mike oliverio, a senator, and republican david mckinley. the seat was held by alan monahan, a democrat. he was defeated in the primary by mike oliverio, which was a bit of an upset. he is a native of morgantown, and his government would go way back. he was elected to the legislature. he has run for secretary of state before and lost in that race, but he has always been hovering around, and he always had aspirations for higher office. david mckinley has been involved in politics often on all his life. he was in the legislature a couple of different times. he is the former republican party chairman. he has run for governor before and was unsuccessful. so he has been here as well. when the mood of the country evolves as it did, mckinley saw this as an opportunity as well to get into the race and has run a very aggressive campaign. the first congressional district covers the northern portion of west virginia, northern panhandle, north central part of the state, and it runs along the ohio river. west virginia is predominantly democratic state. i

how about spike maynard, david mckinley?applause] if barack obama can go hand-to-hand combat and west virgia gives him a little message. i think that would register all across the united states from here in a coal producing state that is going to stand up and tell him what to do with cap and trade real quick. that can happen real quick. [applause] when congress is taken by the republican party, which it will be, we are going to have a new leadern congress, aren't we? his name is probably going to be john maynard -- john boehner. what happens when he is the leader of congress? who sets the plate? that means obamacare will be a lot of trouble. cap and trade, in a lot of trouble. stimulus money, going back to the treasury. card check, in a lot of trouble. that is what we want. that is what america wants. that is what the tea party once. that is what our children want. we are in the position in west virginia right now to go to the final four. this time, not fourth place, this term first place. we win, you lose. thank you very mu

david mckinley is from wheeling, west virginia. he has been involved in politics off and on all his life. he was in the legislature a couple of different times. he is a former republican party chairman. he has run for governor before and was unsuccessful in his attempt to run for governor. he has been there as well. and when the mood of the country evolved as it did, mckinley saw this as an opportunity as well to get in the race and has run a very aggressive campaign. the first congressional district covers the northern portion of west virginia, northern panhandle, north central part of the state and it runs along the ohio river. west virginia is predominantly a democratic state. registration is 2-1. in each of the congressional districts, each of the three, it's roughly 2-1 democratic. however, in west virginia, it's also a very conservative state, so there are many democrats who are some would say democrats in name only or they are conservative democrats. >> the big issues for me are obama health care, which is very unpopular in

david mckinley is from wheeling, west virginia. he has been involved in politics often on all his life. he was of the legislature a couple of different times. former republican party chairman. he has run for governor before and not successful in his attempts. so, he has been there as well. when the mood of the country evolve the way it did, mccandless saw this as an opportunity to get into the race and has run an aggressive campaign. the first congressional district covers the northern portion of west virginia. northern panhandle, north central part of the state, and it runs along the ohio river. west virginia is predominantly democratic state. registration is two to one. in each of the congressional districts, roughly two to one democratic. but it is also a very conservative state. so there are many democrats who are, some would say democrats in name only or are conservative democrats. >> the big issues for me are obama healthcare, which is very unpopular. cap and trade, which is very unpopular in this state. a big government, whi

the republican is david mckinley.dea of how republicans think they can take back the house, how democrats feel they can defend it, you need to check thit out on cnnpolitics.com. >> more political news next hour. if you are away from the tv, go our website cnnpolitics.com. >>> christine o'donnell one of the hottest topics. >> when you look at the substance of what she says here, a lot of people are going to say we're not so sure she's ready for the senate. >> i feel for her a little bit. she was a sweet girl on the bill maher show. she was 20 years old. had a lot of personality, spunky and cute and saying things she didn't intend to be taken seriously. it's taken a life of its own. >> i agree. i even defended her with that crazy ad, i'm not a witch. she's trying to defuse a tough situation, but then when you step back and get cloeter to november 2nd, you say, there are serious issues. i don't think she passing that threshold. >> there are a lot of people who are cute and spunky that i don't want running the country. >>

how about spike maynard, david mckinley?applause] if barack obama can go hand-to-hand combat and west virginia gives him a little message. i think that would register all across the united states from here in a coal producing state that is going to stand up and tell him what to do with cap and trade real quick. that can happen real quick. [applause] when congress is taken by the republican party, which it will be, we are going to have a new leader in congress, aren't we? his name is probably going to be john maynard -- john boehner. what happens when he is the leader of congress? who sets the plate? that means obamacare will be a lot of trouble. cap and trade, in a lot of trouble. stimulus money, going back to the treasury. card check, in aot of trouble. that is what we want. that is what america wants. that is what the tea party once. that is what our children want. we are in the position in west virginia right now to go to the final four. this time, not fourth place, this term first place. we win, you lose. thank you very

he is going to take on david mckinley, who is the republican nominee. talk about perhaps having a win based upon a loss, west virginia might be one of those states where democrats actually win, ali. >> all right. and the new york governor's race has not been close. with all this that's going on with carl paladino, andrew cuomo is still way ahead in new york. >> way ahead, 14 points, according to the recent cnn opinion research corporation time poll. as paul pointed out earlier, in talking about this subject, some polls have it even more. so andrew cuomo has a very comfortable lead, ali, 22 days before election day. >> guys, i love talking to you, because you have all of the details. whenever i've traveled to talk about politics, these are the guys who reach out to say thai hey, i'm in this state, tell me what i need to know. we'll check in with you in an hour. >>> home of the best political team on television. >>> okay. what do you like? what do you use on the internet? internet explorer, safari, on a mac, you use firefox, google chrome? what is your fa

david mckinley is working hard but he is not here. he is the energizer bunny.is right there with them and they are running a great race with a lot of energy. it will boil down to election day just like my race and everybody else's race. let's get out for david. he will be a great member of congress and i will have somebody to sit with from west virginia on my side of the aisle. that will be a great day. [applause] spike maynard, i have gotten to know you so well over the campaign. he is a wonderful campaigner. he is a former prosecutor and supreme court justice and has a great sense of humor at the same time he has been running against an entrenched incumbent but it is time to say so long to the entrenched incumbents and spent -- and sent maynard. [applause] from the deepest part of my heart, it has been an incredible honor and joy and privilege for me to serve you in congress for 10 years. i have been entrusted with you to go to washington to vote for you and your families and businesses and your futures. i want to continue to do that but i want to have help i