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

elliott "spike" maynard. [applause] >> mr. ray hall was born and west virginia and graduated from duke university in 1971. he went to graduate school of george washington university. he once served as a staff member for the late robert t. byrd. he is currently serving his 17th term in that office. he serves as the chairman of that natural committee of natural resources. is the democratic incumbent for west virginia's third congressional district. please welcome mr. nexrad call -- nick rail -- rahall. [applause] >> the order of tonight's debate will be as follows. each candidate will be given two minutes for opening statements. after the opening statement, we will begin our questions. the a moderator's well as it a question period -- the moderator will ask candidate a a question. the next question will be asked of a candidate b. >> our timekeeper will give time cues of 30 seconds, 15 seconds, and stop. once the candidate is given the stop sign, they will be allowed a few seconds to complete of thought. neither candidate shall b

is the group affiliated with the congressman's challenger, spike maynard? we called his campaign. >> this is anne clifford calling from cnn's "ac 360." i was wondering if i could speak with mr. carpenter. >> they told us they had nothing to do with the ad or organization. next we called of the head of state republican party, mike stewart. >> i'm calling from cnn "ac 36037" we had a couple of questions we wanted to ask you. >> mr. stuart denied any connection and until recently he headed up the foundation but wouldn't disclose donor names. after our calls we haven't been able to find out whose money paid for the ad. it's not just conservative, it's liberal ones as well. a group called "florida is not for sale" supposedly spent $50,000 to attack a senate primary candidate. according to "the washington post," outside groups have spent $80 million in this campaign, five times greater than it was in 2006. there's a huge loophole. these groups have to start reporting within 30 days of a primary and 60 days of the general election. meaning none of money spent befo

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

elliott "spike" maynard. [applause] >> mr. ray hall was born and west virginia and graduated from duke university in 1971. he went to graduate school of george washington university. he once served as a staff member for the late robert t. byrd. he is currently serving his 17th term in that office. heerves as the chairman of that natural committee of natural resources. is the democratic incumbent for west virginia's third congssional district. please welcome mr. nexrad call -- nick rail -- rahall. [applause] >> the order of tonight's debate will be as follows. each candidate will be given two minutes for opening statements. after the opening statement, we will begin our questions. the a moderator's well as it a question period -- the moderator will ask candidate a a question. the next question will be asked of a candidate b. >> our timekeeper will give time cues of 30 seconds, 15 seconds, and stop. once the candidate is given the stop sign, they will be aow a few seconds to complete of thought. neither candidate shall be allowe

elliott "spike" maynard. [applause] >> mr. nick rahall is the current representative of west virginia's third district. he graduated from duke university in 1971 and attended graduate school at george washington university. he once served as a staff member for the late robert c. byrd. he was first elected to u.s. congress in 1976 and is currently serving his 17th term in that office. he serves as the chairman of the committee on natural resources and vice chairman of the committee on transportation and infrastructure. he is the democratic incumbent for west virginia's third congressional district. please welcome mr. nick rahall. [applause] >> thank you. >> the order of tonight's debate will be as follows -- each candidate will be given two minutes for opening statements. after the opening statements, we will begin our questions. the moderators will ask a candidate a a question. the candidate has two minutes to respond. candidate b will be given one minute to rebut, and candidate a will have 30 seconds to respond to that. next

[applause] spike maynard, i have gotten to know you so well over the campaign. 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 in this is our time. let's take our country back. thank you. [applause] >> it is also a great privilege to bring to the podium the next united states senator from west virginia, a johnsracey. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very much. i told a high-school class the other day, the louder and longer you applaud, longer you get out of class. i had a standing ovation for five men [l