Mr. Rahall is a prime example of how red-state Democrats are trying to survive in what’s shaping up to be a tough year for the party. He is the only Democrat in the three-person West Virginia House delegation. If he loses, West Virginia will have an all-Republican House delegation for the first time since 1922.

….Democrats also face the loss of the West Virginia Senate seat held by Jay Rockefeller, who is retiring at the end of the year after 30 years in that position. Mr. Rockefeller often faced token opposition, but Representative Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican who represents the state’s 2nd District, is leading in the Senate campaign

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