mike oliverio told an interesting story. he said earlier in his campaign, he ran positive ads about himself and his lead evaporated, so he said he would build more aggressive. both candidates have been extremely aggressive, and the charges have been flying back and forth in the final days of the campaign. this has been historic in west virginia. we cannot rule out incumbents, and this year, the longtime incumbent in the first district was defeated in the primary. senator byrd died in june, and releasing all this pent-up opportunity for republicans and democrats. the national trend has a republican inspired in the third district of west virginia, so a very intense, close senate race, which we have not had in years and two of three very intense and close races. we -- this is one of our more interesting political. we have had in some time. >> we are travelling the country and visiting congressional districts where some of the most closely contested house races are taking place. for more information on what the local content veh

a ligns mike oliverio with nancy pelosi. that has dominated the discussion for much of the campaign. >> we are making it very clear that i am not looking for congress to get in step with the leaders. i am running for congress for them to get in step of the people of west virginia. been a tremendous amount of ads. when you get to the last couple of weeks, every commercial is an ad for mckinley or oliverio. the campaign has got a fairly nasty the past couple of weeks because the polls indicate this is a close race. i am sure each of the candidates figures that a percent or half a percent is vital. mike oliverio telp an interesting story to the press, saying earlier in the campaign he ran politician -- positive ads about his self and his lead evaporated. as of both candidates have been extremely aggressive the last couple of weeks and the charges have been flying back and forth in the final days. the this has really been historic in west virginia. we tend not to throw out incumbents. this year the longtime incumbent defeated in

>> there are two candidates in the race for congress in the first district there is democratic mike oliverio a senate senator and republican david mckinley. this seat was held for many years by a democrat. he was defeated in the primary in an upset. mike is a native of morgantown and his government roots go way back. he was the w.b.u. student body president. he got out and was elected to the legislature he has been hovering around there and has had aspirations for higher office. 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 th

mike oliverio has run for secretary of state before and has lost in that race. he has always had -- always had aspirations for higher office. mckinley has been involved in politics off and on his entire life. he was in the legislature a couple times. he has run for the governor before and was unsuccessful. he has been there as well. when the mood of the country in fault -- the fault, mckinley's saw this as an opportunity. the first congressional district covers the northern portion of virginia and runs along the och river. west virginia is a predominantly democratic state. in each of the district, it is roughly 2-1 democratic. west virginia is also a conservative state, so there are many democrats who are in name only. >> the big issues are obama health care, which is very unpopular, cap and trade, the government. >> the economy, fixing the debt, and drain jobs back to west virginia which is so rooted in industry. >> doing away with the tax cuts will hurt a lot of people. >> jobs, the health care bill. things that i am not for right now. >> i do not want a sales