2008 WVCDL Candidate Survey Responses

State Senate Candidates

Incumbents indicated in bold italics.

If any of the candidates in your district have not responded to the survey, contact them and urge them to complete the WVCDL survey and return it.

If a candidate is afraid to take a public stand on these issues now, before the election,
he or she is unlikely to be very responsive to your views after the election.

There is absolutely NO reason why a candidate should not answer this survey!

Failure to return a completed survey frequently indicates indifference, if not outright hostility, toward your individual right to keep and bear arms and your right to self-defense.

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This page last updated 4:30 PM, Friday, August 8, 2008.

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1 R Chris Wakim S S Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y S Y S Y Y Y Y Y Y
D Jack Yost























2 D Jeff Kessler






















R Fred Brunner S S N S S Y N C Y Y Y S S Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y N N

3 R Donna Boley S C S C C Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

4 R Karen Facemyer Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
D Rocky Holmes Y Y Y Y Y Y Y S Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

5 D Bob Plymale






















R Stephen L. Hall S S Y Y S Y Y S C Y S Y Y S S S S S Y Y Y Y Y

6 D John Pat Fanning declined to participate
R  Mark R. Maynard























7 D Earl Ray Tomblin






















R  Billy Marcum























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8 R  Bob Ore S S S S S S S S S Y S S Y C Y S Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
D Corey Palumbo























9 D Richard Browning Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y

10 R Don Caruth declined to participate
D James W. "Jim" McNeely
 see endnote 1

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 D William R. "Bill" Laird, IV






















R Aubry A. Wilson NR C C C C N Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N NR N N Y Y NR NR NR
M Andy Waddell























12 D Doug Facemire Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y N N Y NR NR NR NR

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13 D Roman W. Prezioso, Jr.























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 D Bob Williams C Y Y C S C C C Y Y Y Y Y Y Y C Y S Y Y Y Y Y
R Gary Howell S S S S S S S S S Y S S S S S S S S Y Y Y Y Y

15 R Clark Barnes S S S S S S S S S Y S S S S S S Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
D Mike Ross























16 R Bob Adams S S S S S S S S S Y S S S S S S S S Y Y Y Y Y
D Herb Snyder























17 D Dan Foster






















R Alan Long Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

Key:

S=Willing to be the primary sponsor of the bill
C=Willing to cosponsor the bill if someone else is the primary sponsor
Y=Yes. Where a question also contained the options of Sponsor and Cosponsor, the candidate supports the proposal but is not committing to be a sponsor or cosponsor of the particular bill.
N=No
NR=Did not answer the question (No Response), or the response was so caveatted that the candidate avoided answering the question by responding to a different question, or changed the question, or was undecided.

Party:

R=Republican
D=Democrat
M=Mountain

Candidates are sorted as follows: The order of political parties is according to the incumbent party in each district. All incumbents are listed first in their respective districts. All non-incumbent candidates are listed in alphabetical order by last name within each party, by district.


  1. As a member of the House of Delegates, Jim McNeely voted against the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Amendment to the state Constitution when the Legislature passed it in 1985 and actively campaigned against its ratification during the 1986 general election campaign. See, James W. McNeely, The Right of Who to Bear What, When, and Where--West Virginia Firearms Law v. The Right-to-Bear-Arms Amendment, 89 W. Va. L. Rev. 1125 (1987).