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With 94% of the votes counted, Mr. Tomblin led 50% to 47% over Bill Maloney, who had never held political office and who characterized the election as a referendum on the policies of President Barack Obama, who lost the state in 2008 and remains unpopular there.
Democrat Wins Governor's Race in West Virginia Kris Maher 2011
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"This campaign has not been easy, but we persevered," Mr. Tomblin told supporters Tuesday night at a hotel in Charleston.
Democrat Wins Governor's Race in West Virginia Kris Maher 2011
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They won't mention that Governor Tomblin has been about as cozy to the president as, well, um, what's the word for negative a thousand trillion?
HUFFPOST HILL - Dems Promote Dem Bill By Making It Less Dem-y Eliot Nelson 2011
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Some political observers in the state said recent ads that linked Mr. Tomblin to Mr. Obama seemed to gain traction in the past week.
Democrat Wins Governor's Race in West Virginia Kris Maher 2011
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Former state Senate President Earl Tomblin, who took over the job when Manchin quit, is facing off against Republican businessman Bill Baloney.
HUFFPOST HILL - Dems Promote Dem Bill By Making It Less Dem-y Eliot Nelson 2011
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If Mr. Beshear wins, he would be the second Democrat to win a gubernatorial contest this year, after Earl Ray Tomblin swept the polls in a special election last month in West Virginia.
Governor Favored in Kentucky Race Timothy W. Martin 2011
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Earl Ray Tomblin said after laying a wreath at the state coal miners' memorial on the Capitol grounds.
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Tomblin has asked churches across the state to ring their bells 29 times at the estimated time of the explosion.
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"Keep the miners' families in our payers as we go through the rest of the day," Tomblin said.
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Mr. Tomblin, the state's Senate president, has been acting governor since last fall, when then-Gov.
Democrat Wins Governor's Race in West Virginia Kris Maher 2011
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