Anne Barth In the News

2nd District Candidates Debate at Wesleyan
By GARY MALLONEE, Staff Writer

West Virginia Wesleyan College hosted a political debate with the Democratic candidates for the House of Representatives and Republican candidate for Attorney General in the Social Hall of the Benedum Campus Center Tuesday evening. The event was co-sponsored by the Young Democrats and College Republicans at Wesleyan.

The three 2nd District Democratic candidates in the debate were Anne Barth, of Charleston, a 21-year member of U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd’s staff; Thorton Cooper, an attorney and retired state employee from South Charleston; and Richie Robb, the former mayor of South Charleston. The two Republican candidates for Attorney General were Dan Greear, a lawyer and former state legislator from South Charleston; and Hiram Lewis a lawyer and National Guard member from Morgantown.

“It is great to be here tonight,” Barth said. “ “I believe it is time for a change in Washington.”

Barth said she is a woman, a wife, a mother and a Christian and told the audience that she shares their concerns.

“After eight years of this administration we need a change now,” she said. “Shelly Moore Capito and President George Bush together has hurt West Virginia.

She said the U.S. government is currently building new roads and schools in Iraq, but the problem is we need new roads and schools in West Virginia.

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