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May 2, 2011

Baber lands Mountain Party nomination for governor

By Mannix Porterfield Register-Herald Reporter

Bob Henry Baber, a former Richwood mayor and now an administrator at Glenville State College, is carrying the Mountain Party’s banner in this year’s special election for governor with a plan to push West Virginia’s economy into the 21st Century.

Baber landed the party’s nomination in a weekend convention at Sutton, after his lone rival, Jesse Johnson, withdrew and promptly endorsed him.

“It feels good,” Baber exulted Monday, as he prepared to embark on the campaign as the first one officially out of the chute, since Democrats and Republicans won’t know their nominees until the May 14 primary.

“I’m excited. I’m going to have as aggressive a campaign as a person can have that has a full-time job and can’t campaign full-time. That’s a disadvantage in one sense. Obviously, campaigning is a full-time job. When you have a job, that kind of keeps you pretty tight with the people, because they’ve got jobs.”

See the complete story in Tuesday's edition of The Register-Herald.

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