West Virginia gubernatorial election, 2004
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The 2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2004 for the post of Governor of West Virginia. Democratic Secretary of State of West Virginia Joe Manchin defeated Republican Monty Warner.
Democratic governor Bob Wise became the first governor of West Virginia not to stand for re-election since the Constitution of West Virginia was amended in 1970 to permit two consecutive terms. In August 2003 he announced that he would not stand again after admitting to an affair with a state employee.
West Virginia Secretary of State Joe Manchin challenged Wise for the Democratic nomination, and after Wise withdrew from the race he became favorite for the primary. Manchin lined up support from various sources including labour leaders in order to reverse his defeat in the gubernatorial primary in 1996. His main opponent in the primary was former State Senator Lloyd Jackson, who launched his campaign with a plan to reduce insurance costs. In the run up to the primary the two candidates traded negative advertising but Manchin won an easy victory in the primary on May 11.
On the Daily Show (2003-08-04), Phillip Frye told Rob Corddry that he wasn't qualified to be governor and he only ran to be a nuisance to Wise, because Wise had slept with his wife. Corddry also had an interview with candidate Louis Davis, whose main comment about the affair was that he would have chosen a better looking woman, and that she could use a nose-job, because her nose was huge. Davis also commented on the governor's dancing: "He looks like a monkey on a string, I'm serious. He looks so feminine, you know... effeminate."
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