West Virginia Hospital Association Political Action Committee

For Immediate Release: April 22, 2004

For More Information Contact:

Tony J. Gregory

Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs

Office: 304/344-9744

Fax: 304/344-9745

Cell: 545-0128

E-mail: tgregory@wvha.org

HOSPITAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ENDORSES PRIMARY CANDIDATES

CHARLESTON, WV – The West Virginia Hospital Political Action Committee (HOSPAC) has named its endorsements for the candidates of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, the West Virginia Senate and the West Virginia House of Delegates in the upcoming primary election Tuesday, May 11, 2004.

HOSPAC is endorsing Judge Jim Rowe for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in the primary election. Jim Rowe is currently a State Circuit Court Judge with the 11th Judicial Circuit covering Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties, and former West Virginia House of Delegates Majority Leader and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

The following Senate and House candidates were endorsed based on voting records, support for healthcare issues, and recommendations from West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA) member hospitals.

West Virginia Senate (By District)

1^st – Andy McKenzie

2^nd – Jeffrey Kessler

3^rd – Donna Boley

4^th – Karen Facemyer

5^th – Bob Plymale

6^th – John Pat Fanning
7^th – Earl Ray Tomblin

8^th – Vic Sprouse

9^th – Billy Wayne Bailey

10^th – Keith Edwards, M.D. and Don Caruth

11^th – Shirley Love

12^th – Bill Sharpe

13^th – Roman Prezioso

14^th – Jon Blair Hunter

15^th – Mike Ross

17^th – Dan Foster, M.D.

House of Delegates (By District)

1^st – Randy Swartzmiller

2^nd – Tim Ennis and Roy Givens

3^rd – L. Gil White, Christopher Wakim, and Orphy Klempa

4^th – Kenneth Tucker and Scott Varner

5^th – Dave Pethtel

6^th – Roger Romine

7^th – Otis Leggett

8^th – E. W. “Bill” Anderson

9^th – Larry Border

10^th – J.D. Beane, Tom Azinger and John Ellem

11^th – Bob Ashley

12^th – Mitch Carmichael

14^th – Mike Hall and Patti Eagloski Schoen

15^th – Margarette Leach, Kevin Craig, Jim Morgan and Carol Miller

16^th – Greg Howard, Kelli Sobonya and Doug Reynolds

17^th – Don Perdue

20^th – K. Steven Kominar

21^st – Harry Keith White

22^nd – Richard Browning and Rick Staton

24^th – Eustace Frederick

25^th – Marshall Long, M.D.

26^th – Gerald Crosier

27^th – Bob Kiss, Virginia Mahan, Ron Thompson, Sally Susman and Linda Summer

28^th – Tom Campbell and Ray Canterbury

29^th – John Pino, David Perry and Margaret Staggers, M.D.

30^th – Jon Amores, Bonnie Brown, Dave Higgins, Corey Palumbo, Bradford Simms and Ann Calvert

32^nd – Tim Armstead, Patrick Lane, Ron Walters

33^rd – William F. Stemple

34^th – Brent Boggs

35^th – John Shelton

36^th – Joe Talbott

37^th – William Hartman and Bill Proudfoot

38^th – Doug Stalnaker

39^th – Bill Hamilton

41^st – Sam Cann, Ron Fragale, Richard Iaquinta and Barbara “Bobbie” Warner

42^nd – Robert Milvet

43^rd – Donna Reid Renner

44^th – Bob Beach, Eugene Claypole, Nancy Houston, Cindy Frich and Jim Manilla

45^th – Larry Williams

47^th – Harold Michael

48^th – Allen Evans

49^th – Bob Schadler

50^th – Jerry Mezzatesta

51^st – Charles Trump, IV

52^nd – Craig Blair

53^rd – Victor A. Roberts, Jr.

54^th – Walter Duke

55^th – John Overington

56^th – Robert Tabb

57^th – John Doyle

58^th – Locke Wysong and Suzanne Morgan

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