Anne Barth In the News

January 31, 2008

Just When You Were About to Say ‘Ho-Hum'
Without question, Barth vs. Capito is the race of the year in West Virginia.
Story by Dan Page

From the Understatement of the Week Department comes this: West Virginia politics can be unpredictable.

John Unger, the senator from Berkeley County , had positioned himself to oppose four-term Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito in the 2nd Congressional District. And then Unger went away. Two Kanawha County Democrats also had committed to challenge Capito -- former South Charleston Mayor Richie Robb and attorney Thornton Cooper.

But then Anne Barth joined the field -- that's Anne Barth, longtime member of Sen. Robert C. Byrd's staff.

With Unger, Robb and Cooper in the field, Capito appeared to have another term all but assured. But Unger disappeared, and Barth stepped up.

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