hired as CEO of Hewlett-Packard in 1999 and fired six years later after leading a major merger with Compaq and laying off 30,000 workers.

Fiorina to Headline State GOP Annual Dinner

Former presidential candidate Carly Fiorina will headline the West Virginia Republican Party’s annual dinner next month.

The state GOP says Fiorina will speak at its Victory Dinner at the Charleston Marriott Town Center on Oct. 20.

Fiorina dropped out of a crowded Republican presidential primary in February. Fellow GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz named Fiorina his vice-presidential running mate briefly before he exited the race in May.

Fiorina also was the 2010 Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in California, but lost to Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.

Fiorina was hired as CEO of Hewlett-Packard in 1999 and fired six years later after leading a major merger with Compaq and laying off 30,000 workers.

GOP Attorney General PAC Spending $208k in West Virginia

A political group backing Republican attorneys general has spent more than $208,000 supporting West Virginia incumbent Patrick Morrisey.

Mountaineers are Always Free PAC reported spending most of the money on TV, radio and online ads since mid-May.

The PAC is funded by the Republican Attorneys General Association. Some of the association’s larger contributors this year include Koch Industries, the Judicial Crisis Network, Reynolds American, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Pfizer, Anthem and Ariel Corporation executives.

Morrisey is seeking a second four-year attorney general term. He faces Democratic state House Del. Doug Reynolds.

Reynolds has put $225,000 of his money into the campaign and has spent $192,200 on TV ads. He has $27,100 remaining.

Morrisey is using $250,000 of his own cash, but has spent little. He has about $668,000 left.

GOP Group Buys $500,000 in Attack Ads in West Virginia Governors Race

A Republican group has bought $500,000 in TV attack ads against West Virginia Democratic candidate for governor Jim Justice.

The Republican Governors Association announced the ad Tuesday, putting its investment in the race at more than $1 million.

It’s the first round of attacks against the billionaire businessman on TV by Republicans.

The group bought $555,200 in ads supporting Republican Bill Cole before the May 10 primary. Cole, the state Senate president, was unopposed in his gubernatorial primary.

The new ad mentions issues with layoff notices and workers’ compensation payments at some of Justice’s coal mines.

The Justice campaign responded that special interests are trying to prop up Cole’s losing campaign.

Justice’s campaign called him one of the good coal operators, pointing at his United Mine Workers of America endorsement.

New Foe Vies for Mooney's Seat

Republican Rep. Alex Mooney has drawn another GOP challenger for his congressional seat next year.Republican Marc Savitt filed federal candidacy paperwork…

Republican Rep. Alex Mooney has drawn another GOP challenger for his congressional seat next year.

Republican Marc Savitt filed federal candidacy paperwork for the 2nd Congressional District this week.

Savitt’s campaign website says he’s from Jefferson County, owns West Virginia’s oldest mortgage company and has testified before Congress as an expert witness.

In 2014, Savitt finished last in a six-way Republican primary in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District. Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock won the seat.

Republican pharmacist Ken Reed is running against Mooney again after finishing a distant second in the seven-way 2014 primary.

No Democratic challengers have announced yet.

Mooney had about $257,400 in campaign cash through September. Reed had about $1,600, and Savitt hasn’t reported fundraising yet.

The 2nd district stretches from the Ohio River to the Eastern Panhandle.

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